On Tue 05 Jan 2010 11:19:18 NZDT +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > Even though I think some of the more idiotic posters have caused many > of the more knowledgable to leave the list as the S/N ratio fell > heavily. Lately I don't see all that many serious linux questions on > this list, I am more likely to see them on the nzlug list, even from > people I know to be local and who were regular meeting attenders.
You hit the nail here. Lack of list leadership in knocking the trolls off the list and telling the rest to shut up instead of replying, caused a drain of qualified list members, not helped by a lack of new ones replacing the ones who moved away because they eg finished uni. Both those have killed many lists. A list is also a dynamic community which regulates itself by a number of factors, and it comes and goes. Number of posts has only a weak link with quality of content. Fewer posts have nothing to do with "Linux growing up" or some such thing. The numbersd may be interesting and/or amusing, but don't really say much about the quality of activity. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
