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Re: [APD] The hobby these days



Good meta-analysis, SH.
  Marko Bucyk


>No one mentioned flaws. I was just musing over something
>:-)
>
>Nothing prohibits anyone from asking a plant question or talking about
>plants. If such prohibitions were present, I might view it as a flaw.>
>
>In fact, when talk about plants gets low, people tend to talk about talking
>about plants (like we're doing in this
>thread) or talk about not talking about plants rather than just talk about
>plants.
>
>
>
>sh
>--- Louis Lin <lhclin at tickquest_com> wrote:
>
>> Jerry Baker wrote:
>> > S. Hieber wrote:
>> > 
>> >>I wonder if it might be a testament to the maturity of
>> the
>> >>hobby that there are so few aquatic gardening questions
>> on
>> >>APD these days. ;-)
> >>
> >>Or maybe a testatment to the usefulness of aquatic
> plant
> >>forums on the internet.
> >>
> >>sh
> > 
> > 
> > My suspicion is that most of the new people wander in
> to Web-based
> > groups, and the more experienced "old-hands" here have
> already
> > progressed beyond most direct plant questions.
> > 
> 
> It's the nature of mailing list - every one sees everything.
> When something goes off topic, it's not localized to a thread and it 
> tends to drag everyone into it.
> 
> The community is more important than the medium. APD is a mailing list 
> and people on it should be aware of the flaws.
> 
> --
> Louis Lin
> TickQuest inc    www.tickquest.com
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