I woiuld second Tom's position here. My life is as busy as anyone's. Because
of my subscription to several reflectors, some amateur related, my volume of
email is at least 100 messages a day and sometimes quite a few more. I read
them in the morning, over coffee. I see the subject line and delete the ones
in which I have no interest. Maximum time involved is 10-15 minutes, which
is time I am already spending at my desk over coffee and cereal. This
reflector works well and fragmenting it will decrease, not increase,
participation. Steve, NN4T.
----- Original Message -----
From: <n4kg@juno.com>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>; <w4an@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] micro-reflectors
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 19:26:37 -0400 (EDT) Bill Fisher W4AN
> <w4an@contesting.com> writes:
> >
> > Probably most people on this reflector think it is FB.
> > They are still subscribed.
>
> That is my position. N4KG
> >
> > There are MANY people who have vanished from this list who are very
> > knowlegable, but for their own personal reasons did not want to put
> > up with the mass of mail and off-topic posts (like this one). I am one
>
> > of those people.
>
> I'm sure that many people have left for their OWN reasons,
> which may or may NOT be the same as yours. Maybe
> they said all they wanted to say on the topics they wrote
> about. Maybe they get too much e-mail from too many
> sources and simply dropped out to reduce the load.
>
> Personally, I enjoy the (limited) variety of topics on
> TowerTalk. Typically, most topics run their course
> fairly rapidly and we move on. Haranging over off-topic
> criticism only prolongs the process.
>
> One of the things I particularly enjoy about TowerTalk
> is the pool of knowledgable contributors who I have come
> to know over a broad range of topics. This helps me to
> understand where they are coming from on new topics
> and gives me a trusted group to turn to when I have
> questions. I still find TowerTalk to be the most polite
> and well behaved Reflector I have been associated with,
> even when strong opinions are expressed. Almost always
> they come from frimly held beliefs and are NOT personal
> attacks.
>
> How long do you think the BEVERAGE reflector would last?
> Or the 48 ft boom MONOBANDER reflector?
> The TRIBANDER reflector would probably endure longer
> with the understandable loss of the BIG GUN station owners.
> I expect careful selection of the focus will be the key
> to success of any new venture.
>
> Again, I prefer getting my input from one common reflector
> and filing individual messages in separate topic related
> folders (I have over 100), maintaining my own archives.
> My only complaint is that people tend to forget to change
> the SUBJECT line when the topic of discussion shifts.
>
> de Tom N4KG
>
>
>
>
>
>
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