[Buddha-l] Statistics

[jkirk]

By routinely deleting everything I sent to the list you missed every post I wrote that did not supply either links or snippets. And in the past two months, discussions rather than snippets and links have been the majority of what I sent. Ah well, too bad for you.
Joanna
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  From: Chris 
  To: Buddhist discussion forum 
  Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:41 AM
  Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Statistics


  Actually, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. I have to admit to deleting messages from 'jkirlk'  routinely before I 'process' other messages. Why? Because all too often, messages from 'jkirk' contain extensive transcribed script from third part sources or, URLs to third parity sources. I believe I am quite capable of doing my own research, thank you very much and do not need prejudiced referrals from anyone. I come here to find *original* ideas, not referrals. I would be most anxious and willing to hear of jkirk's personal views on matters discussed in this form as opposed to what she views as relevant opinions of others.


  On 10/9/05, Richard P. Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
    Joanna Kirkpatrick's observation that she is being ignored prompted me
    to look into the archives. Here we are, eight days into October, and
    already we have six contributors who have sent more that twenty messages
    this month. The most frequent contributors have been:

    Benito Carral, 30 messages
    Joy Vriens, 29
    Chan Fu, 26
    Richard Hayes, 24
    Joanna Kirkpatrick, 23
    Dan Lusthaus, 23

    Joanna is an academic who loves to write and who, being retired, has 
    time on her hands. I don't know what the hell excuse the rest of us
    have.

    An examination of threads in September and October shows that Joanna's
    messages are not ignored much more than those of anyone else who writes 
    a lot. I have a hunch that many readers get into the habit of
    automatically deleting messages from people who write a lot. It's easy
    to set up a filter to do such things, and I'd bet that just about all
    subscribers to buddha-l have found ways to send all the messages of 
    their least favorite writers to the junk file.

    --
    Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu>
    ***
    "If you want the truth, rather than merely something to say,
    you will have a good deal less to say." -- Thomas Nagel 


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