Jerry, > > The thing about filtering: I don't think it works. I'll accept that's > > a subjective thing to say, and that I'm hard-pressed for a better > > answer, but others have voted with their feet. > > Filtering works if you know that there's good content among the stuff > you're filtering. If you sign up for ProFox, read some solid > technical posts, and then see a bunch of stupid OT posts, you might > well say "I'll subscribe to ProFoxTech." Or if you see some thoughful > OT posts before the stupid ones, you might say "I'll read OT but > filter the authors of the stupid posts." But if the first several > things you see when you subscribe are stupid OT posts, your reaction > might be "What a cesspool! I'll find a better Fox list elsewhere."
But how would you solve this? Bill > -Jerry Wolper _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
