The future of the list?

[John Atchison]

Of the last 381 posts, 37 could be called "Pynchon related". The rest is
just incestuous masturbation.

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> From: Penny Padgett <padgett at telestream.com>
> To: John M. Krafft <krafftjm at miavx2.ham.muohio.edu>; pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: The future of the list?
> Date: Saturday, July 19, 1997 2:58 PM
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> John Krafft proposes:
> 
> >So maybe it's time pynchon-l became a moderated list. 
> 
> I have reluctantly come to the same conclusion, for the same reasons
> John has.  I truly believe that it's a choice between moderation of 
> some sort, or losing some of the best contributors we have, to the
> great detriment of the list.
> 
> Like John, I've been here since 1990; in that time, the list has
> weathered many firestorms, but nothing as ugly, protracted, and useless
> as the last several months.   I think it's time for a change, and I
> would gladly consider, even design and participate in, a solution that
> will work for the majority of us.
> 
> Penny