I joined h-costume when it first started. Diana something? The moderator, advertised it in various venues. One was a now-defunct vintage clothing majordomo list. I heard about h-costume there and joined immediately.
H-costume has never had a bad moderator, but Diana did what was necessary for setting up a new list. She marketed for new members, and she participated very actively to keep the volume of traffic up long enough to reach a critical mass. Mind you, she was also running a fantasy costume list and later on, took over the vintage clothing list, in addition to a demanding full-time job as a technical writer. Eventually she had to quit moderating the lists, as competing too much with her paid employment.
Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com On 8/8/2011 12:07 PM, Anne Murphy wrote:
I'm finding this fascinating - and *extremely* well timed, for me! I joined the list in... 1997, I think? I believe I found it from a reference on alt.stagecraft (speaking of changes in social media - remember usenet?)
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