Hi Richard, I'm really glad you posted this. Until recently, I didn't understand that replying to a message and changing the subject line would still cause problems with the original thread. So your reminder on this particular matter is really helpful. I guess until recently, I didn't understand how threads actually work.
Les On Jul 4, 2013, at 3:38 PM, "'Richard Turner'" <[email protected]> wrote: > In the last few days, things have truly gotten out of control. > Messages with subject lines about the Sendero Seeing Eye app end up talking > about completely different topics; messages with subject lines about tap tap > see feedback are actually about the regular camera app and on and on it goes. > > This is truly annoying on a list as busy as this one, > > It does not take a rocket scientist to start a new message with an > appropriate subject line. > > If you do not understand what it means to “hijack a thread” it means replying > to a message and going off on a different subject than that of the message to > which you are replying. > > Even choosing to reply to a message, then changing the subject line does not > help because those of us who have our messages organized by thread, still get > that message sorted into the group that match the original subject line. > > So, if you what to talk about a topic that is different than the original > thread, take the extra few seconds and hit compose instead of reply. > > Be thankful I am not a moderator because I would simply cancel people’s > access to the list after a couple warnings. Raul and Cara have given many, > many warnings about this issue, one as recent as last week. > > If it wasn’t for the people who continue to give good, helpful information on > this list I would unsubscribe to keep from having to spend most of my time > hitting the delete key, which is what I do now. > > Richard > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
