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Hi,<br>
<br>
I have posted on this list, I'm a lurker as I'm learning Drupal
(well, I have it installed. . . I'll get to it), nor do I really
have time or expertise to post/contribute, but thought I would throw
a couple of thoughts in here as I think there's something I can
contribute to. I haven't carefully read all the posts, but my
general sense is this:<br>
<br>
1. I have appreciated this list for what it is and the wide range of
Drupal topics it covers. As a self-employed person, I get something
from all the posts--from job/consulting/business concepts to
technical things.<br>
2. Agreed this list could use some moderation, but maybe people
should just moderate themselves and not reply post to things that
are not Drupal or Drupal business-related. I think there is general
sense on what is "off-topic" more or less (e.g. the capitalism v.
socialism which I love to talk about--in addition to the barter
system but not on this list). It *seems* like subscribers don't mind
the range of DRUPAL topics (business, technical, etc.) that come to
this list.<br>
3. This list, like IRC is a community for a lot of people, which
means that people might go off on tangents. Have you been on IRC
lately? How often do people stick to topic? It's like a party room
sometimes. I guess we could all respect people's time and say "No
off-topics on this list. Go on IRC."<br>
4. If you close down the list or revamp it based on what a couple of
vocal subscribers are saying, I think you might be missing the
forest for the trees. You might want to do a survey and get a larger
sampling of what people's perceptions are of this list and what they
expect and base your list (and/or moderating) on what people
want/need.<br>
5. If you split the list into micro-groups, you might end up killing
all the plants instead of just the weeds (sorry for my plant
analogies). Then, we'd all have to find the X number of groups to
join, join those (probably smaller) groups and thusly, kind of kill
the traffic.<br>
6. Please trim msgs when replying :) It's hard enough to follow
threads!<br>
<br>
My $0.02.<br>
<br>
Karen<br>
<br>
On 8/24/10 12:44 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:consulting-request@drupal.org">consulting-request@drupal.org</a> wrote:
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