Old worn thread- was Raw Food Perspective

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Yes, yes, yes. This thread has certainly gotten old and worn. What's a

moderator to do? I'm certainly very open and accepting of people's

views within the " big tent " of the Weston Price movement. And at the

same time this " to raf or not to raf " thread has gotten really old for

me personally. And, while the snide comments haven't completely gone

away they did improve after my last request. That's good.

This list is certainly experiencing growing pains. In February we had

over 1800 messages. That's 60 per day and almost three times the

number of messages we had in January! One could certainly change one's

settings to not get email and view messages on the web (even the

digests come too often for my taste.)

I think the real problem here is that a small number of people are

sending tons and tons of messages and tiring out some of the rest of

us. I liken it to being in a meeting where a few people do all the

talking. Yes, I could walk out of the meeting and I could ignore their

messages but, as moderator, I have a responsibility to " moderate " this

virtual community and represent the interests of the larger community.

To this end I need input from as many of you as possible. Are you

annoyed with the conversations that seem to consume much of the list

energy? If so, what should I do?

I've considered asking the handful of people that post a

disproportionate number of messages to keep their posts to, say, three

per day. This would allow for self-expression while imposing

restraint. Of course has no way to manage this automatically and

it would give me more work than I really want to handle.

What do you think?

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Thanks,

Sol

--- In @y..., " drmichaelmarasco " <mmarasco@c...>

wrote:

> " The Weston Price Movement is a big tent, with room for

> the followers of the Masai and the Eskimos *as well as* the

followers

> of other less raw food oriented groups...

>

> Nourishing Traditions, and it is certainly worth exploring, at

least

> for some of us. "

>

> I am not the moderator here however as I do completely agree with

> both of the above statements and have found value in SOME of this

> ongoing saga that is " to raf or no to raf too much " .

>

> I must say that raf is certainly worth exploring as " bianca " states

> however this entire thread and those related to it have far exceeded

> the realm of " exploring " and I believe I can speak for at least a

few

> others on this forum when I say that it has moved long ago into the

> realm of b e l a b o r i n g

> and it is old.