On 10 Dec 05  17:49:06, Maurice Kinal got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: bragging rights   
       
    DC> That's partially because the user base has shrunk.  IIRC, there were    
    DC> over 3,000 Echoes in FIDO.     
    MK> user base WANT to support that many echoes?    
      
   Most of those were viable back then.     
      
    MK> users.  For instance - not that I am suggesting you actually do this -   
    MK> maybe there is an echolisting where the SIMPSONS would be better   
    MK> served if it weren't exclusively 'Simpsons'.  I like the Simpsons but   
      
   That's a Yes and a No!     
      
    MK> feel no real need to talk about it in Fido except maybe how it   
    MK> pertains to some other wider, more encompassing subject, perhaps the   
    MK> state of affairs of TV comedy and/or cartoons.    
      
   At one time the SIMPSONS was getting 25 to 50 and more messages    
   per day.  At that point it made sense to keep it as its own Echo.     
      
    MK> for Fido.  How does it serve the users when the echoes are too narrow   
    MK> in their focus, LINUX for example, if the user is restricted to   
    MK> discussing the pure topic without being allowed to compare and   
    MK> contrast to other OS's?    
      
   It depends on the volume.     
      
    MK> They are ALL like that.  Overall I think someone(s) really need to   
    MK> discuss the issue seriously in order to stem the obvious tide that   
    MK> isn't working favourably for Fido as a whole, users and sysops.    
      
   There are reasons to keep some Echoes open even though they are    
   inactive overall. And, it seems like evertime I announce that    
   I'm going to ax an Echo people drop in!  '   
      
    DC> A Moderator needs to be active in their Echo.  And no, not as a    
    DC> Moderator unless necessary.  Popping in out of the blue because a    
    DC> someone requested Moderator intervention doesn't cut it.     
      
    MK> Neither does a heavy hand methinks.  I believe discussion, serious or   
    MK> otherwise, is always a preferrable method for problem solving.    
      
   It depends on the Echo and postings.  Most all of my Echoes are    
   non-contoversial and require little, if any, intervention.     
      
      
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