Lawry deBivort wrote: > Perhaps there are meta-values that we should hold in common: openness to > new ideas, willingness to modify positions as new things are learned, > courtesy, true attention to each others postings. > > Alas, we have lost a couple of good people over the last couple of years as > from time to time, these meta-values have failed us.
As far as meta-values of certain posters are concerned, mail filters enable everyone to specifically tune out individual posters. I rather suspect that the leaving of some posters is due to a lack of resources or a general tiredness of repetitiveness. Perhaps Arthur has the numbers on lurker fluctuations? Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
