Subj : Announcement
To   : mark lewis
From : Michael Grant
Date : Fri Apr 13 2001 09:57 pm

Hello mark.

13 Apr 01 21:55, you wrote to me:

 MG>> Why should other than the moderators decide what the criteria
 MG>> for removing an echo is? If an echo truly is dead, the
 MG>> moderator will request it's removal.

 ml> not when the moderator leaves (in one manner or another) without
 ml> saying a word...

See below...

 MG>> Failing that, eventually every system carrying it will
 MG>> eventually one by one de-link it, until it's clear to
 MG>> the top levels that it's no longer viable.

 ml> won't happen as long as systems are confgured to autoadd what their
 ml> main feed sends them... a test message will reconnect most everyone...

I auto-add here... I still notice when an echo's dead, though, and routinely 
de-link those that are dead. It doesn't take a lot of effort.

 ml> even when echos are dead, not everyone is quite willing to see them
 ml> for what they are... myself included...

So remove them based on some pie-in-the sky criteria? What if two people are 
carrying on a conversation in them? Toss those people out with the trash?

Why do we need such a rush? Wait six months; if there's zero traffic in that 
time, /then/ remove it. If there's legitimate posts in the echo during that 
time, leave the damn thing alone.


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