From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-12-24T07:04:19+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-misc (was Re: where have all the experienced users gone?)

On Dec 23, 2006, at 11:05, Jeremy McAnally wrote:
>> Just look at you guys. Talking and talking. It's the 74th message I
>> receive from this thread.
>
> Hm.  Imagine that!  TALKING on ruby-TALK! ;)
>
> I kid, I kid, but seriously, isn't this what the list is for at least
> partially?  I think maybe you and I view the list differently, and
> perhaps Tom and I do, too.  Either that's part of the list culture or
> they should make a list for you and a list for me so you can do
> whatever it is that you would do on a list where you didn't talk, and
> we can get on with our nice chats... :p

To be honest, the list culture has changed quite a bit since I first  
started reading the list.  (It seems that my first post was [ruby- 
talk:44580] back in July 2002.)

[ruby-talk:1] came 43 months prior (Dec 1998)
[ruby-talk:50000] came just under 2 months later (Sep 2002)
[ruby-talk:100000] came 22 months later (May 2004)
[ruby-talk:150000] came 36 month slater (July 2005)
[ruby-talk:200000] came 48 months later (July 2006)

Between [ruby-talk:50000] and [ruby-talk:100000] there wasn't nearly  
as many threads like this one or the thread that spawned this one.   
When there were, they certainly didn't carry on like they do today.

If there was a long thread back then, it was almost always some  
technical discussion.

After or around [ruby-talk:100000] the chattiness of the list  
increased drastically.  I'd go look for when I first posted about  
this many years ago, but I don't really care.

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