On Sun, 12 Jun 1994 12:11:06 CDT Ramona Curry said: >I'm wondering if others have noted a shift in tone on SCREEN-L of late (and >also in the volume of messages, even now that the duplicity has >been eliminated (thank you for handling that, Jeremy!) Is this a consequence >of the school year's winding down for many participants, of an influx of new >members from the "gateway" or what? Not to start a process-oriented >discussion (rather, preferably, to bring one to a close), but perhaps, Jeremy, >you as list owner could report briefly what effects you see to date from >the Gateway link-up, if you think that's been operating long enough to >have any impact. Thanks. Thanks for providing a good summary of the SCREEN-L approach to life on the Infobahn, Ramona. Since you asked about our connection to Usenet, I thought I'd provide an update. For those joining us late: SCREEN-L messages are posted in a Usenet (which is an international bulletin board of thousands of topics) newsgroup called bit.listserv.screen-l. This newsgroup is "read-only." Messages from SCREEN-L appear there, but persons on Usenet cannot post messages there. If someone on Usenet tries to post a message to bit.listserv.screen-l it is mailed directly to me. This has happened five times since the gateway was established. When it does, I write the person back and explain how to join SCREEN-L. His/her message is not forwarded to SCREEN-L. Thus, the impact of Usenet upon SCREEN-L has, so far, been negligible. I, too, have noticed an increase in the crankiness and intolerance factors here on SCREEN-L. I hope it's just a phase SCREEN-L is suffering through and not an indication of what's going to happen as lanes are added to the Infobahn. ---------- War cannot for a single minute be separated from politics. --Mao Tse-tung ---------- | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | SCREEN-L Coordinator | BITNET : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |