[bksvol-discuss] Re: no place on the list {was: Re: Off-topic discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions}
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:34:44 -0400
Does anyone know where I might be able to get a copy of the aisle of stone? I
need to check the authors name again but I'm getting ready to down load it to
proofread. I can't find it anywhere except maybe Google and for some reason my
jaws doesn't like it. But then my computer is eight years old of course it
wouldn't behave when I wanted to
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On Jun 7, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Frankly, I have been subscribing to these email lists long enough now that I
> am convinced that topic drift is something that cannot be cured. If someone
> complains about it a few, not most, people will change a subject line for a
> little while and then it is forgotten again. Even the threads with the
> changed subject lines tend to drift away from the new topic after only a
> couple of posts. The only way I have seen that can do anything about it is
> very tight moderating. There are some lists to which I have subscribed where
> a person who posts an off topic message can get completely banned from the
> list. On lists like that the topic of the list is adhered to pretty well, but
> even on those lists the topic will drift. That is, the individual posts will
> be on topic for the list but will not necessarily reflect what the subject
> line says. I think the best solution for someone who gets hundreds of emails
> a day and decides to read a message or not depending on the subject line is
> to bite the bullet and unsubscribe from something or several somethings. If
> you delete emails because you are not interested in what the subject line
> says it is about you are simply going to miss messages that you would have
> been interested in and if you read emails because you are interested in what
> the subject line says it is about you are simply going to read messages that
> you have no interest in. It is as simple as that and if you complain about it
> you are just contributing to cluttering up the list with complaints. The only
> way you can do anything about it short of unsubscribing from a few lists is
> to start your own and run it tyrannically and if you do that you will run
> yourself ragged punishing people who do not match their messages to the
> subject line.
>
> On 6/7/2012 6:36 PM, Cindy wrote:
>>
>> Bob, One of the lines Madeleine quoted from the purpose of the volunteer
>> list was something to the effect of using it to get to know each other; I
>> can't remember exactly what it said, but I posted it recently.
>> We are a community, and become friends, and in general we care about each
>> other and what's going on in each others' lives.
>> I do agree, though, that the subject lines should be specific, so we can
>> quickly decide if we want to read the post or delete it before reading.
>> Maybe the subject line could even include who the post is from, which might
>> give added information about the subect (e.g., if it's from Daria it might
>> be more about her health) or fromDornetta, about her twins)--or knowing from
>> whom the post is might give us an idea of the tone of the post , knowing how
>> various people write, smile
>> Cindy
>>
>> Cindy
>>> ________________________________
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>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] no place on the list {was: Re: Off-topic
>>> discussions was RE: Re: Some proofing questions}
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