From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Mar 27 21:43:16 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@shiva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 28 Mar 2001 05:43:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 46030 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2001 05:43:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 28 Mar 2001 05:43:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shiva.sixgirls.org) (206.252.141.232) by mta1 with SMTP; 28 Mar 2001 05:43:15 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by shiva.sixgirls.org (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2S5jFE01489 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:45:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:45:15 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Classifying threads for the bored In-Reply-To: <002501c0b739$6af2f4a0$825681ce@wlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Value Yourself On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, seidensticker wrote: > From: "A.W.T." > Subject: lojban audial recognition etc. > > ... > > >BTW, IMHO one reason for new Lojban-interested people getting bored off and > leaving again might be long philosophical threads of the DJUNO/KRICI kind - > whereas basic vocabulary to express ourselves is still missing or at least > not at all obvious! (like: "already"/"still", "not yet"/"no longer" etc. - > Don't remember the old thread about this topic, which - as far I recall - > had no real conclusion: naza'o/za'onai ???) Shouldn't we better leave the > ivory tower and turn toward people instead of discussing "linguistic" > specialties as sort of an oblivious and eccentric navel gazing? > _________________ > > I agree with the concern. While it's great to see lots of email activity in > the lojban group (this month has had, by far, the largest # of postings over > the past 2.5 years), I find it cumbersome to wade through much email that > doesn't interest me. I can certainly see newcomers becoming discouraged by > irrelevant (to them) email. > > What about creating another Yahoo group? There could be lojban (how to best > learn Lojban) and lojban2 (philosophical discussions and word debate). > Newcomers could sign up for the former until they're interested in > participating in the lojban2 debates. > > I'm sure there's a better split into 2 or 3 groups than I've suggested > above -- any ideas? Mailing lists have historically dealt with this issue by creating a set of short capitalized tags for prefacing subjects. "OT" for "off-topic", etc. We could, for instance, use "PHIL" for these philosophical threads. I can't actually think of any categories to tag. ----- "The trees are green, since green is good for the eyes". I agreed with him, and added, that God had created cattle, since beef soups strengthen man; that he created the donkey, so that it might give man something with which to compare himself; and he had created man, to eat beef soup and not be a donkey.