on 2012-08-27 22:19 Bipin Gupta wrote
I have a very enthusiastic photographer friend who wished to form another Pentax Mail In Forum called iPentax. I wrote back telling him that there is already a very interesting one called PDML. He agreed, but said that he was once a member of PDML but spent too much time reading PDML mail in his Inbox, and less time on his actual photography. Many a time the number of mails on the same topic was overwhelming, with little or no inputs to stimulate his grey cells and his photography.
think of it as a river of information — you don't have to drink it all; it is pretty easy from the subject lines and a little familiarity to know which threads are going to drift away (and whether you'll be interested); looking at the hierarchical structure also helps, but you need a true threaded email client, which is a bit of an endangered species
the subject lines let me defer viewing many PESOs until i have more time, and viewing threads hierarchically gives me a sense of the depth of a conversation, which may tempt me or dissuade me from diving in; i usually at least look at a PESO, but may or may not read most of the thread; waiting lets threads "fill up", so it's easier to either take in the conversation with a bit of focus, or skip it
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