http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/ The Gospel of Thomas Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:09:35 GMT Rick Hubbard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8014 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8014 Hi Mike-- ... Jungian, Eh? Well, I don't think I've gone around that particular bend, but who knows. When I was growing bald, I didn't really notice that was Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:30:16 GMT Michael Grondin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8013 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8013 ... I agree, Rick. I'd only add that one of the factors that seems to contribute to repetition is the apparent love of scholars for undecidable questions. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:17:29 GMT Chris Weimer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8012 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8012 Hey Mike, Ah, I see. I was hoping you weren't just deleting emails that didn't respond to you, as we're all busy enough to not respond to emails some point or Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:31:02 GMT Michael Grondin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8011 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8011 Hi Chris, Nice to hear from you. I don't follow your reasoning, however. As I said, I only deleted dead addresses, i.e., addresses where the server in question Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:17:11 GMT Chris Weimer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8010 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8010 Mike, You walk a dangerous line doing that, however. I have my subscription status as "No Email", but I still get every message that goes through gthomas Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:04:26 GMT Michael Grondin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8009 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8009 Hi Andrew, I notice that one of the variables mentioned on Crosstalk was specialization, i.e., that groups with a narrow focus tended to fade away more readily Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:32:09 GMT Michael Grondin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8008 Hi Roger, Yahoogroups allows four levels of contact between a group and a subscriber: "individual emails", "daily digest", "special notices", or "no email". Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:52 GMT Rick Hubbard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8007 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8007 I may as well offer my two cents about this topic. Speaking personally, the reasons why my own participation in e-list discussions have radically diminished Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:05:06 GMT Andrew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8005 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8005 Apologies again for crossposting. I'm really glad I asked the question I did (see subject). The feedback has been tremendous. I think I'm starting to get a Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:09:47 GMT mottrogere3 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8004 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8004 ... List" ... activity ... Hi Mike, I was one of the individuals on your "inactive" e-mail broadcast. I was surprised as I faithfully have read every message Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:13 GMT Michael Grondin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8003 Hi Dave- I suspect your note is going to cause some controversy, especially your characterization of motivations behind the Christian Origins group, but I Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:28:41 GMT Stephen C. Carlson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8002 My theory is that successful e-lists need to have good conversation starters. The decline in e-lists would be due to those people no longer starting threads. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:05:15 GMT David Hindley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8001 Hello Andrew, Yes, by my observation the decline of academic e-lists started around 2003, although there were signs of trouble before that. IMHO, the trouble Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:59:16 GMT Judy Redman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/8000 I know from personal experience that blogging decreases my ability to participate on lists. I only have so much time avaible for this kind of activity, Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:59:46 GMT CJED5@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/7999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gthomas/message/7999 I'm rather in the woodwork at the moment reading posts but leaving no evidence of doing so. I have a full-time job and doing a doctorate part-time, which