I agree Andrew, it is tricky. For those who follow threads by subject, it
works for and against you. If the subject changes, you may miss follow on
comments. But if the subject morphs without change to the 'subject', and
you've written it off as not in your interest already, you can miss some
golden nuggets. Sometimes the morphing takes many stages to change, and
sometimes it takes a hard turn. It's the hard turns I'd like to see
re-labeled promptly. That way, the guy or gal that reads the mail 3 days
later and chimes in is still in the subject topic, regardless if another has
been spawned.
Anyway, the automatic 'reply to' reflex will forever live, so I don't expect
my peeve will be relieved. I guess it's impossible to do a smooth
subject/topic transform unless you're Monty Python... And now for something
completely different -> A man with three buttocks.....
Mickey (No, not me silly. I maintain the requisite pair.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "andrew fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] blocking one persons post possible w/ oly. digest?
> >One of my pet peeves is the way we start a subject thread and continue
> >replying with the same subject even after it has long morphed into a
> >different discussion.
> >
>
> Tricky one, this, Mickey. One of the criticisms I've seen levelled
> elsewhere has been that people 'hijack' threads by changing the subject
> header - some people object to this very strongly and so I only do it
> extremely carefully. Seems silly though when I've seen one thread diverge
> into up to three unrelated discussions.
> AndrewF
>
>
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