Sorry, guys, I think this obsession over numbers is immaterial. One of the most enjoyable lists I belong to has less than 20 members, but we still have some of the most enjoyable and informative discussions. The number of people on your list has nothing to do with anything. When we had 500 members, did we have more discussion that we have over the past 6 months? No... not even any more "on topic discussion".
I just don't see the exact number of members has having any meaning at all... and certainly nothing to start worrying about or trying to figure out "how we fix this". What does it matter if there are 392 or 492 members of MOPO? -- JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "lobby card invasion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:30 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Is MoPo membership on a decline? > JR > > MOPO membership HAS been declining consistently! We used to be close to 500 > a couple of years ago, but never quite reached that number as far as I could > see. > > Over the past 6 months we continued that trend, and have gradually been > shrinking in size from 436 ( March 2006, that's just happens to be MY > current earliest record) to the present 392, as per Bruce. That's a 9% > decline in a very short time! > > I think that dipping below 400 for the first time in "ages" IS alarming, and > it could be important and useful if we could find out the reasons for this > trend. > > Any ideas Scott? > > Zeev > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Is MoPo membership on a decline? > > > > Bruce... Bruce... Bruce... > > > > How can you ask this... you, whose vaunted email club just went from some > > 3500 members to under 2000 in just a matter of weeks? tsk...tsk... > > > > We can speculate, but it's most likely simply people dropping off who > > never participated much if at all. The decline has not been that sudden... > > it's been going on for about a year now. As for 10 or 15 dropping out ion > > the past week or so... I suppose there may be some who were put off by the > > recent flurry of off-topic threads, which generate a lot of extra messages > > going into people's mailboxes that may not be welcome if the receiver is > > primarily interested in on-topic. There may be a few others who found that > > their baiting and ranting doesn't get the same kind of reaction here that > > they get elsewhere and have unsubscribed in a huff. But we never know > > unless someone sends us a good-bye and thanks for all the fish message > > when they unsubscribe. > > > > Do the specific numbers matter? > > > > -- JR > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 19:17 > > Subject: [MOPO] Is MoPo membership on a decline? > > > > > >> I just sent a message to MoPo about my latest auctions, and the > >> confirmation e-mail says, "Your message has been successfully > >> distributed to the MoPo-L list (392 recipients)." > >> > >> Now I DO remember that Scott said that the above number does not > >> reflect all the MoPo members, but I looked back at my last MoPo > >> confirmation e-mail (from just 8/29, less than a week ago) and it > >> says "Your message has been successfully distributed to the MoPo-L > >> list (407 recipients)." > >> > >> Doesn't that surely mean that MoPo "lost" 15 members this week? And > >> wasn't the "confirmation e-mail" number like 425 just a month ago? > >> > >> What's the story? > >> > >> Bruce > >> > >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >> > >> Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >> > >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
