Dragaera

Topics?

Fri Aug 23 19:52:17 PDT 2002

Nytemuse <nytemuse at auros.org> writes:

> So, I'm curious, being rather new on the list...I've been on several
> other lists and once you're on them for a long period of time,
> certain topics keep getting brought up and done to death.
-snip-

I wouldn't worry about this too much.  First, this is a fairly new
mailing list.  Second, if a topic has been done to death, then
presumably you won't get many replies, so it will quickly die off
anyway without seriously annoying anyone.  Third, as long as threads
have good Subject headers, people who aren't interested can skip stuff
they're not interested it.

> So, if there are any topics or questions that people who have been
> here a while would specifically NOT like to see, please let me know,
> either on or offlist?  Then, based on those, I'll try and get some
> Brust or speculative fiction-related discussion started.

One thing you might consider is flow control.  Throw the topics out
one at a time instead of simultaneously.  Once one discussion and its
spawn die down, then bring out the next topic.

- tky