On Fri, 17 May 2002, Jay West wrote:
Here's how it is currently handled. In the
scenario that Sellam puts forth,
no - the reply from someone on cctalk to a post that originated on cctech
will NOT go back to cctech. You can't have it both ways people - either the
people on cctech see posts on cctalk or they don't. The people who have
joined cctech did so specifically because they DIDN'T want to see posts on
cctalk. As a result, I'm sure not going to force them to see posts on
cctalk. (more below)
The problem is that many relevant (and on-topic) replies will be missed by
those on CCTECH, thereby penalizing them for not wanting to see off-topic
crap.
I'd always envisioned that everyone would be subscribed to CCTECH,
and then anyone who wanted to start an off-topic thread or continue a
thread that has gone off-topic could move over to CCTALK to take it up
there. THOSE folks could subscribe to both lists so that they could have
a place to blab all they wanted.
That's what I thought this whole upgrade was about.
Yes, it will work, but the responsibility is the
choice of the list member,
not mine. If one wants to see posts on both, they should join both lists.
However, keep in mind that most people won't want to join both, they will
only want one or the other. In the end, it's the users choice.
What's the point of CCTECH then?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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