IMHO there have been some really fun conversations spun off of such posts, whether of the nature of "What the h*ll is that?", or "What moron would charge that much for that?", or even "Ah, I remember...." I agree that the volume is low enough and the entertainment value high enough to leave things be. -- Ian
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: > > From: js > > > That would be my preference as well. A "ccebay at classiccmp.org" > list. > > I think we all know that wouldn't work, for a number of reasons. > > > Or at least in an indication in the subject line "ebay: [topic]" so > > they can get filtered out. > > This, however, I can definitely see as a good move. I will add such a tag > to > any eBay notification posts I make, and I encourage everyone else who posts > such to do the same. > > > > From: Peter Coghlan > > >> It's a tiny bit more work to use them > > > Any given posting to a mailing list is sent by one person and read by > > many. If there is a small effort to be made, it makes more sense for > > the sender to make it once than all the interested recipients to have > > to duplicate the effort. > > Excellent point. > > And the "eBay:" tag idea follow this principle too, I will note... So let's > remember to add that tag, everyone! > > Noel > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."