<div dir="ltr">What's the alternative place where people talk about cave surveying?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 00:10, Olly Betts <<a href="mailto:olly@survex.com">olly@survex.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It seems this list is no longer being actively used - the archives<br>
show only one message in the last two years, but it's been in decline<br>
for much longer:<br>
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* 2021 saw 2 threads (but one really belonged on the survex list)<br>
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* 2020 saw 5 threads (but two really belonged on the survex list)<br>
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* 2019 saw 4 threads (but one really belonged on the therion list)<br>
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* 2018 saw 1 message<br>
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* 2017 and 2016 saw no messages<br>
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So really very little use for a long time (and ~30% of the use it<br>
sees would have been better sent to a more specific list instead).<br>
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There's a small but non-zero admin effort to keeping the list<br>
running - messages from non-subscribers and subscription requests<br>
are held for checking and I have to periodically look over them and<br>
delete the vast majority as spam. There seems to have been a<br>
significant uptick in subscription requests in the last month most<br>
of which look bogus, and this is making me wonder why I'm spending<br>
time on this.<br>
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So is it really worth me keeping this list active?<br>
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I know Wookey has mentioned wanting to use it more and has tried<br>
to encourage more people to subscribe, but that hasn't actually<br>
translated into people actually using it so seems to have been<br>
a failed idea.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Olly<br>
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