Lewis Sellers wrote: >>So because some people deliberately don't subscribe to a certain list >>because they don't want to be bothered we should just go and bother them >>on another list? > > > All I'm saying is that cf-talk is the *main* list. All the others are > specialized sub-lists which many folks aren't normally interested in > subscribing to for one reason or another. Sometimes it might not be a bad > idea to announce there's a new thread on one of the other lists to get > folks who otherwise might be interested but not see it to drop by and chat.
I think the most important word is *might*. There is no way to know for certain if they are interested. The evidence suggests not for else they would be subscribed to that other list already. >>It wouldn't work. People don't have the discipline for that, they >>believe one answer wouldn't hurt, they forget it etc. etc. >> >>Example: your own post. Even after the *listmaster* gave his verdict you >>went on and didn't tell us to continue at cf-community. > > That's true enough. I started to say essentially the same thing but thought > my post was long enough as it was. (Also I had to get up to turn off the > overflowing coffee maker. :) If you thought your post was long enough, why include some text about your own beliefs? > Another thing I didn't say was that it Michael could one of these years set > up a filter for the lists so that A) he could click a thread as closed and > thus follow-ups be ignored I would be reluctant to ask Michael to keep taking the heat for closing what would some people invariably deem the 'wrong' thread. > B) he could set it up so that any subject > starting with "ANNOUNCEMENT:" would automatically ignore any follow-ups. Impractical. We have had plenty of announcements with wrong links etc. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
