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[lojban] Re: Interest level (was ISO 639-2 request)



la_skat wrote:
--- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Invent Yourself <xod@t...> wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2003, Craig wrote:

<snip>

But I think there are probably interested people who aren't

regular posters. Probably.

I find disingenuous the claim that there are people who are

interested but

aren't on the mailing list, unless they are in undeveloped regions

where

computer access is prohibitive. Yahoo offers digest format, and if

that's

too much of a Lojban overload, I daresay the interest level is

rather

slight.


Well, the claim wasn't "that there are people who are interested but aren't on the mailing list." The claim was that "there are probably interested people who aren't *regular posters*."

I think it quite likely that there are many interested people who are not regular posters. I count myself as an "interested person." I am not a regular poster. Since this is probably my first post, I wouldn't even call myself a poster of any sort, regular or otherwise. My lack of time, and my lack of anything substantive to add to the discussion don't make me any less interested.

I'm subscribed to the digest of both this list and the beginners' list. I just barely have time to read them. I make the time because I'm interested.


True - plenty of people prefer to lurk, and people also go through long periods of inactivity (I'm a prime example).

robin.tr


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