* Volker Kuhlmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue 05 Jan 2010 11:19:18 NZDT +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > 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
Funny thing is, the "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"" mailing list is having this exact same discussion, particulary about a couple of disruptive members. Looks like they might be adding moderators to that list soon. I remember when I first joined that list, high volume as its always been, it was interesting to browse it. Lately its been bizarre to say the least. Almost like a freak show! I know if I have any issues now, Google is always first point of call. I still enjoy casually browsing mailing lists though. cheers Daryn ========================== The PalmHeads: http://planetnz.com/palmheads
