From: Glenn Parker Date: 2005-05-23T23:35:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days) James Britt wrote: > > I, too, would like that "disclaimer" removed. The stats are of mild > interest to me, but I trust the vast majority who read them to have > enough sense interpreting their meaning and value. Balwinder, Hang in there, and remember that "No good deed goes unpunished." Your disclaimer is short, to the point, and easy enough to ignore, even though it is quite relevant. This discussion group's message volume is trending up, while the signal to noise ratio is slowly falling. Some people land at the top of the list and feel somehow insulted at your disclaimer, but maybe they are just a bit chagrined. I used to read and appreciate almost every message. Now I read less than half of them. I suggest that posters ask themselves if their message is relevant to at least 5% or 10% of the group. That's a pretty low threshold, but it would eliminate at least 10% of the messages in the current mix. -- Glenn Parker | glenn.parker-AT-comcast.net |