I think what killed the list off was the fact that we had a few
crashes in 2011 that booted people off and they struggled to re-sign
in.. then it did it again.. think lots of people just gave up. Some
migrated to the forums.. but nowhere near as many as were active on
the list...
On 15/01/2012, Thomas Witt <atwittsend@verizon.net> wrote:
> Yes, the list has still been active, but traffic has been very, very light.
>
> I would assume for a number of reasons:
>
> 1. The economy.
>
> 2. I think a fair number of people have migrated to Forums at Sunbeam
> specific sites.
>
> 3. Information that was exchanged on this mail list is now more readily
> available on the internet.
>
> 4. At times people had disagreements. Whether in protest or disgust they
> left.
>
> 5. At times some people would get upset if the same subject was posted too
> often. Rather than exchange dialogue, the poster was succinctly told to use
> the search function - first. Sadly I think this turned away first time
> posters (who probably didn't even know about the search function).
>
> That said, there are still very knowledgeable people who do respond to
> posts. It's just not like it was in the "early new millennium" (2000) when
> I first joined.
>
> Tom
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