radical remedy

[keith.fraser at st-annes.ox.ac.uk]

I don't frequent HP4GU all that much due to the volume of messages, 
but I firmly subscribe to the 'small is beautiful' school of thought. 
The same thing has happened at other lists and sites 
(cough*ff.net*cough). I have to agree with Naama.

Keith "How Freudian" Fraser

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., naama_gat at h... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been thinking of this for quite a while, and I decided that 
the best thing would be to 
> open the subject to discussion. I want to know what you people 
think.
> 
> How would you feel about closing the list (the mother list) to new 
members, at least for a 
> while? I have been feeling progressively disenchanted with the 
list, and I think that it is 
> due, in large part, to the enormous size it is now and the to high 
rate in which it grows. I 
> find the discussions less intelligent, less fun and less courteous. 
There is a sense of 
> ongoing friction which didn't exist before, at least not as I 
recall. When so many people 
> are joining, there isn't time for them to settle in before other 
new people join, and so it 
> goes on until it feels that the list has lost it's unique tone and 
spirit.
> 
> So, what do you think? Would it be too drastic a measure to close 
the list to new members? 
> What does (do?) the MOD squad think?
> 
> 
> Naama, feeling like her favorite virtual place is sinking down in 
quicksand...