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Re: [OM] A suggestion for the list

Subject: Re: [OM] A suggestion for the list
From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliamsom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:55:08 -0400
OK, out comes the soapbox!

I HATE digests. I'd rather see the individual subject threads and read or participate in those that look interesting. Otherwise I have to wade through the digests, reading a thread that may span more than one digest, which is quite a pain-in-the-a**.

This way I can scan the subjects, and on weeks when I have little time, only read the 5-100f the threads that I like. The delete key gets a lot of use in bulk.

Also, when you reply to a message in a digest, you have to manually cut out the text that helps keep the message in context, you have to manually enter the subject so that the thread reads right, and you have to manually cut out the cc: for the message author.

Again, I don't like them.  At least for me.

OT messages are a fact of life for active mailing lists. All you can do is minimize them. Please don't try to stop them. Sometimes a little OT is nice, just so long as it doesn't get out of hand.

This topic comes up about 2-3 times per year, and always results in a few long-time people abandoning the list. Perhaps that's a good thing for some to abstain from the list for a while. I know I've run at times when the BS gets too much. And when I return, everything is OK.

Skip


From: "Robert Gries" <rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] A suggestion for the list - was: Shiloh Reenactment Photos
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:06:14 -0500

A former list member who has removed himself from the OM Exchange
because he is no longer a part of the list, has made a very wise
suggestion.  He proposes that if everyone received the daily digests
instead of the active e-mails, it might cut down on the amount of OT
traffic here.

There has been an increasing amount of OT BS here, and it is unfortunate
that we are driving away some of the better contributors...


Bob Gries



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