My personal choice would be for one list too. I think the philosophy and
social issues discussions will show up in bursts none of which persists
for too very long. I'm comfortable with that.

Harriet Whitehead
WSU

On Wed, 11 Jan 1995, Peter Rauch wrote:

> >Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 11:52:13 -0800
> >From: Grant Fjermedal (Solution Matrix, Inc.) <v-grantf at microsoft.com>
>
> >Secondly: Someone has suggested that writers be limited to x number of
> >words per day. FRIGHTFUL IDEA!
>
> I heartly support these and Grant's other words on this subject.
>
> One other possibility that may satisfactorily address this (for some)
> problem:
>
> Split tweeters into two lists. The original tweeters, and tweetalk.
> (Dare I suggest tweechat!)
>
> The splitting of a discussion list into several is an old, tried and
> true method for exactly the type of "problem" being discussed --two
> relatively different topics being discussed on one list, especially
> where at least one of the topics is very heavily discussed, and perhaps
> seen as relatively peripheral to the main theme of the list.
>
> In this case, the bird observation/discerning/fieldmarks/behavior/etc
> discussion proceeds on tweeters. The birding philosophy/humanity/sociality/
> psychology/behavior/etc takes place on the new tweetalk.
>
> You subscribe to one or the other or both, as your interest dictates.
> There is very little likelihood for overlap of discussion between the
> two lists (and it will avoid the temptation, like some succumbed to
> recently) of combining several, especially mixed, topics into one
> message in an effort to condense the number of messages.
>
> The new list requires the support of a list owner. The obvious first
> place to seek one is to look towards the current tweeters owner....
>
> It also requires an expression of interest from current tweeters
> subscribers (since we can't reach the people who unsubscribed because
> of the heavy traffic or "off-topic" discussions, we'll have to live
> with the existing "bias.")
>
> Comments?
>
> (My personal choice is for one list, tweeters, since I'm interested in
> both topics. However, I don't believe that subscribing to two lists
> will cost me any _extra_ work or time.)
> Peter
>