judi@coyote.datalog.COM (Judi McKernan) (06/14/91)
Just a thought, folks. To avoid posts that go on and on for page
after page after page, such as the recent lists of Happy lyrics, how
bout this for an idea? Instead of posting all the lyrics for an entire
album/whatever on one day, maybe a posting of one or two single songs
per day with an entire album's worth spread out over a week or two
would take care of some of the glut.
Don't know if this is feasible or not. Just an idea flowing
through my tiny Kate-infested brain...
p.s.- just my own 2 cents worth, but I intend to give Happy a try
just as soon as I can scrape a few extra bucks together. Yes, kiddies,
your so-called "gushing enthusiasm" has had a positive effect on me.
judibrownfld@ux1.cso.uiuc.EDU (Kenneth R Brownfield) (06/17/91)
judi@coyote.datalog.COM (Judi McKernan) writes: > Just a thought, folks. To avoid posts that go on and on for page >after page after page, such as the recent lists of Happy lyrics, how >bout this for an idea? Instead of posting all the lyrics for an entire >album/whatever on one day, maybe a posting of one or two single songs >per day with an entire album's worth spread out over a week or two >would take care of some of the glut. Actually, it seems that (to me, IMHO, et al) the _number_ of messages is more annoying. If I don't want Happy lyrics (hypothetically) I can just kill one file for an entire album. Otherwise I'd have to go through and cancel 12 messages instead (not that I would.) This may be completely different for mailing list people, I'm not speaking for them (yet. ;-) ;-) This is called Asbestos-ese. There's not really an anti-Happy movement, or Kate vs. Happy feelings, from what I can tell. Some people love Happy to death (or life ;-) and others *yawn* a bit more. Happy belongs here, but there are two points that need to me made: 1) when the lyrics came out, Happy traffic skyrocketed. Everyone who wanted the stuff was elated. Everyone that didn't grew annoyed. The lyrics and beginning traffic was enough for a separate Happy mailing list. 2) The Happy traffic as it stands is _not_ enough for it's own list, IMOSVHO. The traffic should slope down to a normal level for musical artists in love- hounds/gaffa. It has already. I think if the discussion is dropped there won't be any more fur being rubbed the wrong way. The Happy discussion should equalize. Can anyone honestly say that the Happy traffic in the future will be in enough bulk to justify a mailing list? From what I can tell... UnHappy UnMusical, myself. > judi Ken. -- Ken. Kenneth R. Brownfield brownfld@uiuc.edu Computing Services Office uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!brownfld University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (finger for more info.)