> If you want to have the argument of "I'm so important, ... Dude, settle down. If it's not a popular idea that's fine, but what's with your tone? You'd think I slapped your sister or something.
My position is not that I can't spare the time to press delete, but that the list would be more useful to all developers if there were a better way to keep the irrelevant topics muted. > I think the CT thread is extremely valuable. Great, so you wouldn't click the "this thread should go" link. But if a whole lot of us don't agree with you on that or any other topic, it would be ideal if the system were to allow a simple way to clean itself. > Making general rules to boot threads just will not work with the large audience. So manage it on your own. That's precisely the point. Since each thread is different, a general rule will not do. This allows us to "manage it on our own" the first 10-15 times we see a thread with the option, not the mandate, to have the system manage it for us if enough of us want it gone. And yes, if this thread had a "thread killer" link at the bottom, I would click it at this point. -----Original Message----- From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: community threads What if you... heaven forbid... just deleted the messages you didnt want to read form your inbox? I think the CT thread is extremely valuable. If you want to have the argument of "I'm so important, I read soo many blogs / email everyday I cant spare the split second it takes me to read the topic". Well my response is "Unsubscribe". Honestly, if you dont want to read the message, don't read it, and boot the thread form your inbox. Making general rules to boot threads just will not work with the large audience. So manage it on your own. -Adam On Mar 31, 2005 11:13 PM, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems that frequently the threads with the longest lives on this list are > the ones that have nothing to do with development per se - the one about > ChrystalTech is an example still fresh in our inboxes. At the same time > some threads that aren't directly on topic, like discussion of search engine > rankings, query optimization, etc. are still worth reading. I know we're > supposed to police ourselves and keep things on track, but that obviously > doesn't happen all the time and it becomes a burden for the list owner to > decide when a thread is far enough off track to move. > > So, what if every email we got from the list included a link in the > signature that said "Boot this thread" or "Request change of venue" or > "Remove this thread before my eyes begin bleeding." When a sufficient > number of members clicked the "I hate this thread" link, the system could > alert the list owner and he could choose whether to reassign the topic to > cf-community or another more appropriate list. > > Think it would work? I'd happily click a few links to avoid deleting 900 > emails about ChrystalTech. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201219 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
