The Gleam! Oh No!

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
<snip>
> The problem is NOT that some of the theories are deranged. The 
> problem is that when GoF was released, some 2000 newbies joined the 
> list over the next four weeks, and it seemed like HALF of them 
> (1000 posts) began by posting: "Hi, I just joined, I'm so-and-so. I 
> was wondering, did anyone notice that gleam ..."

Annemehr:
And that's exactly what's going to happen right after OoP is released, 
especially if the list is kept open -- 2000 newbies *and* many of the 
rest of us will all post basically the same things.  That's why I 
voted to shut down the list for 36 hours, but, I don't know, it just 
doesn't seem right to me somehow.  I might need to change my vote.  
Oh, well, I hope people will be specific in their subject lines, then 
we can say, "Oh, no, not that again" and skip over it (and that will 
be the one post with the truly original insight -- <sigh>)!