Klarinet Archive - Posting 000819.txt from 2003/04

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] What does it take to kill a list?
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:42:35 -0400

On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:47:19 -0700, wde2@-----.com said:

> For that matter, what does it take for some people to get the point?
> A two-by-four?
>
> Bill Daniluk wrote:
>
> > I can't imagine that any professionals who really wanted to address
> > a diverse community like this would be "driven off" by off-topic
> > posts, even lots of them...
>
> Mark Charette wrote:
>
> > I do know, as list owner... that a number of well-known and
> > well-respected clarinet professionals do not subscribe to this list
> > primarily because of its signal-to-noise ratio.
>
> Can you imagine it now, Bill?

Well, I can't speak for the others; but I'm a professional, and I've
unsubscribed from the list a couple of times because of what could be
described as 'a low signal/noise ratio'.

But for me that low signal/noise ratio is nothing to do with off-topic
posts about floor-hamsters, or anything even remotely similar.

Tony
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