On 11 Aug 2005 at 19:58, dhbailey wrote: > An interesting point of research would be to see among the top 50% of > users, based on activity, what the break-down of digest-vs-individual > would be. I wonder if that would reflect the list's preference as a > whole, or if the bulk of the digest-recipients are inactive members > who simply want to glean whatever they can from the active members. > > I don't wonder it enough to actually do the research, but if we're > trying to tailor behavior to benefit any specific group, who's to say > it should be the digest-recipients? Why not tailor it to those who > post the most, since those who post the least benefit a lot from the > more active members, while those who post a lot benefit not one whit > from those who don't post at all.
Well, as I pointed out in one of my earliest post on the subject of quoting, trimming the quotations benefits everyone (by enhancing readability and clarity), though the benefit to the Digest users is, perhaps, larger, and more pragmatic. Even if there were no Digest at all, I'd still be calling for judicious trimming of quotations to only what is necessary to supply context for your own comments. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
