From justcarol67 at justcarol67.yahoo.invalid Mon Feb 9 22:45:53 2009 From: justcarol67 at justcarol67.yahoo.invalid (Carol) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:45:53 -0000 Subject: Posting limits--not the same as setting limits In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Potioncat wrote: > I was thinking maybe it would add some volume on those days when threads start waving if we didn't have to count our replies before they posted. So I've come with a question. Is the 5 post per day limit still in effect? > > A. Yes, and now we have our eye on you. > > B. Yes, but we don't enforce it. > > C. No, and why weren't you paying attention when it was announced? Carol responds: LOL! love your options (and, yes, I'm sure that everyone knew that they were intended to be funny and chuckled as they read). Shat a coincidence that I should come here about five and a half months after you began this thread with exactly the same topic (but not nearly as clever an approach) in mind. As one of those posters who has been guilty of dominating the list and/or working out my theories through responses to a thread, I'm not sure that I'll be listened to if I speak up in favor of dropping the five-post limit. Nevertheless, I think it's served its purpose. I've seen members other than me sign off by noting that they've used up their quota of posts, and, like Potioncat, I wonder what they would have had to say if they'd been allowed to post their thoughts. Like Alla and Potioncat, I don't like posts that combine several threads in one post. It's also a lot of work to combine responses to several posters in the same thread. Posts get attributed to the wrong people and important points get skipped over. I, for one (not speaking for anyone else) prefer to respond to one poster at a time, particularly if that poster has addressed me in particular. I do agree that we should read the whole thread before posting our response, but then we have to go back and locate the specific points and posters that we want to respond to (or do what I'm doing here, and just respond to the initial post hoping that I'm remembering other people's points correctly and attributing them correctly). At any rate, with the small number of people on the list, we have a lot of dead days so not nearly as many posts to wade through as when DH had not come out or first came out. People on OT have even suggested combining the lists to get more posts, which I find to be a bad idea. (I like keeping OT stuff off the list altogether and giving the films their own list.) Recently, we've had several active threads and interesting exchanges and I've found myself wanting to make a sixth post but finding that I'd reached my limit. Carol, who understands the reasons that the List Elves have presented but still thinks that the time has come for an experimental lifting of the five-post limit From daperdad at daperdad.yahoo.invalid Mon Aug 24 16:43:00 2009 From: daperdad at daperdad.yahoo.invalid (roy i) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:43:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: OT: My list of Yahoo Groups :) Message-ID: <20090824164300.CC406720242@...> Hi, You can see a list of my groups on Grouply at the link below. Maybe you'll find some you want to join. Daperdad Here's the link: http://www.grouply.com/register?tmg=2473167&vt=85719512 ==================== This message was posted by a fellow group member who uses Grouply instead of email to access this group. Grouply blocks additional invitations from being sent to this group by anyone for 30 days. Group owners can permanently block future invitations. For more on how Grouply maintains privacy and protects you, see http://blog.grouply.com/protect/ . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From catlady at catlady_de_los_angeles.yahoo.invalid Sat Dec 26 21:34:55 2009 From: catlady at catlady_de_los_angeles.yahoo.invalid (Catlady (Rita Prince) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:34:55 -0000 Subject: A suggestion to the Elves and Moderators Message-ID: As you recall, the reason that fanfic and recipes and movies and everything were exiled to their own lists is because this Main List was getting too crowded and people wanted to hold it down to approximately 500 posts a week. I believe that at this time, the other lists could be rolled back in to this one and the limit of 5 posts per person per day could be dropped. Because we would still be under 500 posts a week. Maybe even the ban on 'ROTFL' and 'I agree' posts could be dropped.