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   Hello Nick!   
      
    NA> I will never understand "stats"... those that collect   
    NA> them, those that read them, the idea that one can judge   
    NA> whats a good echo or not based on an arbitrary number of   
    NA> posts. Especially busy-idiots who post them routinely as   
    NA> part of some stupid script out of a need to feel   
    NA> important.   
      
   Granted, the stats of some of the echos are highly skewed with     
   the repetative auto-posts with rules and stuff.  However, it is     
   good to have something to indicate that some life in them     
   exists and that someone has an eye on them.   
      
      
    NA> Some echoes have lots of messages but are completely devoid of any   
    NA> interesting content while others have only a few posts but can be very   
    NA> interesting.   
      
   I suppose it's a lot like tuning into a ham-radio channel and     
   hope that someone is there to have a chat.   
      
   The ELIST provides a healthy list of FTN echos. People simply     
   need to contribute to the ones that they are interested to see     
   spring with more life.   
   --    
     ../|ug   
      
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