My two cents....again

[Potterfanme]

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As I have been reading each of the posts, responses have been popping 
into my head.  Unfortunately if I had responded to each of them they 
would have been one liners.  So I have decided to respond to some of 
them here.  

1.  In regard to new posters and posting styles I must say that this 
is the first group I have belonged to.  I am not totally computer 
illiterate but I am also not a computer genius.  Part of my confusion 
has been the techno talk on what is expected when posting.  Can we 
use plain english?  Or maybe step by step instructions somewhere that 
a new user could go to to *see* exactly what you mean?  I agree that 
a set standard if possible would be the easiest for newbies to 
learn.  Plus when we get howlers it would be easier to take if it was 
blatantly obvious that we didn't follow the set standard.  Getting 
all members to comply may not be so easy.

2.  AOL and HTML.  Now, I don't know what the difference is between 
HTML and plain text, however, I have AOL 9.0 Broadband and I have the 
option of HTML or plain text for sending and receiving email.  I 
receive the digests rather than individual emails as I don't want to 
block important notices but I ususally just delete the digests and go 
to the Yahoo Group and read the messages I want to read.  I post and 
reply from there too.  I have not had any problems with missing 
messages or having my messages get lost.

3.  Extra Elves.  I don't know why some of the long ago elves have 
retired but I was wondering if any of you would want to lend a hand 
if the posting volume rose out of hand after the movie release as 
some fear it will.  There would be no training involved and from what 
I understand with the numbers quoted by others it would only be for a 
month or two.  Please don't throw anything at me if this is a really 
bad idea....(ducking just in case)

4.  Membership.  Is there a way to determine if a member is still 
actively using the list?  Some are concerned with the large 
membership.  Could an email be sent to a member who has not lurked or 
posted for a year asking them if they wished to remain a member.  I 
am wondering how many members just haven't unsubscribed.

5.  This format or messageboard.  My personal opinion is that I like 
this type of group better than a messageboard.  I have tried to 
follow a messageboard and it is difficult to keep up with.

6.  Subject lines and yahoo search.  My take on the search problem 
when I have tried to search for topics is the fact that the subject 
line doesn't change even though the context of the message has.  This 
is extremely aggrivating but I cannot fathom how to improve this.  
Once a thread is started and it is on a roll, so to speak, you really 
don't want to send it off track by changing the subject line.  
However, this in turn messes up the search features.  I also remember 
posting to only one part of a thread and forgetting to change the 
subject line.

7.  Iggy's Post #60.  I agree with everything he said.

Susan