-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 12-14-05  17:08 <=-   
      
    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.   
      
    DC> It's all about critical mass.     
      
   Exactly.  Unfortunately, the genealogy echoes needed a fairly high   
   volume (and an even higher number of usual-lurkers) to maintain that   
   critical mass, and have good discussions going.  There are just SO many   
   different family names, you need a lot of people to run into anyone else   
   who is searching the same names as you...    
      
    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   
      
    DC> Such as the BW Echo!     
      
   Particularly.  A couple other technical ones that I follow are   
   similar...  :)   
      
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