It's really hard to draw lines between acceptable and unacceptable topics. Forums probably won't work, because it's ADI, Another Damn Interface. Most of us just won't go there. Email is the interface, for better or worse. If our group is small enough, we can self-regulate through dialog: "Hey, can we cut back on requests for the best pipe cleaner brand? My inbox is suffering from off-topic bloat." If we're too big for that, or even if not, we can use subject tags like [Hidden-tech] [Recommend] Looking for dog masseuse [Hidden-tech] [Help wanted] Need obsequious designer [Hidden-tech] [Computer help] Can't send e-mail! Honestly, we probably only need the [Recommend] tag, since that's what comprises most of our extraneous bandwidth. Maybe the [Computer help] one, too. Anyway, that would make it easy to filter out those topic categories. Nothing's perfect. People will forget the tags; you'll want to read some of the recommends but not all of them; la-de-da. --- webmaster <webmaster at hidden-tech.net> wrote: > > Actually I am glad someone other than me raised this > issue, and I'd like > to post some of the 'official position'. > ...