Lawrence Vel?zquez wrote:
> P.S. In the future it would be helpful for list subscribers and
> readers of the list archive if you changed the email subject when
> you post digressions like this.
And then Duncan Roe wrote:
>Noted ... Duncan.
Somewhat surprisingly, I agree with LV here. I have long been a
strong advocate of changing thread titles as threads evolve (as this
one has), but I've been mostly a lone voice in the wilderness. Most
online people in most forums (especially, Usenet) don't do it and, in
fact, both of the following seem to be true:
1) People pride themselves on having long thread meanderings and
yet keeping the original title intact. They seem to get a perverse
pleasure out of it.
2) Many claim that it "breaks the thread" and thus either confuses
newbies and/or confuses naive threading software that works solely
on the title. And that, thus, you should not do it.
I find neither of these args compelling.
So, in conclusion, this is a good thing. I am pleased.
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