[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: 5 Posts per day limit

[Tonya Minton]

>
> SSSusan/Shorty Said :
> SNIP (sorry)




> I, personally, am opposed to posting limits. I don't think we should have
> a posts per day limit.
> I'm not really going to go into why I feel that way here, simply due to
> lack of time, but I should
> say that a lot of my reasons are similar to ones that you have raised
> here.
>
> And, perhaps, importantly, I have raised these types of issues myself on
> the elves own
> discussion forum. A quick check through my sent mail indicates I've been
> involved in two
> such discussions this year, both putting forward my view that we'd be
> better off without
> posting limits, but if we have to have them, the higher the better.
>
> And other elves have read what I have had to say, and have responded to
> what I have to say,
> intelligently and reasonably, raising their objections to the position
> I've advocated, or agreeing
> with me, or doing both at once.
>
> My point is that the current state of affairs is a *consensus* view
> arrived at by the elves. It is a
> compromise based on hearing the views of a number of different people on
> these issues and
> working to arrive at a group decision. Because my skills with the Imperio
> spell are rather
> limited, I haven't yet been able to force everyone to agree with me - but
> rest assured that
> when this issue comes up periodically, as most issues do, there are people
> presenting
> arguments on both sides.
>
> Feedback is very useful because issues could certainly be raised here that
> we haven't
> considered, and perspectives can be raised here that may not been raised
> in the elves
> discussions. And we do take those points seriously - I will certainly
> unashamedly appropriate
> any you've made that I think will make my own case stronger in elfly
> discussions.
>
> These things are taken seriously and are discussed and debated - even if,
> because the
> status quo remains in place after those discussions, that may not always
> be absolutely clear
> to other people.


Now Tonya stepping up to the opinion plate:

I also think it would be a good idea to lift the posting limit.  I wonder if
we could have a trial of no posting limits and see how it goes.  We may find
that the discussions are overwhelming again and if that is the case them
let's bring the limiting back.  I remember sometime a few years ago that
there was worry that the list would explode after a book came out then there
was a posting restriction put in place, which seemed to work well.  Maybe if
the posting lift works we could bring it back after JRK updates her web
page, or when she has speaking engagements and book releases.

Personally I don't really care if everyone wants to hash and rehash any
topic and there are 40 posts about Snape, if I am not interested in the
discussion I do not follow the thread.  If I am really interested in a topic
I read everything prior to any posting and I think generally that is how
everyone treats this list.  I do think that there are people who will jump
in the middle of a thread and get excited (understandably) and post without
reading the full thread-- these folks just need to learn to exercise some
control on their excitement (something that has taken me years to learn) and
read the whole thread and before they post.  Most of the time when I have
something to say on a topic and find by reading the thread that someone else
has already expressed what I was thinking, I still follow the thread and
enjoy every one's point of view.

I love this list!!  I have GREAT respect for the list elves they do a great
job pulling in the cowboys and gently nudging the rest of us.

Thanks for listening to my opinion,
Tonya


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