On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Matt Disney <mdis...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/30/11 11:25 PM, Adam Moskowitz wrote: >> Worse -- we have t...@lopsa.org *and* disc...@lopsa.org, and we're >> having this discussion ON BOTH LISTS! Why? At a minimum, because no >> one knows the difference between the two lists. > > I do think we should reconsider our list structure going forward, but I > specifically sent the original email about this stuff both lists on the > assumption they have different members and wanting to reach as many > folks as possible. > > Just speaking from my own experience, at one point I was intentionally > subscribed to one but not both (tech not discuss, just wanted the tech > know-how goodies). > > Matt
I think as technical people many of us instinctively want to categorize things with the idea of making things easier to manage. This works against us when dealing with human issues, such as communication. There's always going to be someone complaining about "too much off topic" on a list, but in general I think those people are succumbing to this need to categorize everything and until the volume of a list is really high, those people can be ignored. The problem with too many lists is that you dilute the number of people on each list so much that you don't reach a critical mass to have useful discussions. I don't think any of these lists get enough volume to warrant splitting them up at this point. ❧ Brian Mathis _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
