I subscribe to a dozen or so of the various asplists (aspngcommunity,
aspngfreeforall, aspngvs, etc), get 100-200 messages per day from those
lists, maybe about the same number from DOTNET. DOTNET much less
repetitive and much easier to read. A vote for no change.
HK Ball
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Holak
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:56 AM
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I totally agree. I think the spirit of this list is closest to the CLR
sub-list proposed by DM--how do you categorize XML questions, for instance,
as falling into the WEB list as DM listed in its example; you could get a
question along DataSet / strongly typed DataSets / serialization /Remoting
stuff that doesn't really fit the "Web" category alone, but does sort of
fall there if you pigeonhole it very tightly.
I do believe that you might increase traffic by splitting the list, and
decrease its value as you increase the associated noise by the dilution.
I urge DM to reconsider.
Steve Holak
Senior Software Architect
Brokerage Concepts IS Dept.
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I totally agree - and this is why this wasn't done early on right? Maybe
DM
can describe what the problem is as they see it?
Is it:
1. Too much volume to support
- as mentioned cross posts and redundant discussions will increase
with multiple lists so this will get worse. Perhaps reconsider the
technology used to deliver the content. As mention newsgroups, web based
forums a la SellsBrothers or *zoiks* even /.
2. Degradation in the value of the list due to "dilution"
- this is a hard one. I would suggest that if people want "just
<insert technology>.NET advice" this isn't the forum for it. try the
public
Microsoft newsgroups. I like the more analytical, synthesis type thinking
that happens on this list. In fact I'd like to see fewer "How do I
populate
a DataGrid using ADO.NET" style questions. I can get that _everywhere_.
I
like the "What is intention of this design technique or that implementation
choice", etc. The members of this list are very informed individuals and
IMO this is the unique and valuable stuff.
3. Feedback from ML subscribers wanting this feature
- this ML is like drinking from a firehose but whenever this comes
up seems most folks like the "all in one" approach. Is this true?
Or is there something else motivating this change?
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Stanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Administrative Announcement - Please Read
>
>
> I, for one, remember the 'bad-old-days' of the ATL and DCOM
> lists where
> nearly half of the traffic was cross-posted. I think this is going to
> grossly increase the amount of traffic, followed by diluting
> the quality of
> answers as the experts get fed up with traffic load and
> begin unsubscribing
> from the sub-lists, leading to yet more cross-posting to make
> sure you get
> an answer, rinse, repeat.
>
> Put my vote in the 'this-is-a-bad-idea' category.
>
> - Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of
> Ahern, Shannon
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:43 PM
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> Subject: [DOTNET] Administrative Announcement - Please Read
>
>
> The overwhelming success of DevelopMentor's DOTNET list over
> the past 22
> months has been both a blessing and a
> burden to the .NET developer community. The popularity of
> this list has
> resulted in an enormous volume of
> traffic, making it difficult for some subscribers to participate in
> discussions that are of particular interest
> to them while safely ignoring less applicable conversations
> without fear of
> "missing out" on something
> important to their work.
>
> [snip]
>
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