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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Fallopia/Tovaria

Sherryl Sandersfeld <shsande@IBM.NET> wrote:

> Robins,
> I'd like to take this opportunity to remind robins of the two post per day
> limit.  I know that when a topic is going strong, two just doesn't seem to
> be enough, sometimes, but this really is a good thing for all of us. We
> have more than 200 subscribers to the list.  It requires that we respond to
> several posts in one email to the robin, and delay our initial inclination
> to respond separately to each post as they are being read.  It may help
> matters if you get into the habit of reading all of the robin mail, for the
> day, before sending off your responses.  Then you will be able to address
> more than one topic in your response.
> Thanks very much for your cooperation/understanding.
> Sherryl

Sherryl, I do appreciate the issues you've raised about reading
all the mail first prior to responding.  If a question has been
well-answered it is unnecessary to respond.

However, while I've cooperated re:  the 2 post limit, I suppose
I don't particularly understand it or why it's better for all of
us as long as people are staying on topic.

With over 200 subscribers if each subscriber were to post their
permitted 2 messages per day, we would be receiving 400 messages
per day.  That isn't even close to happening.  I, for one,
haven't used anywhere near my 2 post limit since I joined.
Obviously that is true for many of us.  If people are hot on a
topic, I suppose I don't understand why that's an issue.  If
volume is the problem, why not wait until it actually becomes a
problem?  What it will tend to do is drag a particular thread
out for much longer than it might have otherwise.

Best,
Jaime
NW NJ, zone 6/5


jknoble@warwick.net
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