ADMIN RE: [HPforGrownups] New polls for HPforGrownups

[driveslucy at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26384

In a message dated 9/20/01 4:19:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu writes:

<< Then why not join the OT list and read the posts on webview? I don't want 
to
 sound argumentative, but have you even looked at OT-Chatter? It's not just
 rambles - it's..."roll calls" (and always has been) and merchandise and
 birthdays (canon and fandom - we celebrated Hermione yesterday!) and fanfic
 and Nostradamus and food (lots of food!) and a cool online encyclopedia
 called Wikepedia and The Sims and the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham
 Palace and Yael's post about her cousin who is still missing from last
 week's attack and Vanity Fair and the movie and previews and The Leaky
 Cauldron and FictionAlley.org and the fact that James Potter's name is in
 the credits from the Muppet Movie. 
 
 I know that the mods are trying VERY VERY hard to keep as many people happy
 as possible at the same time. And part of this inlcudes taking *certain*
 things and bringing them to OT Chatter. Now, the ADMINs never said that the
 individual questions couldn't be discussed onlist. They just pointed out
 that contests and roll calls are to be on OT Chatter. it's nothing new -
 it's been that way since the chatter-list started back in February.
 
 Let me ask another question - is the name OT-CHATTER offputting? Do listies
 think that it's a rambly, completely non-HP-related thing over there? If you
 WON'T join, or even look at it, WHY NOT?
  >>

Okay, since you asked, I'll assume you really want to know.  I am not 
interested in fanfic, merchandise, birthdays canon or otherwise, who was 
sorted into which house and has which wand core, etc.  And if it is too much 
trouble to delete them from my mailbox, it's unlikely that I will take the 
time to search through them at the website at even less convenience to 
myself.  Please understand I am not trying to be critical of the mods who I 
think do a wonderful job of keeping this place afloat.  But I was enjoying 
the speculation that those questions inspired.  It was far more interesting 
than whether Crookshanks is part Kneazle, a topic of which I thought we'd 
never see the end, and was the topic that finally brought me to performing 
triage on the main list.  Since I can't possibly read everything and seldom 
get up the nerve to post I was disappointed to see a topic I was enjoying go 
away, that's all.

Luce, the quiet one in the corner