Another perspective: The additional content drives eyeballs. It shows the list is active. You can't make 100% of people happy 100% of the time.
On Mar 1, 2017 2:18 PM, "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Maybe defining a little better what *OT:* ? > > > > I use filters all the time. OT: originally meant (to me)... relevant > discussions to the business but not necessarily technology. What someone > discusses emerging battery technology, or 401Ks for employees, or > insurance, etc. etc., it used to be THAT was OT: > > > > Sooo…. Maybe BS: or PRS: Political, Religious or Social ? Unless you > “identify” your PRS content as just OT: (sorry, couldn’t resist the > trans-gender “identify” phrase) – see, I have a sense of humor like the > next guy. > > > > It’s just become like there is just no limit, and if people (not just me) > are going away from looking at the list, we have lost a LOT of good input > from folks who are serious about their business, who don’t have time to > delete threads. > > > > Maybe, I just need more coffee J > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen > Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3:00 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] List topics and verboseness of non-WISP non-business > related discussions > > > > On 3/1/17 11:37, Chuck McCown wrote: > > > Personally I don’t have any desire for the list to grow or shrink or > > > change other than to remain a place where we can hang out. This list > > > is most certainly not a “safe place” and you will not see trigger > > > warnings unless you see the occasional literal “trigger warning”. It > > > is kinda like a friendly bar that I can hang out in without my Mormon > > > neighbors seeing me parked out front. > > > > > > > > > If someone has a problem with the off topic stuff marked OT, then they > need to learn how to filter it out in their mail client, not get hurt > feelings than someone isn't protecting them with a safe place. > > > > The only change I would suggest is to always mark off topic as [OT] which > makes it stupid easy to create a subject filter looking for string "[OT]" > and not worry about the letters o and t in sequence get caught in a normal > word. > > > > The social aspect of this list is the best part. I've been on lists that > went out of control like the old SPAM-L, and AFMUG is not even close to the > extreme SPAM-L was when it died. > > > > ~Seth >
