[bksvol-discuss] Re: Off-topic discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:09:34 -0400
Hi all,
I have to agree with Deborah here. Please do put appropriate subject
lines on your messages. Please *do* *not* put OT. I am beginning to
get extremely tired of this over-used acronym. If you *know* it's
off-topic, then you shouldn't be posting it, period. OT is *not* a
panacea or a passport to post whatever you want. To me, what you are
doing when you write OT is deliberately saying, "Look I know my message
is off-topic but I don't care. I don't respect the list enough to stay
on topic and if I put OT, people will forgive me."
<grrrrr> Just post your messages but have the courtesy to use
appropriate subject lines. That way we can delete stuff we don't want
to read. I get hundreds of messages per day, and the first thing I do
is sort them according to their subjects. Then, I go back and read the
messages that I have kept. I *have* to cull messages because if I
don't, I'd spend my entire life reading email. So, please try to use
subject lines that tell a reader what the message is about. BTW, I'm
getting to the point of deleting OT messages on principle. So, if you
write OT, you better have a good reason for doing so, other than you
just want to discuss a personal matter. OT is getting to be like
people that use "you know" or "I see" or "the f-word" every sentence or
so. A subject line is like a headline in a newspaper. If you like or
are interested in the headline, you read the article.
Sorry for the rant, but I feel strongly about this.
Ann P.
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