James Lance wrote:
On Thursday 01 September 2005 3:02 pm, Michael Halcrow wrote:
In my book, the absolute best solution to the general problem of OT
messages is the ``[OT]'' in the subject. This makes it easy (a) for
humans to identify posts or threads that are of tangential interest or
(b) have a procmail filter in place that will toss messages with [OT]
to /dev/null. This is a social convention that I would like to see
gain more popularity among the masses.
Agreed. OT isn't that hard to use. If you get tired of a thread: fold it,
junk it, send it to /dev/null what ever.
However, off-topic messages, even when labeled "OT", are generally
frowned upon, at least in most of the communities I participate in. In
this group, the "OT" messages are generally what I'm looking for. ;-)
Yet I avoid replying to off-topic posts because I don't want to reduce
the S/N ratio as perceived by others.
Shane
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