Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA04891; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:45:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:45:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <33CD093A.76EE@qn.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Columbus Literacy Council <clc@qn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: Re: gentle nudge -response X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; U) Status: RO Content-Length: 1695 Lines: 26 Columbus Literacy Council wrote: > > MAYBE TOO GENTLE - > I have to admit that emphasizing points one and two from your e-mail perhaps > more strongly would be a benefit, when this listserv started, I found it > extremely useful and professionally stimulating to browse over the dialogues, > now with soooo many messages coming in (and I believe SO MANY of them should > NOT be sent to the whole list but rather to individuals) it becomes > impossible to keep up and I just delete without reading -I'm not sure how to > avoid this, though, since everyone has their own definition of "meaningful > contribution," but maybe reiterate more strongly: MOST people have limited > time in which to spend reading listserv dialogues and it is frustrating to > read meaningless (in terms of the entire list) messages that do not seriously > contribute to the content of the issue (for the benefit of everyone) > -Ultimately, I fear that the idle small talk across a listserv of this > magnitude will cause serious participants to lose interest and what will > happen (somewhat already) is that we'll hear from the same small group of > individuals over and over and over (i feel like i already know what some > people on the listserv will say on a topic before they even respond to it) > -currently, I'm now the only staff person at my agency who reads the list at > least once a week, all other coworkers have given up -why? the unanimous > response was -TOO MANY RESPONSES! -sorry to spend my first time responding to > the list in complaint, but I do believe it has gotten a bit ridiculous > lately. > > Not suffering from the Listserv Inbox Blues here,Jeffrey A. Fantine, Columbus Literacy Council
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