Kinema Club Threads & Jackasses

[Stephen Cremin]

As someone who joined the KineJapan mailing list quite late, I'd appreciate 
some means of accessing previously posted introductions, perhaps as a list 
command.  Rather than transforming the list into a moderated forum - which I 
think is a horrendous idea - perhaps sufficient decorum can be maintained if 
we were all less anonymous.  If after a couple of weeks of joining someone 
hasn't introduced themselves, kick them off.

I'd actually go as far as having a questionnaire for each member to fill in 
soon after joining with their "real world" mailing address, specialised 
interests, etc.  (No need for age, curriculum vitae or blood type.)  I love 
to see replies hitting the list within minutes rather than hours.  Strip the 
spontaneity and you kill the list.  Over time, list membership will 
inevitably grow larger and the question of moderation will arise again.  But 
lets fight that as long as possible.

Personally, I wasn't so bothered about Lancearts postings.  Like Colin 
Geddes' "gobbledygook" outburst, it adds colour to the list.  If anything, 
the list is a little too civilised at times: I certainly hold back a lot of 
gossip.  What does annoy me are the video trading posts (which seem to pop 
up whenever Aaron is off at a conference somewhere), the accommodation 
requests and the single-line "thank yous".  And perhaps you could programme 
the listserver to strip off those annoying cod quotations at the end of<cut>


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