On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 07:11:19PM -0700, Jared Still wrote: > Comments below: > > On 10/21/05, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > A list, Signal-to-Noise Ratio proposal... > > > > Summarily blown off? No, I don't think that was the case. It was a joke, summary/summarily, nothing personal. I was trying to say I didn't get my way. Life is tough. > Relying on a moderater or the OP to summarize the useful information > from replies has never really worked well. it's art, I considered it working in the very best way, as in a higher quality exchange, high S/N ratio. > It eliminates the free exchange of ideas through the thread - there is no > collaboration, just a number of individuals sending their ideas to the OP, > who may or may not understand all the replies. right, it is less free, exactly; more like the exchange at a technical meeting as opposed to playground chatter. People who read the summaries are open a free to exchange all they like, collaberation is not at all eliminated. In fact it is more concentrated. > Being the 'owner' of a list is quite a bit different - you have > administrative > responsibilities: granting or revoking posting privileges, setting quoting > limits, stuff like that. But you don't edit content. This was not the proposal. > I'm no longer the 'owner' of the list, but I still have an opinion. this is a good thing. The proposal serves a different purpose, sort of "instant" msg openworld. You get 1/3 of the posts and the ones you are interested in are more dense. You get to contact the posters identified in the summary to go as deep as you like. ====================================================================== Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 Tempus fugit 28^D -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l