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Subject: Re: Digests Users
From: J C Lawrence <claw @ kanga . nu>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 14:28:51 -0700
To: Mitchell Leben <mitch @ leben . com>
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Message from Mitchell Leben <mitch@leben.com> of "Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:44:08 CDT." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104090936360.25799-100000@spock.leben.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104090936360.25799-100000@spock.leben.com>

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:44:08 -0500 (CDT) 
Mitchell Leben <mitch@leben.com> wrote:

> A quick check of my lists shows approximately 40% of users on the
> digest version of the lists. This is a sample of 4 lists,
> approximately 10,000 subscribers total.

> FWIW these are computer related lists, so the subscribers are
> probably familiar with their email programs.

Even more FWLIW, my digest precentage is 6.3% over ~5K tehnically
oriented members.

> In casual observations, it seems people on the digest are less
> likely to post.

I have (I think) only one digest member that ever posts.  This may
have something to do with the fact that I actively discourage digest
members from posting.

-- 
J C Lawrence                                       claw@kanga.nu
---------(*)                          http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/
--=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--



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