The whole OT tag, IMO, is a joke. I take 10 seconds glancing at the subject lines, read the ones I want to see, and then delete the rest.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
