I agree. I think the best way to regulate off-topic messages is for people to just hit delete or set up a daily digest of emails that they can quickly scan. Personally, I haven't seen any topics that I thought were wildly off-topic. If someone on this list needs computer advice or a recommendation for a vendor, I think that's what this group is perfect for. I sure like to tap the wisdom of the group if I need help with something. Jeff ------------------------------------ Jeff Rutherford Media Relations, LLC Jeff Rutherford jeff at jeffrutherford.com 50 Delabarre Avenue Conway, MA 01341 tel: 413 369 4128 fax: 866 677 4108 mobile: 413 475 0087 AIM: JeffreyRutherfrd Skype ID:JeffRutherford ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of David Olsson Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:14 PM To: webmaster; Ht-discuss Subject: Re: Fwd: [Hidden-tech] Question about list topics ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. ** You too can help the group ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. 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'. > ... _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members