[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: Why I like this list but not OT (long)

Subject: Re: Why I like this list but not OT (long)
From: "Paul Nagai" <naglists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:17:26 -0800

On 12/13/06, Peter Hirons <peter -at- galley -dot- ie> wrote:

> "The TECHWR-L discussion list has more than 5,000 direct subscribers and
> an estimated daily readership of more than 10,000 people worldwide."

I'm not sure I'm happy with that statement as it could be taken to imply
that the worldwide readers are not direct subscribers.

I'm pretty sure that the direct vs. indirect statement reflects the
difference between people who receive e-mail from the techwr-l mail
servers vs. people who follow conversations through newsgroups,
"exploders" that forward e-mails from a single subscription to
multiple recipients (inside of a single company for example), or other
non-subscription based distribution.

Change the "and" to "with" and you have a description less likely to
be interpreted with a US-centric bent. While I'm fairly certain the
bulk of the direct subscribers (and indirect audience) are largely
US-based, it's certainly not in the charter of this group to focus on
US members or issues.

Splitting a mailing list almost universally fails, especially when the
division is to allow noise and not to separate distinct signals.
Besides, list management has already weighed in on this in the past
and won't "officially" split the mailing list (barring a surprising
change in policy). Further, this very group has been "split" before by
individuals who have created alternate lists with more permissive
posting guidelines. (Those sites have been posted already in this very
thread.)

Finally, Kat Nagel's The Natural Life Cycle of Mailing Lists, speaks
to the current sturm und drang:
http://www.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/lifelist.html

--
Paul Nagai
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content delivery. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l

Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or printed documentation. Features include single source authoring, team authoring,
Web-based technology, and PDF output. http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot-
To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.

References:
Re: Why I like this list but not OT (long): From: Dick Margulis
Re: Why I like this list but not OT (long): From: Peter Hirons

Previous by Author: Re: What's in +your+ car? Was: Re: Map documentation
Next by Author: RE: HATs: Market Share
Previous by Thread: Re: Why I like this list but not OT (long)
Next by Thread: Non-English tech writer

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads