within that medium (when you're on the phone and the topic changes you
answer on he phone, right - you don't jump to IM and send a reply). ;^)
Lists like this break that (very old) model.
Internet users have spent the last 10 years being trained to "hit reply"
and reply. We aren't trained to determine WHERE we're replying.
Although I love the list, this is one of the fundamental problems with
email lists: the medium just isn't very well designed for them. In a
web forum, for example you'd see the thread header in the topic, but
choosing it you'd see "this thread has been moved to here" or "this
thread has been closed". That's not possible with an email list.
The only thing that can be done - which just happened - is for a
moderator to come in, squash the off-topic behavior and (if they're a
good moderator) offer a suggestion for a better medium.
Jim Davis
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Remus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:34 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Why...
...do people immediately forget the tech-only bias on the cf-talk list
when
something heats up. That's including me, because of course I was just
doing
it. I know better and so does everyone else. Doesn't make any sense.
---
Josh Remus
Network Manager
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