On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it happens occasionally or less, you're right. But, if too many
people don't follow the rules, for anything, then it becomes a big
deal.
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people
who would rather subscribe through a web interface.
An idea would be, while keeping the usual mailing list stuff (the
ability to subscribe by sending an email to a specified address and so
on), having a web subscription interface that would drive the user
through two or three slides concisely explaining some important rules,
and how to unsubscribe.
Of course /then/ some people would skip the slides...
I've often thought of something similar, i.e. when a use registers/signs
up, that use automatically gets a document sent to the user's registered
email address. And then have the user acknowledge the user has received
and understands the posting rules, netiquette, etc.. Something similar
to having to agree to a EULA when installing software. When the user
gets his/her post pulled for not following they guidelines (I'm assuming
continuing errors in posting, not the occasional error where the user
may have had a simple brain lapse :-) ) they can't claim they didn't know.
And... You could create said document in LO! ::grin:: But sending the
user a PDF would be better. :-)
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