Hi Robert, Just because you didn't get a response to a question doesn't mean the message doesn't get posted, not all posts get replies. Which email client do you use? You can always sign in to the list and start a new message there in which case it will definitely get posted.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Moderator - A note about hijacking threads I admit I have been guilty of this. It started when I recently began getting failure messages stating that the list did not exist or that I had spaces in the address. When I check the address there were no spaces. For example, I have asked twice about the problem I am having with find my friend and have yet to see a response. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> To: "ViPhone List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:56 PM Subject: Moderator - A note about hijacking threads > Hello all. This is just to remind people that it's not appropriate to > hijack a thread. You can read about what hijacking threads is from the > links at the end of my message. Basically if you hijack a thread, it > means that you open a message which is talking about an iPhone GPS > app, then you reply to the message, erase all the contents, leaving a > blank message, and write to ask about a suggested cooking app. You > change the subject to reflect that it's about cooking and you send it. > > For those of us who use an email client which properly handles > threads, such as the iPhone mail program, Thunderbird mail, and many > others, what happens is the following. > > You see a message thread with 15 messages. You are happily reading > about GPS, and tapping next over and over, then suddenly while in the > same thread, the discussion is about Cooking apps. We are not talking > about morphed subjects where one subject slowly changes to another one > and people change it to update the morphed thread, we are talking > about a cold turkey change. Then someone else replies about 5 messages > later and it's not about cooking apps, it's about gps apps, basically > the original thread. So, in reality, the 15 messages which you thought > was a lively discussion about gps apps, was maybe only 5 or 6 because > of the hijacker who decided to do this, rather than simply starting a > new message, giving it an appropriate subject, and sending it along. > > Sorry if this sounds harsh, but hijacking a thread is lazy. Please > don't take this message as a sign that messages shouldn't be posted to the list. > By all means, post away messages and discussions about iOS products, > but please don't hijack one thread to put your own completely thread > in the middle. The links below explain this further. > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20hijacking > > http://wiki.openstack.org/MailingListEtiquette > > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos - VIPhone Moderator > A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. A best friend is > the one sitting next to you saying "boy was that fun. ~ The Maugles > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
