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|    Message 353 of 1,946    |
|    Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus    |
|    bragging rights    |
|    17 Dec 05 20:47:58    |
      On 16 Dec 05 19:35:57, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa        -> Re: bragging rights                DC> It's all about critical mass.                NB> Exactly. Unfortunately, the genealogy echoes needed a fairly high        NB> volume (and an even higher number of usual-lurkers) to maintain that        NB> critical mass, and have good discussions going. There are just SO        NB> many different family names, you need a lot of people to run into        NB> anyone else who is searching the same names as you...               Of that, I'm sure.                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!                NB> Particularly. A couple other technical ones that I follow are        NB> similar... :)              One for me is TERMINAT.                      --- OMX/Blue Wave/DOS v2.30        * Origin: Soundly on the Fault Line (1:138/666.0)    |
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