Fwd: [Hidden-tech] Question about list topics

[webmaster]

As for being self-regulating and I have found those on the HT list who
most know better and should be self-regulating to be the ones that drag
a discussion on the longest.  So if you want a clean list, everyone
should help make it clean and consider when you are really adding to a
discussion before posting 'me too' or adding political comments.

I have also found such tags as a great idea no one follows.

As for Forum only -- I have found we have a group of users, many of who
are not of the techical level to effectively use forums (odd as that
might sound) -- and while RSS is a good idea - even more pushs the
techical boundries.  Maybe in the future.

Rich/WM

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:13:52PM -0800, David Olsson wrote:
> 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'.
> > ...