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Re: We'll try this for awhile...

for the record, gene's eloquent arguments are compelling--and sufficiently
so that i now feel compelled to reverse myself on this issue.

dp

At 04:24 PM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello, Art and the list.
>
>I don't know what the results of your informal poll were on this subject, but
>I think your plan to change the "reply to" may well cause other problems. If
>your intent is to cut down on some of the controversial (yet informative)
>posts of late, I think that might be better handled by a private note from
you
>to the culprits (including me, if necessary) as needed.
>
>Your plan will turn a lot of message activity into one way communication with
>questions going out to the group and many (most?) answers going back
>privately. People who read the list for information will be left out or will
>have to ask for the information again; errors in replies or incomplete
replies
>may go unchallenged leading to the dissemination of false or incomplete
>information; people who might otherwise reply may not, assuming someone else
>has, leaving the questioner dissatisfied; conversely, the questioner might be
>flooded with several messages when one or two replies on the list would have
>sufficed.
>
>It seems that the vast majority of messaging on this list is in the form of
>group discussion or common interest questions and answers. The very
>occasional, misdirected private message will teach the sender to be more
>careful. The occasional flare-up of personalities is normal in a discussion
>group and educational as well. So far, you seem to have controlled it nicely
>with a warning when things get out of hand, but since most of the problem
>areas seem to involve dealers or their actions, let them stand or fall in the
>light of day. The good dealers will survive. I am not aware of any "cat
>fights" resulting from different opinions over meteorites or their various
>theories.
>
>Part of what you need to decide is if the meteorite list is an open
discussion
>forum or a dealer feel-good promotion. Personally, I find how dealers treat
>each other as informative as the science of meteorites and as much a part of
>the collecting hobby.
>
>Gene  
>
>Art Jones wrote:
>> 
>> Good Evening;
>> 
>> After much deliberation, I've decided to change the list so that each
>> 'reply' should go to the sender by default (I'm testing it now), and not
the
>> list. Hopefully this will cut down on the excess of junk mail that has been
>> flooding the lines!
>>
>
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