Osud konference+navrh

[Janicek]

>> THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS (fwd)
>>
>> Every list seems to go through the same cycle:
>>
>> 1.  Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush alot about
>>      how wonderful it is to find kindred souls).
>>
>> 2.  Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list,
>>      and brainstorm recruitment strategies).
>>
>> 3.  Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads
>>      develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up)
>>
>> 4.  Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of
>>      information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as
>>      well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people
tease
>>      each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience;
>>      everyone---newbie and expert alike---feels comfortable asking
questions
,
>>      suggesting answers, and sharing opinions)
>>
>> 5.  Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases
>>      dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people
>>      start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens
>>      to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet
>>      topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to
>>      lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic
thread
s
>>      than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed)
>>
>> 6a.  Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who
>>      asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post;
>>      newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of
>>      a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private
>>      email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots
of
>>      time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic
>>      threads off the list)
>>
>> OR
>>
>> 6b.  Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants
>>      stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks;
>>      many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list
>>      lives contentedly ever after)

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Sasa (Alexandr) Stelsovsky
E-mail: <Janicek at cc.UManitoba.CA>
Phone: (204) 633 3647 or (204) 694 0554
Date: 05/08/95
Time: 15:14:36
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