Re: [ga] Motion to the Chair

["L Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

Two posts a day is great for "hit and run."  Personally, I don't have 
time to spend taking notes on posts on the GA list and waiting for 
the end of the day to determine whether I should post or not, and 
then making a composite for a reply to more than one thread.  If 
that's the case, I'll go back to lurking status, which is close to 
where I am now anyway.

I think you're taking it too far, Danny.  

Leah


On 8 Jul 2001, at 22:03, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Joops motion, and his comments regarding ostracism, essentially
> express the sentiment that something is so seriously wrong with our GA
> list that we must immediately act to correct the problem.     
> 
> I took it upon myself to tabulate the comments posted to our list in
> the last month.  From June 8 to July 8 there were 1021 posts to the
> main GA list by 62 individuals.   Six people accounted for half of all
> the posts.   
> 
> Looking at the archives on a day-by-day basis, I merely totalled the
> number of posts per person on each day (as listed in the archives) and
> noted that all of these six individuals exceeded the daily posting
> limit on several occasions.  
> 
> 8 violations -- 130 posts total -- Jeff Williams -- daily posts on
> days of violation -- (9,6,6,7,6,6,7,10) 7 violations -- 102 posts
> total -- William Walsh --  daily posts on days of violation --
> (6,6,6,7,6,6,7)  4 violations --  92 posts total -- Eric Dierker --
> daily posts on days of violation -- (7,8,10,6) 4 violations --  69
> posts total -- Jim Fleming -- daily posts on days of violation --
> (7,8,7,13) 3 violations --  60 posts total -- Patrick Corliss -- daily
> posts on days of violation -- (8,7,8) 2 violations --  66 posts total
> -- Jefsey Morfin -- daily posts on days of violation -- (8,6)
> 
> It is also reasonable to assume that a great many of the complaints
> forwarded to ga-abuse concern individuals who post prolificly.   If
> this is the case, then it further becomes reasonable to conclude that
> excessive postings are a major part of our problem with this list.
> 
> Let us consider what our list would have been like if these
> individuals were on holiday during the last month.  We would have
> received 502 posts from 56 people spread over 31 days (an average of
> one post per individual about every 3-4 days).
> 
> I have come to the conclusion that the needs of this Assembly might
> best be served by further restricting the number of allowable daily
> postings in order to cut down on the "noise".   Perhaps a maximum of
> two posts per day per list would be sensible, if vigorously enforced
> by our list monitors.  
> 
> It is quite evident that we have a problem.  I would appreciate your
> comments on this possible solution.
> 
> 
> 
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