> What I do object to are self appointed topic police trying to impose their > personal preferences on the whole group. I do agree that as a courtesy OT > should be placed in the subject line but this is sometimes a problem if > the discussion started as book related and reply is being used. > > Just like TV censorship, we all have a button whether it be the off button > or delete button. Use that and keep snide and or nasty comments to > yourself. > > Here endeth today's sermon. > > M. >
The interesting thing is that those who cry "delete key" (whether it be for things that you don't want to read or oversized attachments or whatever) as a solution are frequently those who don't acknowledge that by the time the delete key can be used, the inconvenience/annoyance/computer crash/extra cost to download has already been done. Or, for that matter, that a list is made up of many people and that their personal preferences should defer to the list rules, for the good of the whole. That's why we have list owners and list moderators. Over the years, as a list owner of several lists and a member of many, this is something that I've noticed as a pattern. That's why having the courtesy to put OT in the subject line (whether it's a new post or a deviation from a previously existing one) is a good thing in a list environment. I do agree that, if the list owner/moderator is an active one, that appealing to them via the list owner email address is preferable to involving the entire list for *either* point of view. Because, as we've seen, and as this very post I'm typing is an example of<G>, that response to an OT post simply and inevitably takes the list even more OT. Tricia in Texas Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
