On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:09:06PM +0000, Stewart V. Wright wrote: > * David Yitzchak Cohen <lists+mutt_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [031202 11:51]: > > I'm begining to regret having asked how you did that ... the amount of > > argument that has gone on over it! I seem to be really good at starting > > these types of never-ending threads, eh? > > You and me both! I'd like it if people on certain lists (*hint* > *hint*) took WOT discussions they way that they are generally > intended: > "My day at work/school/home has been sufficiently bad that a > mindless, pointless and daft comment is needed to lighten things up > and IS NOT intended to cause offence, discomfort, or _god forbid_ a > serious reply!" IMHO, people who want to stick to the topic should simply delete (or toss from procmailrc) OT messages without having to read them. This is a high-volume list even without the OT stuff, so nobody can argue that the OT stuff is responsible for the high-traffic nature of this list (and even if it were, blocking all the OT stuff would make it a low-traffic list for those who want it so). The primary advantage of maintaining threads that go OT is that they tend to come back on-topic in a totally different place with a brand new perspective on something fundamental; I hate it when those posts end up happening in private mail because some grumpy old dude chased the discussion off-list. > OT: Perhaps there is a call for a mutt-users-WOT list... I already formally proposed such a list, with the blessing and commitment to "make it so" of the Mutt mailing list admin. My post got exactly zero replies, so I figured the matter wasn't worth persuing any further. Clearly, the grumpy old guys who complain about threads going OT either (a) don't really read most of what goes on here anyway, so it doesn't matter; or (b) don't really want OT-bound threads to go off our list here, instead preferring to fight with the posters to take the discussion to private mail. (The alert among y'all'll notice that (b) is a very good way to waste loads of time, so (a) becomes far more likely. Clearly, grumpiness is a downward spiral, and as such must be avoided at all costs if at all possible. Now, if all them grumpy dudes of the world could only be convinced of said factoid. . .) - Dave -- Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor? It's simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food, right? Please visit this link: http://rotter.net/israel
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