We're getting way off topic here, but in the last few days I've read a
couple of new members that received hundreds of email that they didn't
expect when then subscribed to the mailinglist. Subscribing is the only
way that you can be sure to read all the replies the your question.
Therefore it would be good, since there is no obligation to subscribe to
be able to post your question, that users receive all the replies to
their question automatically. Even when they're not subscribed. For the
users that are subscribed nothing should change, because they want to
help other users and learn from others.
Arnold Huzen
Ross Johnson schreef:
arnold huzen wrote:
So I agree with your proposal, but it shouldn't have to be a choice
to follow the response on the thread you started.
Harold Fuchs schreef:
Also, as a registered user of this e-mail list I get scores if not
hundreds of e-mails per day. If I wanted to ask a simple question
and, as a result, got several hundred messages before seeing a reply
I'd not be a happy bunny. Especially if I was a busy person anyway
having to deal with lots of e-mails as part of my "real" life.
Perhaps we should alter the format of the list. I'm not sure what
they are called but there are many web based forums where you can
set a "watch this thread" flag so that you only get notified when
someone responds to a message within a thread you started. I've seen
some of these forums where registration is a requirement and some
where it isn't. We could then have a class of user (the volunteers)
who get everything and another class (the "customers") who only get
stuff s/he has flagged as interesting.
Would this be a good idea?
I don't think there is an equivalent to this (web forum flag idea) for
people subscribed to the mailing list. However, those people can use
their email filters to achieve the same thing if they wish, or just
divert all OOo list mail to a separate folder if it's cluttering up
their "real" life. Or they can receive OOo list mail in digest format
- one large message per day.
Either way, one effect of this would be an increase in repeat
questions, since "customers" aren't as likely to see that someone else
has asked the same question (and been answered already), often just
recently. Also, those people aren't going to learn new things from
other people's questions.
So I'm not sure it's a good idea.
Ross
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