On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Five Rivers Chapmanry wrote: > Not to be a wet blanket, but people don't change subject lines. They > aren't going to use prefixes with any consistency either. Not here.
It may be possible that it's a lost cause. But couldn't we try? :) If everyone spent thirty seconds more for each post to trim the quotes and double-check the subject line, I think that would be a huge step in a direction that many of us would be very happy with. The problem that someone mentioned of making the subject line describe a post with several different topics, can easily be solved by making a separate post per topic. That way it's also easier to catch the eye of the people who know something about the specific topics, and so everyone gains from it - the poster gets more specific replies, interested parties find good discussions, and those not interested can delete. To me, the "just delete what you don't like" is fair advice in a group like this - but the fact of the matter is that it doesn't work if you can't be sure what's in a post before you've read the entire thing. So if everyone just takes a second to glance at the subject line before they post, that really does help a lot. :) Ingrid -- Follow your dreams. Unless it's the one where you go to work naked. -- This email has been scanned for viruses & spam by Decna as - www.decna.no Denne e-posten er sjekket for virus & spam av Decna as - www.decna.no _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
