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At 04:24 AM 7/15/97 -0400, you wrote: It should be >>noted that the size of the list has remained constant over the past few >>months in spite of the growth of the internet. It should be noted that the "internet" could be looked at as an ENTIRE pie. A 'list' - any list - is only one tiny slice of that pie. For example, why would you expect a person interested in hybrid roses, (another tiny slice of that internet pie), to join a list such as Parkinson's if that person has no need or want for the PD information? It simply is not possible for any list such as Parkinson's to grow at the same rate as the "internet." I have talked to many >>people who have been so overwhelmed by the volume that they have left >>the list. People will leave when there is nothing of interest to them. If the information is there - wheat amongst the chaff - people won't leave. This list is loaded with people willing to share information. >This is what can happen to Internet discussion forums: . Some anger vented > between people who have different ideas about what is and isn't > "on topic". A small percentage of those people are always angry about something. Lets be grateful some of those folks' join *Internet discussion forums.* At least during the time they're at the computer keys or "On line" they aren't behind the wheel of a car or abusing children, animals or the SO. > > >I generally float this suggestion everytime people concerned about the >amount of traffic on the list..... and I get a lot of emotion back about >"we can't split the main list". > >Well, I don't think its something we can afford to get emotional about. IF >WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO SOLVE THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THE What - exactly - IS the "structural problem?" What - exactly - IS your particular interest? >At the moment there are four Parkinson's lists on the Internet: > - PARKINSN, this one. > - CARE, for carers, run by Camilla > - PARKLISTE, which is basically PARKINSN but in French > - PDUK, which is for "Parkinson's issues in the UK" > >Leaving the technical issues aside (like where to host the lists), Excuse me BUT I don't think the above "technical issues" ... "like where to host the lists" should be left aside. What country do you suggest "host the lists?" I care. what do >people think? Would you support these lists? What to do? Do you care? > Yes, I care. What country code is 44? Sharon <[log in to unmask]> > >Simon > >--------- My opinions are my own, NIP's opinions are theirs ---------- >Simon J. Coles Email: [log in to unmask] >New Information Paradigms Work Phone: +44 1344 778783 >http://www.nipltd.com/ Work Fax: +44 1344 772510 >=============== Life is too precious to take seriously =============== > Sharon <[log in to unmask]> Sharon <[log in to unmask]>