[mythtv-users] Leaving...

[daniel-mythtvusers at mbx.zapto.org]

Darren Black wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Brad Fuller 
> <bradallenfuller at gmail.com <mailto:bradallenfuller at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Brad DerManouelian
>     <myth at dermanouelian.com <mailto:myth at dermanouelian.com>> wrote:
>     > I know it's not proper etiquette to announce when you
>     unsubscribe, but I
>     > felt like I should since I have a lot of information on this
>     list that
>     > others might want to follow up with me so if that happens, you
>     can simply
>     > reference this message in the archives.
>     >
>     > I am not looking to start a discussion about signal to noise
>     ratio or even
>     > have people contact me about this specifically. Please don't reply.
>
>     I'm replying anyway. You've provided such great info here. Why are you
>     leaving? Hope it's not because of some disagreement on the list.--
>     Brad Fuller
>
>
> What I read in his message is that his reason for leaving is the 
> signal to noise ratio he doesn't wish to discuss...
>
It's a good point, isn't it?  The mailing list has such high volume that 
"noise" is inevitable.  What's the typical remedy to the situation where 
a mailing list is the victim of its own success?

Maybe I'm off base and mailing lists should be able to scale 
indefinitely, but personally I find it hard to follow items of interest 
among so many mailings.