[Foundation-l] the use of foundation-l

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Please do your research.. but do not expect that people did not look at the
numbers before. So the person that most needs to  be convinced is yourself.

Your notion that you "deserve" at least as much room to experiment as the
worst of us is a fallacy. You have been made aware that there is an issue
and that relevant people refuse to post on the foundation list. You have
been made that this is because of the inconsiderate posting that you claim a
right to.

When you learn from your research that we have a problem, you only confirm
what is already known. The only question I have is, will this make a
difference to you?
Thanks,
     GerardM


2009/11/8 <WJhonson at aol.com>

> I will in the next few days, create a list which shows who, each month, has
> posted the most messages to the list.  Or perhaps the top few.  I was
> surprised, seeing the statistics page, at how few active participants there
> are.
> Really just a handful, and it's been that way, for quite a long time, not a
> recent event.  Which puts into perspective the implication that anything
> has changed in this regard recently.
>
> I did notice already some very surprising people who are the most
> talkative.  Once we have the hard facts, then perhaps there could be a
> scientific
> discussion of how to address it.  I don't personally like discussions based
> on
> personal belief or experience alone.  They tend, in my opinion, to be
> skewed.
>
> By the way, when new potential-power-users appear, they should at the
> minimum be given the same leeway, in number of posts, as any other user.
>  That is
> apparently, by the examples we see in the statitics, something like 120
> messages per month!  That's a lot!
>
> Will
>
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