wjhonson@aol.com wrote:
The entire page is founded on unsubstantiated and generic complaints which all lists share. I'm on moderated lists which are completely horrible. And I'm on unmoderated lists which are absolutely excellent.
Jimmy Wales himself has stated, and I've quoted him in one of my articles that when he ran his own discussion group he allowed people to talk themselves out. There will always be people who unsubscribe, there will always be new subscribers. There is no fix which will address that issue.
There will always be people complaining that something is broken, there will always be people saying nothing is broken.
Let's see some actual numbers, actual citations and actual research that others can test, prod, and comprehend. The page right now has nothing like a scientific approach to even a description of the problem let alone trying to find any "solution".
What a novel idea! ;-)
Letting people talk themselves out works best hand-in-hand with "Don't feed the trolls." A troll in this context is whoever you subjectively fell is talking too much.
Ec