Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!pucc!UNASMITH From: UNASMITH@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Una Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Please read Message-ID: <11790@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Date: 4 Oct 90 00:14:24 GMT References: <3262.27087b8c@cc.helsinki.fi> <90276.104313JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> Reply-To: UNASMITH@pucc.Princeton.EDU Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 23 Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for contents of this article In reply to Josh Haynes comment about low participation, I'd say no, there aren't many population biologists who read email. Yet. But there is also the newsgroup-usage effect; a newsgroup needs a certain amount of devoted attention (TLC) from a handful of regulars, before it can develop a readership and a style and ethic. The absence of such persons from this group so far is the primary reason, in my opinion, why this group has never gone anywhere in the 3 years I've been checking in on it. Since I read and don't contribute, I am as much at fault here, if there is any 'fault' to go around. Since I don't know who you are, or what you're interested in, I have little to say. This is _not_ a suggestion that we all send little biographies out onto the net. That's been done, and it didn't work. What I am suggesting is that the next time you or I read something nifty or stupid that we just have to share right away, we share it here, in this newsgroup. - Una UNASMITH@PUCC : BITNET unasmith@pucc.Princeton.EDU : Internet una@tropic.Princeton.EDU : Internet