-=> Quoting Thom LaCosta to Scott Adams <=-

 TL> Yes, I let one of my othernets dissolve when the traffic disappeared.
 SA>  
 TL> I think the Internet ws responsible for that.
 SA>  
 SA>         Partially.  but alot of it is due to sysops.  And users..  
 SA>       A Netowrk Coordinator can't do it all.  If one posts        
 SA> he may get traffic but its up to the nodes and users         to
 SA> help out and post as well.  If one sits back expecting         mail
 SA> to magically appear without helping then they are         just
 SA> naive.  Can't get traffic if one doesn't post :)         Simply
 SA> put.
 
 TL> Hams have the same problem....they listen...and since no one
 TL> transmits, no one hears anything...so the assumption is that the bands
 TL> are dead. 
 
 SA> Not sure what your point is but I'll just nod :)

 TL> The point is if no one posts in an echo...we can safely say there is
 TL> not interest/traffic.....so, someone has to do more than simply read
 TL> the mail(g). 

 Actually it depends.  A echo may require no posting.  For example,
 in AdventureNet I have a Convention & Events echo that i post
 frequent postings of conventions, public events, etc. local to
 nation/internatinoal basis.  It doesn't require discussion just
 reading.  So it is active but not in terms of posting.  There
 are echos in fido like that.  I run the TG echo and folks will
 post when they need help.  So a dead echo may not be dead
 in the eyes of everyone.

 A general chat echo sure, if its no posting then its dead. :)


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