Main List Problems

[Cindy C.]

Derannimer:

>I *am* trying to post; but I'm not sure that anyone is reading my 
>posts, and my favorite posters -- glares at Cindy -- don't seem to 
>be posting themselves.

Hey, now!  Glaring at me like that dries up all of my creative 
juices!  Now I *can't* post!  :-D

>I simply would not go over there 
> if I didn't know that all of the TBAYers -- Elkins, Cindy, Eileen, 
>Dicentra, Marina, Pip -- would be coming too, because, quite 
>frankly, those are the best posters.

The only way to know is to set the list up and see who drops by, I 
guess.  (Oh, and I'd add quite a few names to the list of people I 
miss ::waves to Catlady::). 

 
> *Has* anyone ever considered just capping the list? Because, 
>frankly, it's time to do *something.* I'm tired of sifting.

I don't know what the List Administrators are thinking about that, 
but I gave it some thought myself before proposing a second list.  
(I assume you're talking about closing the main list to new members 
rather than just shutting down the list once a certain number of 
posts appear each month.)

Let's say the List Administrators capped the list tomorrow and 
didn't allow new members until list volume reached pre-OoP levels.  
This would ease the burden on the List Administrators considerably.  
After a while, everyone would learn the ropes and no one would be 
moderated.  And obviously, no one would need a list elf.  Good 
things, definitely.

The trouble, IMHO, is that many of the people on this list that I 
adore are people who joined after I did.  Had the list been capped 
after I joined, I would have missed out knowing some great folks, 
and the list would be poorer for it.  Heck, it bothers me now that 
there are undoubtedly some great newbies out there right now, and I 
am missing out on them because I can't keep up.

Also, it would trouble me to have the list closed to new members 
because it would be so, well . . .  unwelcoming.  Newbies wouldn't 
fully grasp *why* the list had been closed; they'd just know they 
had been excluded when all they want to do is talk about HP.  After 
all, everyone was plenty nice to me when I turned up.  That would 
make me feel like the list had become elitist, and my liberal 
political side would balk.  :-D

Anyway, that's the personal opinion of a list member who is about to 
celebrate her second anniversary on the lists.  Woo-hoo!

Cindy -- thinking a second list could be known as "The Balcony" and 
the moderators would be the "ushers" who aim flashlights at the 
people who are making out in the back.  Or not.