On Thu March 1 2007 1:55 pm, Marc-Olivier Barre wrote: > On 3/1/07, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto <denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 3/1/07, Greg Wilder <gregwilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm sure I'm in the minority on this, but I'd like to see a show of > > > hands - how many of you are lurking on this list with the faint hope > > > that some tiny (but usefull) bit of information might just drop from > > > the sky? > > > > You called the lurkers, so here I am. ;-) > > > > I don't have any problems with more open subjects in this list. After > > all, the more digressed subjects, come labeled Off Topic (at least, > > they should). I've learnt lots of interesting things with this list > > and think it would be bad for everyone to restrict the matters. If > > something has to do with linux and audio, it is wellcome here, ain't > > it? > > > > My 0.02 cents... > > Make it 0.02 cents more, > > I agree. Restricting topics would be a shame. Some apparently totally > useless topics scoring high on the digression scale sometimes turn out > to make unexpected "useful info" (not to all users I agree) just fall > out of the sky. > > And as far as the "I want to sound like my favorite band" subjects are > concerned, I find them very interesting to the users whom are the > primary target of this list. Even if there's no artistic point in > trying to sound like someone else, it is sometimes the occasion to > hear about a piece of software some lurkers may not have heard of. At no point did I suggest limiting list topics. Of course it's true that the contributors of any list/forum determine the direction of discussions. I kinda figured that folks were generally happy with the list - why else would they subscribe? But before I terminated my subscription, I wanted to express my general disappointment and I wondered if anyone else had similar feelings. G
