On Tue, 7 May
2002, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> > > > > > A lot of folks
> > > > > > who had a lot to contribute here have left because of this
problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Got any examples to back that statement up?
> > > >
> > > > Chuck McManis, Andrew Davies, Tim Shoppa... I'm sure there are
more who
> > > > chose to simply make silent departures.
> > >
Eric Smith too -- miss him.
Eric stays very busy, and I think that's a common theme amongst
the members of the exodus. They don't have the *time* to wade
through the noise to get to the signal.
However, I think some seemingly absent members might be
lurking. Steve Robertson is one example who comes to mind.
Eric remains everpresent on USENET, and co-collaborator
Al Kossow continues to scan the list for comment-worthy
material, so if you ring Erics's bell loudly enough, I
think you'll get his attention.
Others noted missing: Chris Kennedy (I fear my carburetor
thread chased him off); Mark Crispin; Daniel Seagraves;
Lance Costanzo; Rob Kapteyn; David Betz; Dave Mabry;
Lawrence LeMay; Brian Wheeler; Brian Knittel; Dave Babcock;
Clint Wolff; Curt Vendel; Jim Arnott; Shawn Rutledge;
Edwin P. Groot; Brian Chase; Mike McFadden.
If I keep digging through personal correspondance, I'm
sure I'll find more.
We didn't hear much from Allison until recently; did I just
recently see a post from Megan? R. D. Davis was gone or silent
for a long time (and please don't anyone use this as an opportuniyy
for a gouge)
My Co-Cyber Conspirator Greg Travis subscribed and unsubscribed
in the very same day.
Now, I'd like to believe in many cases, that people just get
busy, and as you all know, if you subscribe to this list in
non-digest mode, you MUST service your inbox or routed folder
DAILY or you will just fill up. So I suspect some of these
people unsub, then sub back up briefly to test the waters.
They don't see what they like, they unsub again. Others may
have switched to digest mode but don't post because there's
not enough signal to be of interest.
Oops, I forget I run at 1280 x 1024, and a windowfull of text
might be pages for others, so I'll cut this short...
-dq
