Is It Just Me? (Cont.)

[Amy Z]

Debbie wrote:

> > I agree 100% with Abigail's point on how best to
> > maintain quality on 
> > the list:
> > 
> <<<< So post.  Don't be afraid that someone's said the
> same thing already - they have.  >>>>

That's good for quality in some ways, but I continue to be concerned 
about how it affects the volume problem.  It goes like this:

(1) I can't read all the posts, so I post my opinion, 

(2) and no one else can read all the posts either (except for the 
devoted and life-less <grins appreciatively at Catlady>), so they 
don't read my opinion but post their own, 

(3) and you get even MORE people talking past each other.  Overhigh 
volume is the enemy of high-quality conversation.

I've had this sensation of escalating an arms race whenever I've 
clenched my teeth, said "damn the last 4000 posts, I'm posting 
without reading them," and posted.  I'm glad to have an 
administrative blessing on doing so, but I'm still not content with 
the solution.

Amy Z