ADMIN: Addressing high-traffic on this list

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 10798

Simon Biber said:

<<<I wonder if it's possible to use the 'sister' eGroups (sorry, 
YahooGroups) to spread the traffic out so that people can tune into 
what they like (such as ships or fanfic -- as much as I like reading 
expositions on ship preferences, there's just so much traffic that it 
obscures the more, um, interesting new ideas.)>>>

Simon: thank you for your comments.  The moderators have been 
discussing the problem of the very heavy traffic in here, in the 
cyber equivalent of a smoke-filled room, and the possibility of using 
existing sister groups or creating more sub-groups to help alleviate 
the problem is one of the options.  Please bear with us, as we 
haven't reached a consensus view on this as yet. 

Everyone: Simon made some more valid points about netiquette and I 
will politely draw your attention to the 'boilerplate' Netiquette 
messages we post occasionally, which contain hints on all these 
points and more.  You will understand that as well as encouraging 
good practice, these announcements are intended to reduce unnecessary 
traffic in our high-volume list, so please read them.  

Could I suggest that anyone else who has comments or suggestions on 
this matter e-mail the Moderators, as John suggested earlier, at 
hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com?  We welcome any constructive 
ideas on how to address this situation or comments on any other 
aspect of the club.

Neil
Moderator Team (who are starting to feel like traffic cops <g>)