Dear Mike I am new to the list and enjoy it very much. There is only one problem. As the listees reply to the various questions they duplicate the original message over and over again. Some reply above the message, some below, you never know and have to roll past the same msg repeatedly.
I get over 100 msg per day. It is confusing and annoying to read the same msg so many times. My suggestion: WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION THE FIRST TWO DAYS ---ONLY THE FIRST PERSON SHOULD COPY THE ORIGINAL MSG --EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD JUST REPLY. PEOPLE SENDING REPLIES THREE DAYS OR OLDER COULD (IF THEY WISH) COPY THE QUESTION IN CASE PEOPLE FORGET. EVEN THAT ISN'T REALLY NECESSARY BECAUSE THE SUBJECT LINE EXPLAINS WHAT THE POST IS ABOUT. This would really cut down a tremendous amount of clutter. Also I have a CS folder and save really interesting posts-- and also send helpful info to other people. I have pages and pages of usesless text which I have to re-read each time I go back to info. Please do something even though I am new I am begining to dread the repetition. Gladys-NYC On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:36:22 +0000 "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> writes: > Greetings everyone! > > I think it's worth telling you all that we're growing again. We're > also > enjoying a period of fairly high volume with the majority of it well > on > topic. I can hardly ask for more -- Bravo! > > It always takes a while for new members to absorb the "culture" and > find their place, and for the dynamics of the group to accomodate > new > personalities. It's all a normal part of the ebb and flow. I urge > you > to be especially responsive to newcomer questions. If nobody knows > and > nobody responds, well, that's not a very good welcome. > > One of the risks we face as we grow is uncontrollable increase in > list > volume. Maybe one person in ten is active while the rest lurk. Many > are subscribed who probably don't even read the list regularly, but > keep it around "just in case." But, as we gain new members, some of > > them *do* take an active role. (Hi folks! Thanks!) The upshot is > more > conversation, higher list volume, and more stress on everybody > trying > to read and keep up. > > Staying on topic helps keep this manageable. I believe a certain > amount of "noise" is inevitable and necessary to keep the list > "alive" > and lively. I also want people to get the answers they need, > regardless > of whether they involve colloidal silver. I only ask that off topic > discussions be ended or taken elsewhere as soon as basic curiosity > is > satisfied and other resources cited. > > We've even got the silver-off-topic-list to go to when we have a > subject going that really deserves more time than we can afford to > give > it here. You can find details at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silver-off-topic-list > > But another part of keeping the volume manageable is simply not > posting > things which do not add to the discussion. Oh, the occasional > wisecrack > or pleasantry is just a part of being friendly, and I don't begrudge > it! But if you counted the messages that consist of umpty-ump lines > of > quoted text with a "Thank you!" tacked onto the end, you'd be > shocked. > > So an important skill to learn is how, in *your* mail program, to > reply > to the author of the message instead of the whole list. > > In Outlook Express, which a lot of people are using, when you hit > Reply, it might give you either the original author or the list > address. However, if you hit "Reply All", you can usually get both. > At > that point you *MUST* delete the silver-list address from the To: > window, and any others beside the author of the message, in order > to > make sure your reply goes privately instead of to the entire list. > > Taking control of where your message is going is a basic requirement > of > e-mail mastery. Then you will be able to judge whether your remark > justifies being stored, downloaded, opened and read by over 350 > people. When you think of the members who have come here for help > with > difficult health problems and may not have the extra time or energy > to > spare, you realize it is an important decision. > > In all, we're doing pretty well right now, and I thank you all for > your > effort to help others and your restraint toward topic and courteous > behavior. We have a group of smart, good, responsible people. I am > grateful to you, my friends. > > If there's anything you need from me, my address is at the bottom of > > every message from the silver-list. > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message > to: > [email protected] -or- > [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
