Some people just read the messages and learn from them without responding. Others are very active and post many messages. It is a lot of fun, and also very educational. For example, right now List members are discussing how to teach Deaf children to read and write Sign Language, since schools for the Deaf are starting to teach SignWriting to Deaf children in the fall, 1998. SignWriting List members are also informed about new updates and new lessons online.
Members can also ask technical questions, and receive technical support through email.
Some members send each other attached files through email, with typed literature in SignWriting, typed with the SignWriter Computer Program.