Posted by alexandra_k on January 22, 2005, at 16:25:30
In reply to Re: smaller groups, posted by Dr. Bob on January 22, 2005, at 3:38:57
> 1. If A wants access to B, but B prefers a smaller group, should B be forced to stay?
You can't force people to stay anyway. A could always Babblemail B and try to set up a dialogue, maybe even try to lure them over to a bigger board that way...
> 2. The concern is that without B the large group would languish? Might it not be able to adapt?
Some people who post mainly to the 2000 board and not really the others may have left Babble altogether as it got bigger. They may have stayed solely in virtue of the smaller group and the ties they had established there.
> 3. Not everyone prefers smaller groups. People from 2000 do venture out.I am not really opposed to the idea of smaller boards. I wouldn't mind the opportunity to participate in both.
> 4. People do sometimes feel left out already. Is it better this way, to feel neglected by people in the same large group, or not even to be able to join those people in a smaller group?Maybe there could be a smaller board for people who feel especially neglected? Or that might be a big board already... But it could be divided up into where posters names fit into the alphabet.
That would be a nice sort of random way of creating smaller groups. That way nobody would feel left out because they were intentionally excluded. Though it might take a bit of time to see how many people were going to post there. Might be boycotted anyway.
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