Social networks (RE: List, list, who's got the list?)

[Nick Arnett]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Street

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> Er, please pardon the digression, but I don't think that the number of
> replies is a terribly valid way to judge the strength of an
> argument.

And I'd like to add that I don't imagine that I'm measuring the strength of
arguments.  I'm trying to measure the influence of each person.  It's like
judging the size of a stone thrown into a pond by measuring the ripples it
produces.

Nick