Scott Adams wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 -=> 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 :)

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


cya,
thom
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
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