5 Jun
2010
5 Jun
'10
11:02 a.m.
The problem with the delete key being a "solution" is that a number of
people who can and have contributed to the list appear to have left.
Having been through this more than once, the problem comes with people
who actually want to discuss and read about classic computers. Remember
the cctech (I think that is right) list that was created in an attempt
to only contain ontopic posts? Hijacking a listserver is not a good
thing ... unless the object is to drive away these people who are
actually interested in classic computers!
Marvin
Good thing it's on the "op-topic and
off-topic posts" list then, huh?
I've just been exercising the "delete" key a bit more quickly than
usual, works great.
-Dave
5 Jun
5 Jun
11:58 a.m.
I think the world would go more smoothly if everyone would just relax.
If all it takes for someone to permanently leave a group is to
receive a few off-topic posts in a group where the title says off
topic is ok, then they were likely to get annoyed and leave for some
other on-topic reason.
The people on this list are a valuable resource for a lot of things,
not just things relating to classic computers. So I like seeing the
off-topic posts. If I'm not interested in them, I just ignore them
entirely. I'm only interested in maybe 20% of the emails from this
list, on or off topic. But sometimes I find that I'm interested in
other kinds of things that the people here often talk about.
Perhaps what the group really needs is better subject titles on the
emails. If everyone were disciplined about putting OT in the subject
as soon as it went off topic, they could be filtered easily.
brian
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Marvin Johnston <marvin at west.net> wrote:
The problem with the delete key being a "solution" is that a number of
people who can and have contributed to the list appear to have left.
Having been through this more than once, the problem comes with people who
actually want to discuss and read about classic computers. Remember the
cctech (I think that is right) list that was created in an attempt to only
contain ontopic posts? Hijacking a listserver is not a good thing ... unless
the object is to drive away these people who are actually interested in
classic computers!
Marvin
Good thing it's on the "op-topic and
off-topic posts" list then, huh?
?I've just been exercising the "delete" key a bit more quickly than usual,
works great.
-Dave
12:41 p.m.
Brian Lanning wrote:
Perhaps what the group really needs is better subject
titles on the
emails. If everyone were disciplined about putting OT in the subject
as soon as it went off topic, they could be filtered easily.
And changing the subject as well I seem to remember the "Is anyone going
to the VCF-UK" has wondered into all sorts of things, at least some of
them have had the topic changed for....
Cheers.
Phill.
--
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !
"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.
1:08 p.m.
On 05/06/10 19:02, Marvin Johnston wrote:
The problem with the delete key being a "solution" is that a number of
people who can and have contributed to the list appear to have left.
Having been through this more than once, the problem comes with people
who actually want to discuss and read about classic computers. Remember
the cctech (I think that is right) list that was created in an attempt
to only contain ontopic posts? Hijacking a listserver is not a good
thing ... unless the object is to drive away these people who are
actually interested in classic computers!
Agreed... I'm not exactly happy about the thread slipping so far into OT...
What I asked was "is anyone else going to VCF-GB?"
What I got was "A few of us, and also we hate the EU lightbulb ban, and
another thing......."
*sigh*
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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