I have seen this problem on so many lists it pains me to see you repeat the same mistakes as others. These off topic posts aren't going away no matter how many lists you create. You are either going to have make this list moderated or allow off topic posts. Hence, why I suggested adding "[OT]" to people's subjects. It has worked for many other lists and it will work here.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdinowit@;houseoffusion.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 8:04 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Relationship posts > > > While I agree that these posts are affecting the technical > > signal-to-noise ratio, I don't think that simply trying to move them to > > other lists works. Most people don't want to have to subscribe to new > > lists especially when some of those lists have tons of posts with no > > relation to CF e.g. CF-Community. > Which is why I suggested CF-Partners. It has no real traffic and can be > specific to these types of posts. > > > My suggestion is that people simply add "[OT]" to their posts and anyone > > who isn't interested in the off topic post can ignore it or better yet > > write a rule to handle it. > That sounds good in thought but in execution isn't going to work. Most > people don't use prefixes for their posts to begin with and just having OT > as a prefix will still load up CF-Talk with non-tech posts. > > > Finally, I would like to add that rejecting posts to a thread that has > > been going on for weeks without warning is a poor way to handle the > > situation. > Actually, I did ask people to stop and/or move the thread a few times. How > many warnings are needed before I for it? I think that 2 warnings is more > than enough, personally. > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdinowit@;houseoffusion.com] > > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 6:17 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Relationship posts > > > > > > In the last few weeks the CF-Talk list has been inundated with off > > topic > > > posts about the relationship between the ColdFusion community and > > > Macromedia. These discussions are important and should continue as a > > > healthy > > > debate, but they are NOT technical in nature. In order to try and keep > > the > > > CF-Talk list to technical questions about ColdFusion, I'd like to > > suggest > > > that those who want to discuss Macromedia and their practices > > subscribe to > > > the CF-Partners list. > > > If that list does not sound like the proper list, please email me > > > personally > > > with a new name for the list and I'll take it into consideration. > > > Thank you for helping keep this technical list valuable to the > > community > > > at > > > large. > > > "Only you can help the growth of ColdFusion knowledge, only you" > > > > > > Michael Dinowitz > > > Master of the House of Fusion > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
