Chat room vs. discussion forum (was: Partly on Posting limits Plus ...)

[M.Clifford]

> 
> Susan: 
> > Other possibilities:
> > Maybe the post limit could be effect only in the summers?  
> > Or only for a certain # of months post-book release?

Valky:
sorry I am not really answering all the points you brought up, 
SSSusan. I have posted a response relative to them in the Quality vs 
Quantity thread.

As to what you say above, I am going to detract again (really sorry, 
You knew I would, right.. *blush*)

Both suggestions are excellent, theoretically. But I have applied 
them to my memory of post OOtP boards and I think that they miss one 
crucial element. HBP is not just a number of new members coming to 
HPFGU, It's also 680 pages of *NEW CANoN*. 

Post content, in the months following the book release is going to 
be thick with meat and juicy as **ll. Offshoot and branch subjects 
will simply be far too numerous and a posting limit could veritably 
strangle our enjoyment of the list.
 
It would be worth it to consider a plan that encourages a more easy 
pace for investigating the new canon, but I am afraid a rule against 
fast paced investigation, could be really very painful to endure for 
us all.