Look guys, I agree that we do get loads of off topic posts and that I probably contribute to most of them but there *IS* still the central core of HA related questions and discussion that goes on. I subscribe to several groups including a home cinema group and I think there’s maybe one posting a month if we’re lucky on there … everyone is too scared of being shot down for saying something and the whole thing is dead.

My opinion of it is that if a thread is diverging from what I’m interested in then I can always delete it but if I don’t get it in the first place then I can’t decide whether to filter it out … after all, what the hell have model helicopters got to do with HA? Sure, this *IS* a HA newsgroup but it has evolved into far more than that – it has become a great little club. I can’t imagine what it would be like to sit on the outside reading this group as a “lurker” – however I can’t imagine being able to remain a lurker with such a friendly crowd of guys and gals.

This group is great … I hope that the guys out there can see that it is great *BECAUSE* it is the way it is and that restricting it will diminish it in some way and maybe even kill it.

Someone I was discussing this matter with today mentioned that because of the number of emails that come through he couldn’t read the group at work as his boss could see all these emails piling up … that’s not a problem with the group, that’s a problem with the user trying to do something that they shouldn’t be!

If the decision is made to split the group then so be it … if the decision is made to only allow directly HA related questions then same again. However I think that we’ll all be the poorer for it.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Griffiths [mailto:mike@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 October 2001 14:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Off Topic Posts (Again) soon to end I hope

Mark I agree

Most lists I join when I need to find something out stay with for a month and then leave

the beauty of this list is that it remains fresh

who cares about the dog and the digibox

on way or the other

Mike

At Home

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hopley [mailto:mhopley@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wed 31 Oct 01 13:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Off Topic Posts (Again)

I have been lurking on this group for a little while now and I enjoy reading all the posts, even though at times it is hard to keep on top of the volume of mail.

Although this is a HA list, I appreciate it more because of the off topic stuff.

I see this list as a group of like-minded, gadget loving, tech bargain hunting people. HA is a common theme but so is home cinema, networking, computing etc.

It would be a shame to break it up into smaller groups, but again this is just my opinion.

As long as I don't miss out on the next Epods, split air-con, fingerprint reader etc :-)

Mark Hopley

----- Original Message -----

From: Mark McCall

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:37 AM

Subject: [ukha_d] Off Topic Posts (Again)

I've just had an email from a long time member of the mailing list on the old chestnut of off topic posts. I know this is an old one but I do agree with him. For the many of us these post aren't a problem. For others however, they are. A couple of weeks ago a guy that runs a well know HA business in the UK unsubscribed too, stating it had got to much for him.

Anyone just joining the group must wonder if it's on HA or if they've mistakenly joined a Windows support group. And I'm not pointing the finger at anyone here...I'm as guilty as anyone.

So...what do we do?

There are probably no more than around 50 of us that use the list for "chat" and OT stuff. Would those member mind if I added them to a separate chat list?

Comments appreciated.

Many thanks

M.

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