Re: [CH] List evolution and cycles
Gerry Brown (geebee@warboys.swinternet.co.uk)
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 16:30:31 +0100
Hey
I am new to this net too and finding over 70!! e-mails in my box everyday is
like tooooo much. Here in the UK I have a passion for anything hot and spicy
(except Hilary Clinton) and would love to be able to grow and eat all the
lovely peppers most of you seem to be able to get at will.
Keep the hot sauce and done spare the heat....troubles only arrive the next
morning!!
Gerry Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon C Nuttall <bnuttall@kih.net>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: 10 July 1999 00:38
Subject: [CH] List evolution and cycles
> Hello folks,
>
> I have been on several large lists for over the period of several years.
> There are always several groups of people participating in the list at any
> given time:
> 1) A core group who always seem to be there and are always helpful.
> 2) A group of people that are new to the list and have all kinds of
questions.
> 3) There is a group of experienced users that know a particular subject
has
> been discussed ad infinitum previously and don't see why the new people
> just can't check the archives.
> 4) There is a group of both new listers and old timers that can never seem
> to remember how they subscribed to the list in the first place and want to
> know how to unsubscribe.
> 5) There is a group of allies I'll call the "on-topic onlys" and "we need
> to spin off a separate list for that".
> 6) There are also instigators. The essential anonymity of electronic mail
> gives them carte blanche to vent on whatever irks them.
>
> Subjects ebb and flow. Flames come and go. Recognize that the diversity of
> the list is its best resource. On this list, some of the interests are:
> gardening, cooking, cross-pollinating chilis, fungus, trapping garden
> pests, smoking chilis, and more. Some are even worried about the
difference
> between chili and chile.
>
> Remember that no matter how neanderthal you think the idiot on the other
> end of the SEND button is, you are not talking to just that one person.
You
> are broadcasting to everyone.
>
> Take care and use the best resources of this list to enjoy chilis to the
> fullest.
>
> Brandon C. Nuttall
>