[at-l] PLS READ: our use of the "subject" box sucks; we need to do better.

[daveh@psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

Right on!

I know that I miss read stuff that I might have wanted to read, because I
not only use the delete key, I have OE "group messages by conversation" and
delete whole groups with a click, once I had enough of the repetition.

My loss, maybe.

However, were the subject box changed to reflect what is actually going on
when a series of posts change direction, I might read what someone had
intended me to see, and cut my loses.

Chainsaw


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sloetoe" <sloetoe@yahoo.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:09 PM
Subject: [at-l] PLS READ: our use of the "subject" box sucks; we need to do
better.


> I know I am not the only one to be deleting much of current at-l
> traffic (which is not a criticism of the traffic's quality, only
> a realization of increased traffic and decreased time-to-read).
>
> Yet nobody seems to be pointing out that when a post strays from
> the original thread, the subject box needs to change to, to
> reflect what is now going on with that particular series of
> posts. (Some threads lately have diverged into tongue-in-cheek
> and then totally serious offspring, and probably some fine
> {serious} posts were ignored because people were seeking to
> delete the cute-at-the-time tongue-in-cheek posts.) (Glad my
> keyboard still has the little dash-dohicky; phew!)
>
> PLEASE: take a moment to clue the readers of this elist as to
> the actual subject in the post. That is the _considerate_ thing
> to do. And really, to not do it is truly INconsiderate. Don't be
> like that.
>
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