On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 01:14:23 AM -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo
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> Marco, who is very found of the archives, seems to ignore all of the
> responses he receives every time he brings this up.

Fact is, I haven't received yet an answer to what I am actually
suggesting. Just look, this time, at the continuous rant about
"manually informing the list that unsubscribed users have got answers
is good" when what I suggest is automatically doing the *opposite* to
get the same effect.

> However, I will make a statement now. Until CPH or another high ranking 
> list moderator (I am moderator, but I am not high-ranking) tells me to 
> stop, I have no plans to stop because

Fair enough. Maybe this is the right time to fi things, that's why I'm
asking again.

> a) Just ccing the OP without telling the list is inconvenient for the 
> OP. The OP shouldn't have to get 10 messages with the same answer.
[...]
> b) Only posting to the list and not giving a rat's behind about the OP 
> who is unsubscribed is not good customer service.
[...]

> 3) When I respond to a questions from an unsubscribed user, I cc
> them then so that this is not a problem. If we all did this, this
> wouldn't be an issue.

My solution would send only one notification per list message to the
unsubscribed poster, so it takes care automatically of all your
concerns above.

> 4) I don't resend every response. If a response is not useful for the 
> question, I don't resend that.

I agree, deciding *which* notification should not be sent could only be
made by human volunteers. My answer here is the same as in the past: I
think that wasting volunteers time in this way is terrible, the
theoretical benefits are much less that the other useful things they
might do.

> Whether you like it or not, you are part of OOo's customer service.

Absolutely yes. That's why I'm trying hard to make it more effective,
otherwise I'd just read something else.

> In the end, I think that you and those people that agree with you have 4 
> choices.
> 
> 1) Do nothing and keep complaining about this every couple of months.
> 
> 2) Unsubscribed -- Clearly I don't advocate this as I think everyone 
> here has something to offer and I would love for us to a be a community, 
So would I
> 
> 3) Kill list me -- Doesn't really change anything, but you won't know I 
> am doing this.

It changes a lot. Nothing personal here, but do you know how email
works? I don't want to ignore all of your messages, you also say many
new and interesting things, which I'd miss with a kill file.

> 4) Be part of the solution. The best way to stop this is for all of us 
> to cc unsubscribed users. I have instructions for that posted here:
> <http://openoffice.peschtra.com/tips/ooott_web_unsubscribed.html>.

That method is the problem, not the solution, I wouldn't do it if you
paid me. Again, nothing personal, of course, but it's the very process
I'd like to stop, also because, as Nicholas noted, only OO.o lists
have this broken attitude.

Ciao,
        Marco

-- 
Marco Fioretti                    mfioretti, at the server mclink.it
Fedora Core 3 for low memory      http://www.rule-project.org/

Reality is for those who lack imagination

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