Hi Cary, Dave; An interesting theory, that without some level of "white noise" people will lose interest and leave the group. If we went days or weeks with no posts, I might agree. Usually someone has something to say that is on topic on a daily basis.
Sometimes people post interesting on-topic messages while a long, marginal thread is running it's course and get no reply. Is it lost in the noise? How many people just quietly leave after a long thread on music or some other non-railroad topic? We never know what they may have contributed. Bill and I tend to take a bit of a laissez-faire approach to moderating, partly by choice and partly because we simply aren't available to read every post as it comes in. I am unlikely to moderate anyone over a single off-topic post (unless it violates some of the other rules), but if I notice too strong a trend toward constant off-topic comments I may moderate you. I am on much stricter lists, some of which still have higher volumes of messages with a similar base of regular active members (does it really matter if there are 3 times the members if only 50 post?!). I would like everyone to try and stay on-topic. If there's no traffic on the list right now, try working on a model and then tell us about it instead of starting an off-topic thread. Pieter E. Roos, S Scale List Co-Owner --- On Fri, 7/29/11, Carey Probst <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree completely with Dave ???? > > I enjoy this list because of the s scale and normally > friendly nature. > Veering off topic is not a crime in my opinion as long as > there is > interest and some basis for the veer, like Mike's cow > fields. I found > that interesting as it shows we really are a country > divided by a common > language. > > Now if we start discussing the best brakes for the track > for my BMW I > would consider it off topic unless of course you have a > highly detailed > s-scale BMW M3 with brakes that can be changed. Not > only would that be > interesting I would be highly impressed by your detailing > skills > > Carey > > Carey Probst ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
