At 16:39 23.09.99 +0200, you wrote:
>Could that be related to the complexity of the program (I am just guessing
>here), e.g. users of the more complex programs may have more questions?
>Could it be that different user groups have developed a different user
culture,
>e.g. dependent on the point in time when the email discussion list was
>established?
I think that we have a mix of methodological, technical and social
phenomena contributing to the "traffic". To point out some obvious factors:
Technical/procedural: The less intuitive a tool is, the less robust it
runs, the more awkward its interfaces to the rest of the system, the worse
the manual and the steeper the learning curve than you will have a higher
traffic.
Methodological: if a tool supports a methodology which in itself is under
discussion than you have a higher traffic.
Social: If the discussion forum exceeds a certain size than it might pass a
critical mass increasing traffic non-linearly.
By the way, I am still in search for reasons why some special user groups
seem to "leak" so that special discussions about specific products (I don't
mean the comparison type of posting) are sweeping to general discussion
lists (like this one).
To be completed, argued etc!-)
- Thomas
>Susanne
>
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