Is It Just Me? (Cont.)

[Kirstini]

I think Cindy's idea about a second canon list has a lot of 
potential. I wandered over here this evening really rather depressed 
with the main list, and wondering if it was all worth my internet 
bill. I don't see a single name I recognise, and am therefore already 
in a strop before it comes to scanning at the post titles, and just 
sit there going "well, that one looks rubbish. That person's got a 
stupid name, so their post is bound to be rubbish. Well, that one 
looks rubbish too..." (should probably point out that I've got the 
flu just now, and am not an especially tolerant person when 
suffering. Usually I'm lovely). The last response I made was to email 
a newbie who was objecting to SILK GOWNS being used as an acronym 
because no-one in canon wore a silk gown, and say something along the 
lines of "well, you're new. Obviously you don't know how we do things 
around here", which I'm now despising myself for.
I was considering just not checking the list for a couple of weeks 
and then trying to surprise myself again, but the thing is that I've 
just come back from holiday and part of my grumpiness stems from the 
fact that I don't feel like I've been involved in a thread for two 
weeks anyway. 
I have congested head just now, so I'm not sure if I'm making sense.
The thing is, that if Cindy moved over to a new list, the prospect of 
her winning every argument would surely be too much for many ofher 
old adversaries, and then they'd all come out of retirement and start 
arguing with her again. And I think that's a good thing, because then 
*I'd* finally get to find out the MAGIC DISHWASHER response to OotP 
(waves significantly at Melody). And right now I'm only interested in 
what's a good thing for me, because I'm ill and liable to strop if I 
don't get my own way...
Seriously, though,  I've gone all the way through this thread, and 
everyone is mourning the fact that their favourite posters aren't 
posting anymore. We could all wait and see if volume will go down a 
bit in a couple of months-as someone pointed out a few weeks ago 
(when we hit 10,000), we appear to be seeing the effects of the 
second wave of people to finish OotP just now. But then, that's what 
we all said two months ago...
I think it's worth a shot. Particularly if the other option involves 
all the great posters everyone's pining for drifting off and away.
Kirstini, and her large pile of tissues. <snuffle>