I don't want to put words into Shep's mouth, but I'm pretty sure she'd see herself encouraging people to participate, not blackmailing them.

Shep does feel bad often because she can't reply herself more often. To get to somewhere that she can actually post forms online she has to jog or cycle four miles into town and use the library or an internet cafe, which she has often done; so she naturally feels that folks who don't have an eight mile round hike to reply to stories don't have a lot of excuses.


I admit that I'm struggling to retain enthusiasm in the current poster-interaction doldrums. I've therefore written to some posters to check how they are and encourage them to join us and I've prepared this easy-to-reference list so that folks can take another look at what they might have missed.