Re[4]: [at-l] A.N.W.R. Vote and political activism.....

[Bob Cummings <ellen@clinic.net> (Bob Cummings)]

"Yep - but not all that complicated either - you can't keep a website running
when the people you need to operate it are the ones you drive off.  He  needed
thruhikers -- and couldn't keep them.  at-l HAS thruhikers - and  keeps
collecting more.  That's one reason why emulation by at-l would be a  bad thing.
Keep that in mind when the irresistible urge to change the list  hits you."

 I guess it depends on why you are running a website. Obviously, a very friendly
 site, attracts very friendly folks. Those folks surely get a great deal of
 enjoyment out of the site. They stay around, chit chat, occasionally debate
 important issues, and greatly enjoy the experience.

 I can envision another goal for a site, in fact I once participated in such a
 site. That site wasn't terribly friendly, but it provided a wealth of good
 information to potential thru hikers, while at the same time working to improve
 the trail environment, to expand the buffers needed to preserve a wild trail,
 and working to prevent incursions into the wildness of the trail. After a while
 the site owner just got weary (no pun intended) of juggling these multiple
 demands of the trail and trail users and perhaps simplemindedly and wearily
 closed down.

 Weary (no I'm not Wingfoot, really)