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- From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
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- Subject: Re: proposed rec.arts.startrek split
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- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:05:45 GMT
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- In article <C1EwCH.8AG@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU writes:
- >In <TQ0WBYZ6@cc.swarthmore.edu> eoliver@ralph.cs.haverford.edu (Erik Oliver) writes:
- >>Also, if we "force", or strongly suggest, that people use the
- >>abbreviations: TNG, DSN/DS9, TOS and so forth in the subject line of
- >>their postings, it will go a long way to making kill files easier.
-
- Subject: line tags don't work. The closest they've gotten in a representative
- mainstream group is on the order of 25%. (I'll explain why rec.arts.tv.soaps
- is non-representative by email if anyone cares.) It's a neat idea, but doesn't
- fit the net.
-
- >I don't think kill files are even the reason for doing this. I know a
- >number of people who browse through the larger newsgroups with newsreaders
- >like nn. For them subject line tags aren't a kill file resource but an aid
- >in reading subject lines quickly. Of course, clear, concise subject lines
- >are always a plus.
-
- True...but anyone who selects what articles to read on the basis of Subject:
- lines is missing a lot of news he might be interested in. Topic drift is the
- norm on the net, not the exception; there are even folks who complain that
- changing Subject: lines to reflect what's really in the article is nothing
- more than an attempt to evade others' kill files.
-
- >It could. Responsible use of the "Newsgroups" and "Followup-To" lines
- >would also be a big help. On some days 60% of the traffic in .current
- >belongs somewhere else. Sometimes more.
-
- The right solution is to get the folks to move the articles.
- --
- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
- "I don't want to read poor Microsoft bashing. I want to read good
- Microsoft bashing." -- Douglas A. Bell, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Me too!)
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