Dang!! We're growing!

[buymenow00]

Have you checked out the members list? There are like twice as many peeps today as there were yesterday! How cool is that?

[Setter32]

I think they're starting to migrate from the old board.

About freakin time!


Hey, I want to report somebody to the moderator.
Always wanted to try that.
Any volunteers?

:D

[Setter32]

Maybe I can report the moderator to the moderator.

Ahh, the possibilities.

:D

[Kurt'sSV]

I wonder what this website will be like a year from now?

Will it be Utopia or will we have some sort of fall out and civil war amongst ourselves? And from this civil war will we have an all powerful dictator to rule the SoCalSVriders with an Iron fist?

If we do I hope the dictator is me.

[sandie]

that is so jack handy

[Aufaber]

Well here you go (stolen from who knows where):

THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS

Every list seems to go through the same cycle:

1. Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls).

2. Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies).

3. Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up)

4. Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other
experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with
generosity and patience; everyone---newbie and expert alike---feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and
sharing opinions)

5. Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every
reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't
limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more
bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets
annoyed)

6a. Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating
each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list)

OR

6b. Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly
every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after)
:-?

[Troy]

Originally posted by sandie
that is so jack handy

that does sound kinda like "fuzzy memories"

troy:-?

[NukleoN]

Let's hope this list doesn't suffer from Entropy....it's an open system deriving energy from us. :geek: