[Taxacom] Put a limit on number of submissions

[Brian O'Meara]

I was curious about the distribution of contributors to taxacom a week  
or so ago, and so I made a word cloud of email addresses of posters (a  
word cloud represents frequency of a word by size of that word). You  
can see Taxacom's (starting with posts sometime in 2006) at <http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1112089/Taxacom_2006-09 
 >. I can send someone the list of addresses if she/he wants to do  
something with them (note that it's just a list of addresses, not  
counts per address).

The word cloud is pretty much as you'd expect, but at least  
interesting to see.

Best,
Brian

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Brian C. O'Meara
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
http://www.brianomeara.info

On Sep 17, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Richard Pyle wrote:

>
> Following a brief [off-list] exchange with Pierre Deleporte, and  
> speaking
> (writing) as a self-acknowledged over-contributor to this list who
> understands both the value of free, open, and detailed intellectual  
> exchange
> *AND* the encumberance of wading through a million Taxacom posts in  
> one's
> inbox (without accidentally deleting an important message), I have  
> decided
> to attempt a self-imposed limit of 3 posts per day (for exactly the  
> reasons
> Pierre mentioned in his recent [on-list] post).
>
> In order to both remind myself, and inspire (shame?) others, I will be
> adding a new standard line beneath my traditional signature.
>
> Aloha,
> Rich
> First Post Today
>
> P.S. I highly suspect that, after the next lull in conversation and
> contributions by me, I will probably forget my pledge and neglect to  
> include
> the additional line under the signature.  If anyone who notices this  
> feels
> so inclined as to send me an [off-list!] reminder of my pledge, I  
> would be
> most grateful.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Rauch
>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:12 AM
>> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Put a limit on number of submissions
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> You are correct about the former Taxacom daily posting
>> limits. Taxacom was served up on LISTSERV --a very
>> feature-rich listserver-- for many years, until the license
>> became too expensive.
>
> [...]
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