I agree even though I am probably one of the worst perpetrators of such.
If I see a thread with many posts I generally read the first to
discover the real subject and then jump ahead here and there to see how
far the drift is and if I'm interested in following the drift.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/12/2012 2:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> One of my pet peeves with mailing lists is when people who want to post a
> picture or whatever do not start a new thread but simply reply to a message
> on an existing thread. This has long been an annoyance on the Olympus list,
> but now I am beginning to see it more and more on the Leica list as well
> (perhaps not surprising, given the overlap between the two lists).
>
> I am in the habit of almost automatically deleting any thread with a subject
> line that does not interest me, and also any thread with more than 20-30
> messages, since that usually indicates heavy thread drift or a food fight,
> neither of which interest me. If someone has posted a masterpiece in the
> middle of such threads, I simply will not see it.
>
> So, please, if you have something NEW to share, create a new thread!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
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