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. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos - VIPhone Moderator > The best job I ever had was at a bank, I was bringing home $5,000 a month... > but then they caught me. > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
