Raul,
I have to admit that I am more likely to delete messages and entire threads
with subject lines such as question etc. The reason is because there is
sufficient traffic on the list and plowing through a large volume of messages
will be much more efficient with meaningful subject lines. Also, with a clear
subject line you are more likely to attract readers and perhaps get answers
more quickly or information to the readers more quickly.
Thank you all who provide helpful subject lines and thanks Raul for bringing
this topic up. I think these tips help to make the list a much more efficient
forum for all.
On Jul 5, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
Hiya all. For those of you in the U.S. I hope you had a great 4th of July
celebrating the country's birthday. For those outside of the U.S. who might
also celebrate it, I hope it was good as well. For those who don't celebrate
the US. birthday, I still hope you had a great day. Yesterday we spent it
getting a swimming pool for the family. I think the maintenance is going to
cost more than the pool. Oh, now onto the reason for this post? See? I wrote
about subject lines and I'm not even talking about subject lines. I'm sure it
can be quite annoying to some when you open a message with topic X and it
discusses Y.
So, the reason I'm posting this is to remind people to make your subject
lines meaningful to the message. For example I recently saw a couple of
threads called question and hi. Those are generic threads. I mean, isn't
the list to ask questions? So, by that definition, should all subjects be
question? Oh no, here goes my sarcasm again. In any case, since there are
over 1300 members on the list, and since many members are subscribed to many
other lists, it's highly important to make your subject lines descriptive.
This way, members who browse by subject only can answer your question if it's
clear what you are writing about. When I don't moderate a list, I usually
skip the help or question subject topics and realize of course that I might
have missed a chance to answer something, or missed out on some great
information. To those of you who still answer questions even if the subject
is vague or generic, my hat's off to you. That takes extra time.
So, all I'm asking is that you stop and think before you send. Sometimes what
I do is write my message first and then go and fill in the subject. I find
that after writing my problem or question down, it's most fresh in my mind
and then I can come up with a better subject line. This way it's not so
generic. And it doesn't even have to be a long subject. Good examples are
help with Voxie pro or what is a good grilling app or moving apps across
the screen or creating folders.
Thanks, and everyone, please enjoy the 5th of July.
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but then they caught me.
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