Subscriber count by country

[Richard Wiggins]

Totally agree.  Naive folks repeat naive errors going back decades.  We can
go back to the 80s and find people posting to a mailing list an indignant
demand to be removed from the list.

/rich

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Wilfred Drew <DrewW at tc3.edu> wrote:

> I have been managing listservs for over twenty years and have been through
> many moves from one server to another.  What has happened here is not out
> of control and is very typical for librarians.  Considering the thousands
> of people on this list, there are very few mistakes and problems.  The
> keyword here is patience and tolerance for minor problems or
> misunderstandings.  Roy is doing a great job as owner of the list.
>
> Bill Drew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
> Behalf Of DeVane, Annie
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:35 AM
> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Subscriber count by country
>
> Roy,
> I feel like this listserv is a bit out of hand at the moment. I used to
> get a useful weekly digest with posts and questions (I'm currently signed
> up for the digest now) and now it is a flurry of people not knowing how to
> unsubscribe and general "reply-alls" from people who may not actually be
> aware of how to use a listserv properly.
> Is there some kind of ground-rules email that could be sent out again to
> remind people? I'm not trying to be a listserv hall monitor but I'm
> surprised about the amount of emails I'm getting that are basically
> people's conversations back and forth. Is there an IRC channel that people
> on the listserv who want to talk to each other conversationally can be
> directed to? Just a thought.
> Thanks and I know this is a transition period. Just offering a few notes!
> Best,
> Annie DeVane
> Web Design Team
> Northeastern University Libraries
> a.devane at neu.edu
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> On 11/15/11 3:45 PM, "Roy Tennant" <roytennant at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >One of the benefits of the LISTSERV platform is that it is trivial to
> >get a count of subscribers by country. I like to look at this now and
> >then to remind myself how global this community has become. See below.
> >Roy
> >
> >*  Country                  Subscribers
> >*  -------                  -----------
> >*  Argentina                          4
> >*  Australia                         72
> >*  Austria                            2
> >*  Belgium                            7
> >*  Brazil                             1
> >*  Canada                           143
> >*  Chile                              1
> >*  China                              8
> >*  Christmas Island                   1
> >*  Cocos (Keeling) Islands            2
> >*  Colombia                           1
> >*  Croatia                            8
> >*  Cuba                               1
> >*  Czech Republic                     3
> >*  Denmark                            3
> >*  ??? (EU)                           5
> >*  Estonia                            1
> >*  Federated                          3
> >*  Finland                            1
> >*  France                             9
> >*  Germany                           41
> >*  Greece                             3
> >*  Hong Kong                          5
> >*  India                              9
> >*  Ireland                            6
> >*  Israel                             1
> >*  Italy                             19
> >*  Japan                             10
> >*  Lebanon                            5
> >*  Lithuania                          1
> >*  Malaysia                           1
> >*  Mexico                             1
> >*  Namibia                            4
> >*  Netherlands                       13
> >*  New Zealand                       31
> >*  Norway                             9
> >*  Poland                             2
> >*  Republic of Korea                  1
> >*  Saudi Arabia                       1
> >*  Singapore                          5
> >*  Slovakia                           1
> >*  Slovenia                           1
> >*  South Africa                      17
> >*  Spain                             24
> >*  Sri Lanka                          1
> >*  Sweden                            21
> >*  Switzerland                        4
> >*  Taiwan                             1
> >*  Turkey                             2
> >*  United arab emirates               1
> >*  United kingdom                    47
> >*  United states                  3,477
> >*  ???                               22
> >*
> >* Total number of "concealed" subscribers:          17
> >* Total number of users subscribed to the list:   4063  (non-"concealed"
> >only)
> >* Total number of countries represented:            53  (non-"concealed"
> >only)
> >* Total number of local host users on the list:      0  (non-"concealed"
> >only)
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