Hey, i tried to do that just the other day! :P I figured with all of the stuff going on, appending tags in the title is probably the best way to help people auto-filter.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Been hitting mass delete a TON lately. I was going to suggest that anything > political gets prepended with POLITICAL: simply to make it super easy to > delete the “stuff”. But, that’s just my opinion and not my list. > > > > Paul J > > > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:58 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Politics on the list > > > > I think you guys would be amazed by a Canadian federal election. > > There's usually 2-3 months of lead up time to a vote being called, in which > the political parties get all their stuff organized and ready just in case. > > Then the actual election/campaign period goes for between 25 to 45 days, > maximum. Then there's a vote, and we have a new government. > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:04 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm > <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It seems politics is consuming a lot of chatter on the list. I personally > enjoy it, I have thick skin, per another thread, but I am concerned it could > turn south. This is the only industry mechanism I have for quick and dirty > advice so I am fearful it could devolve into something ugly or useless like > dslreports. > When Chuck ran the list there was a bit more policing, stay away from > religion or politics. I assume others got the offlist spankings I got. I'm > not bashing the current list owner, I enjoy the occasional freedom to rant. > What I am fearful of is losing the best resource I have for a vendor neutral > discussion of on topic issues. > > I'm not asking that the off topic political discussion stop, or any other > off topic discussion for that matter, I do request however that everybody > come to a consensus that we are all adults with different backgrounds and > opinions who can disagree and still work together effectively. > This is solely a self serving request as I an very much incompetent for my > position and rely heavily on advice from this list to impress my boss so he > continues to give me a paycheck he could probably pay a comatose midget who > only wakes up long enough to swear to do the same level of work. > >
