From: Prof. Gomes (profgomes@geocities.com)
Date: Tue Dec 02 1997 - 07:48:14 MST
At 02:21 02/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 12/2/97 12:08:33 AM, maxmore@primenet.com wrote:
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>>Here's a possibility that I'd like to hear feedback on:
>>
>>The current proposal is to make the Extropians list into a members-only
>>list for posting ability, but non-members could still read messages.
>>
>>Instead, we could leave the Extropians list as it is, and create a new,
>>additional list, say ExI-Members, or Extropians-Special, or
>>Extropians-Insider (or whatever has the appropriate elitist ring to it :)
>>). That would leave this list more open, but mean we have a more filtered,
>>probably higher S/N list, with clear guidelines for members, so we would
>>still have a new members-only benefit to add to the other membership
>benefits.
>
>I think that's a much better idea than effectively kicking non-members off
>the existing list. Generally people react quite negatively to having
>something taken away (much more so than to an a equivalent gain).
>Saying non-members can't post certainly seems to be really bothering a lot
>of people here.
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