(from OT List ) RE: "No responses on the main list"

[naamagatus]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, Barb Roberts <miamibarb at B...> 
wrote:
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> 
> I think that a daily limit on the number of times that one person 
can post may help. At least it's worth considering. I just can't 
believe  the volume of e-mail that i received last month from this 
>list and other lists. It crashed my e-mail system.
> 

I don't have that problem (I'm on web view), but both the quantitiy 
and the quality of the posts are problematic. Just to make the 
discussion a more concrete, here's a message that was posted today (I 
erased any identifying references):

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> I support you too [..]. I love the Harry Potter books and I
> think that JKR is a wonderful storyteller. IMO none of us would be
> here discussing our theories if the books were garbage.

[...] Cheers!

Here, here!!! JKR is the most amazing author I have ever read (aside 
from Agatha Christie)! Her detail is beyond compare! Sometimes I get 
a headache from reading all the posts and OBSESSING about what the 
next book holds in store for us!!! It's all very confusing but I LOVE 
solving mysteries and JKR has magically entwined the WW & mystery 
stories all into one!!!
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OK, so quoted like that, it's actually pretty funny, but it wastes 
space and time (because you don't know what it's going to be before 
you read it). If it was just one or two, but there have been quite a 
number of them recently. 

I'm not sure much can be done about it, but maybe restricting the 
number of daily posts may help. Would people actually *think* about 
what they're writing if they know they have limited space? 


Naama