Re: [piecepack] Number of Members

[Rich Stokes <rich@...>]

mschoessow wrote:

> I was just looking at the "Members" section, and was somewhat 
> surprised (and dismayed) to find that there are only 242 members in 
> the group. Then I got to wondering how we could increase the number 
> of members most easily.
How does "Number of members of this group" compare with "Number of 
people buying Piecepack sets"?

Why are people buying a set and not joining this group?  What would 
those people get from this group, and can they get that elsewhere (such 
as the Wiki)?  In short, what reason would a typical potential member 
have for joining this ML?  I'm assuming that the answer to this is to 
dicuss PP game design and design theory, but

I',m new to this list, but in other lists I frequent I've noticed a 
steady decline in ML activity over the last 3-4 years.  One thoery is 
that people are getting less and less attached to lists as email spam 
becomes more and more of a problem.  People just don't think email's a 
usable form of communication anymore.  Another is that the novelty of 
the internet has worn off, and people no longer want to participate in 
lists just for the sake of it.

I suppose this isn't really all that helpful as I don't really offer any 
answers here.

Rich