This is only a short remark, nothing scholarly, to confirm some of the points made by Margaret.<br><br>In my own experience, though my mailing list subscriptions (Oekonux, Multitudes, Cooperation Commons, and now IDc) come in together with the many subscriptions, they are the first I open and read, and the reason I do is, though they have a higher noise to content ratio than newsletters, is that they are an expression of community, and so more important. I rarely contribute, in general terms, but get a lot out of them. In the Oekonux mailing list, I notice to moderator Stephan Merten always responds with great delay, to postings that are 60 to 90 days old, probably a function of his own overload and time constrains, yet, this is not cumbersome, as again, it shows committment to the community aspect.
<br><br>Michel<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The P2P Foundation researches, documents and promotes peer to peer alternatives.<br><br>Wiki and Encyclopedia, at <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net">http://p2pfoundation.net</a>
; Blog, at <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a>; Newsletter, at <a href="http://integralvisioning.org/index.php?topic=p2p">http://integralvisioning.org/index.php?topic=p2p</a><br><br>Basic essay at
<a href="http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499">http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499</a>; interview at <a href="http://poynder.blogspot.com/2006/09/p2p-very-core-of-world-to-come.html">http://poynder.blogspot.com/2006/09/p2p-very-core-of-world-to-come.html
</a>; video interview, at <a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/09/29/network_collaboration_peer_to_peer.htm">http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/09/29/network_collaboration_peer_to_peer.htm</a>