It's standard protocol on other listservs to change the subject line if the
subject has changed within a thread. Many times you'll have a thread take a
complete different turn and people who may have been tuning OUT that thread
may be suddenly interested. I change it IF I am taking on a new
topic/subtopic and that way when someone replies to that specific post, I
know they're replying to my new post, and not someone else's post. I don't
always have time to read everything but I do read the posts that reply
specifically to my comments. It can be overwhelming to keep up with
everything but I appreciate the replies to my comments so I like to save
them.
I'm not debating the merits of this versus your request, I'm just answering
the question of why I personally change the subject line. What I do is keep
the new and the old titles so people can know it's a new twist on the old
subject. Ie. "Hunting/was XYZ". I think this is a good option.
Wendee
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L. Brian Patrick
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Changing the names of threads
Dear colleagues,
When responding to previous emails on EcoLog, why do respondents keep =
changing the names of the threads??? For the benefit of this community, =
could those who respond to emails not change the subject lines, even if =
they feel that the conversation has taken a turn and the subject heading =
is no longer applicable? In the end, these subject line are often the =
result of bickering that should be handled in personal emails, not to =
the entire listserv. **PLEASE** keep the same subject line if you are =
responding to a previous posting on Ecolog.
Yeah, I know, this simple request will turn into 8,000 responses that =
will quickly have nothing to do with this simple request...
Best regards, Brian
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L. Brian Patrick
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242 USA
