[h-cost] re: h-cost was Subject Lines - Reinventing the Wheel public replies
You don't think it is better to present constructive suggestions as to how _all_ h-costume members can focus on which of the many posts interest them most, than to simply complain, argue about what is acceptable, have people quit the group, etc.? Having done a lot of reading and writing, I'm perfectly capable of skimming the digest titles and then briefly checking I don't miss a nugget of gold in amongst the chat. BTW - As someone who /did/ respond in public in a way that some people find offensive/unnecessarily open/whatever with some personal information, I just want to say TOUGH if you don't like it. You don't have to read my messages, I don't have to read yours - I skimmed hundreds, literally, after the hurricane last year but you know what, I was glad to know everyone was still alive and ok. If I could have helped, I would have been glad to be asked, even though it wasn't costume related. No complaints, no arguing, no quitting - although to be honest I'm considering it after this latest bout of po-faced negativity. What I /would/ like is a way to filter the digest messages. Katherine. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] re: h-cost was Subject Lines - Reinventing the Wheel public replies
, I just want to say TOUGH if you don't like it. My opinions are as valid as yours. Meanwhile, I am trying to present a constructive solution that might help you and others. I gave up subscribing to digests for any list as soon as I discovered filters, precisely because filters are much more efficient. For one thing, you can set up subject filters that work with all the lists you subscribe to, and with non-email-list messages. For example, one of my subject filters is Virus Warning. I have a body filter that puts everything with the word Nigeria anywhere in it into my Trash folder, because so far every message I've ever gotten with Nigeria in it is some sort of spam/con. - I skimmed hundreds, literally, after the hurricane last year but you know what , I was glad to know everyone was still alive and ok. Yes, I can read well enough to skim hundreds of headers too. However, I don't see why I should spend the time when I don't have to. The point is not whether people should be warm-hearted and help each other. The point is whether on an unrelated list they should keep all or most of it to private email. Although to be honest I'm considering it after this latest bout of po-faced negativity. Insstead of presenting a situation whether either you or I have to quit h-costume, and perhaps asking other people to take sides as to which of us should quit, why not do or suggest something constructive? There are technical solutions, if not 100% perfect ones, to the problem of what to do with too much untargeted information on the Internet. For me, filters are more effective than email list digests. If you don't like the idea of filters, what is your constructive suggestion? Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] re: h-cost was Subject Lines - Reinventing the Wheel public replies
Okay, at the risk of posting a me too message, I'd like to see something that would help filter out some of the extra chatty messages. I'm on a lot of email lists and I have limited time to read email some days, so being able to filter out the chat stuff, that I usually do no more than read, or delete unread if I can detect it, would be a great time saver for me. If there is a way that we can do that, it would be great. alex ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
