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[ameliagoldfeesh]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Lanthiriel S 
<isilvalacirca at y...> wrote:
<BIG HUGE SNIP (something else I notice that has been missing on a 
number of posts (AG)>

> I think the idea of having two lists is a great one.
> One list for newer members who might be interested in
> rehashing the old theories that - even though they're
> adult fans - may be completely new to them. The second
> list could be for the more established members, those
> who have exhausted such topics and - after having made
> a certain number of posts or being nominated by a mod?
> - desire to join in different conversations. The idea
> of having a moderator very familiar with the
> discussions on the main list is also a very good one.
> That way new members could e-mail them, run a topic by
> them, and - if it were the vampire Snape theory, for
> instance - the moderator could advise them not to
> bring it up and perhaps where they could read about it
> in the archive.
> <SNIP> 

> Just my thoughts, Lanthiriel - who thinks the
> "Fantastic Posts" page is also wonderful, but who
> still feels rather lost
 <SNIP>

A. Goldfeesh says...(this isn't personally directed at Lanthiriel)

The only problem with having two lists-especially one that could be 
seen as exclusive- is that some posters would feel discrimminated 
against.  I recall the whole debacle right after OOP was released 
when an ex-member with a grievance dropped the hint that some of 
the "classic" posters had made their own list.  Many excluded 
posters felt angry and betrayed just by not being in the "in group" 
and imagining that the posts on the exclusive group were essays of 
brilliance that were being withheld from HPFGUs.  It was just an 
ugly, bitter time that can be read about in OT and in the Feedback 
forum.  Splitting, I don't think, is an answer.

Personally, I don't think list quality has really dropped too much 
from when I first joined in Nov. 2001.  I have been on a long hiatus 
from the main list.  However, in the last week I've read the first 
half (or less- but it feels like half) of July since I'd like to see 
what's going on on the main list again now that I have enough space 
on Yahoo to get individual messages. Having 100mbs allows a few *g* 
messages to pile up before overfilling the mailbox.

Some (well, many) of the topics are the same but it is interesting 
to see some new spins put on them.  The Snape/Sirius discussions 
have been going on even before I joined the lists, the Prank is 
still discussed I find, with The Worst Memory thrown in as 
well.  "Everything old is new again" along with "there is nothing 
new under the sun." *S*   I do agree, though, that an easier way to 
find old posts or even threads is needed as a supplement to 
Yahoo's "search engine".  It would also be nice to see 
the "Fantastic Posts" updated to include OOP.  I'm sure volunteers 
would come out of the woodwork if the call were made.


A Goldfeesh (who hadn't planned to be anywhere near this verbose)