On 13 Dec 05  19:31:26, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: bragging rights   
      
    DC> At one time the SIMPSONS was getting 25 to 50 and more messages    
    DC> per day.  At that point it made sense to keep it as its own Echo.     
    NB>    
    NB> The Genealogy echoes were similar...  The main one GENEALOGY got so   
    NB> big and unwieldy that many other splintered echoes were formed, for   
    NB> research in specific areas of the country or other countries of origin,   
    NB> for just surname posts, for genealogy software, etc...  At the time,   
    NB> all were quickly viable, and remained so throughout the heyday...  Now   
    NB> of course it's a different story.   
      
   It's all about critical mass.     
       
    DC> There are reasons to keep some Echoes open even though they are    
    DC> inactive overall. And, it seems like evertime I announce that    
    DC> I'm going to ax an Echo people drop in!  '   
    NB>    
    NB> That's obviously a case of people lurking, regularly following an   
    NB> echo, even if they don't think of anything to say to contribute for a   
      
   Such as the BW Echo!     
      
      
      
   ... The way I look at it, kids are just short adults.   
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