I don't mind the bun fights or the biz talk. They are easily recognized and don't need to be read if one chooses not to read them. I'm sure everyone filters their Rev email. I can ream through several hundred posts, if need be, in about 20 minutes because I only scan the subject line unless it's relevant to what my interest is. So I scroll through the list with my shift key down and when I get to an interesting post, I delete all the intervening posts. No big deal. I say leave the list alone. It obviously self-regulates. What would *really bug me* is if I found out I missed something I needed because it was on another list... Jim
on 12/13/05 1:00 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: > Gordon Webster wrote, > "I for one would hate to see this list stripped of its "Revolutionary" > appeal by limiting it only to discussions of rev users' technical problems. > While such technical problems may be the primary concern of this list, do > they really have to be it's only concern?" > > Excellent point, Gordon. > > I really don't agree with "segmenting" the list, because now we're supposed > to go to location A for "graphics," location B for "business," and pretty > soon it will be location C for buttons, location D for this, location E for > that... > > The problem is that each of these unofficial offshoots have a fraction of > the participation that this official list does. Inevitably, we'll see useful > discussions quashed with the line, "take this to such-and-such" a venue. To > me it seems like "vigilante moderation." > > As much as I really enjoy gmane as an NNTP interface to the list -- it's > made things MUCH easier to follow -- these "problems" segmenting is supposed > to solve would ALL be obviated if Rev put up a simple phpBB-based board with > common-sense categories. It is not difficult or expensive to do this. [And > yes, phpBB can be configured to send email to members, for those who prefer > the "push" style.] Then we would all have one place to go and people could > skip the categories they are not interested in. > > [Sorry, I don't plan to join/participate in those offshoot forums.] > > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- OYF is... Highly resourceful people working together. <http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com> Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, 1959 Lower Water Street, Suite 1700, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3J 3N2 Phone: 902-823-2339. Fax: 902-823-2139 What¹s New... * Have you ever hired an employee who didn¹t work out? * Did you do that on purpose? Probably not... If you want to greatly improve your hiring process, check out our new hiring process... www.HiringSmart.ca/ns <http://www.hiringsmart.ca/ns> and... www.KeepingTheBest.ca/ns <http://www.keepingthebest.ca/ns> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
