Option for ONE cohousing-L summary message per week | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholson![]() |
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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:17:56 -0700 (PDT) |
The recent spurt of activity has died down but there will probably be others. This message is for people who feel overwhelmed by all those messages. I think the biggest problem Cohousing-L has that causes people to unsubscribe is information overload. C-L-sum exists to give people another option to deal with this. C-L-sum is a separate mailing list and low volume email way of participating in cohousing-L by getting ONE weekly with list of topics discussed on Cohousing-L. It is easy to browse the cohousing-L archives to see what is being discussed as an alternative to getting all that email but if one unsubscribes, but there is a tendency to not get around to browsing the archives. The C-L-sum weekly mailings also serve as a reminder that Cohousing-L discussion goes on (and on and on * :) and reminder to browse the archives. If you are thinking about unsubscribing from cohousing-L, please consider subscribing to C-L-sum - details: http://lists.cohousing.org/archives/cohousing-l/msg23807.html * I'm not complaining, I'm just amazed sometimes. --- Why are there so few people (29) on the C-L-sum list? --- Here is an summary of the two lists in the 22 months since C-L-sum was started: Cohousing-L C-L-sum subs msgs subs msgs ** 01-01-06 650 1 01-04-07 745 2459 23 54 10-01-07 819 4042 29 91 subs = number of subscribers receiving list messages as of date shown msgs = number of email messages sent to each (non-digest) subscriber since 1/1/06 when C-L-sum was started. Note that over 52% of cohousing-L subscribers are in digest mode which cuts down the number of messages to one or a few per day. Three possible explanations for the relatively small number of C-L-sum subscribers after 22 months come to mind: 1) There really is not much need for C-L-sum; digest mode suffices. 2) C-L-sum does not in practice offer the enough functionality. I know C-L-sum is more complicated to explain and use than would be desireable but I've done the best I can (suggestions welcome) 3) Potential C-L-sum subscribers don't know about it or find it easy enough to sign up / use This message is an attempt to deal with 3) ... If you have any comments / suggestions, I'd be very interested in hearing them. Fred, listserv manager -- Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads: http://justcomm.org My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm CST/CDT) Email: fholson at cohousing.org
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