From: ningynongy@nob.nob   
      
   "Col"  wrote in message   
   news:4vitusF1c9lprU1@mid.individual.net...   
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   > "Hercule Platini"  wrote in message   
   > news:458fc8cf$0$97253$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...   
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   >> Only in the sense that I preferred to let unread messages build up a bit,   
   >> rather than reply to the one or two every day.  And with so few posts,   
   >> there isn't really the sense of urgency.   
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   > Yeah but that just compounds the death of this group.   
   > Replying every day lets the converaation flow easily and encourages   
   > others to join in. There's been numerous times when I thouight about   
   > replying to one of your posts but didn't bother because I thought I   
   > wouldn't get a reply for weeks, if at all.   
      
   Hmmm.  Point taken.  I suspect it's a vicious circle.  Less posting means   
   less replies, less replies means less traffic, less traffic means most   
   people don't bother.   
      
   Mind you I've just accessed the messages and there were 507 unread, so   
   something's happened.   
      
      
   --   
   Hercule Platini   
      
   "Well, you got a reply now, didn't you!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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