[Milsurplus] List individuality

[telegrapher@att.net]

This has brought up some thoughts from me as well which in some ways may be 
redundant to whats already been said, but never the less this is my viewpoint.

While the individual lists appear, and i said appear, to be ok for specific 
intended subjects i am in agreement about the lack of traffic.  I see lists 
on other servers that are similar in topic and some folks subscribe to 10-15 
or more different lists for what reason?  Well where is the traffic?  Lets 
presume there are 5 different servers with command sets as the primary 
subject.  Why?  Is it because someone on this list became disgruntled because 
of the content or lack thereof?  SO i'll go over on Yahoo or wherever and 
start another list.  Same scenario happens over again.  Look at the resources 
that are taken up and not utilized.  Why have 5 servers with command set 
subjects or AM subjects and no one participating?  It applies to the TMC list 
as well.  ALl the converstations i've had with a variety of TMC equipment 
users, not one of them has gone thru the reflector.  We discuss needs/wants 
and this and that about the gear but do it off the list.  No wonder there is 
no traffic, no one knows that anybody is there and has the same interests.  
Why would someone want to get on a "list" if there is nothing going on to 
talk about them?  Its kinda like the old 10 meter band is dead phraseology.  
The band isn't dead, everyone is listening!!!!!

Milsurplus could cover the whole gamut (sp) and there wouldn't be so much 
individualism.  Then to there is the mentality that If i hang out on a bunch 
of different lists no one will know where i am and i might find or hear about 
something that no one else know about and if i don't mention it, well you 
take it from there.  I have no one in mind while saying this, just my 
observations

Here we are again, anyone know anything about this or that.  If there is 
nothing going to be discussed on the lists, why have them?  Is it like 
belonging to a clique?.

Excuse the spelling issues.....

Larry
W0OGH