Actually, it seems to me the consensus is "It isn't hurting me to have it."

Which isn't the point at all - would it hurt me to /not/ have it is the 
question - since it's presence could well be affecting others.

Assuming the tagging is the default, and trying to find reasons not to 
is the wrong direction. Can anyone suggest a good reason to actually 
have it?

Thus spake Ian Clarke...
> Ok, I guess the consensus is that we shouldn't change.
> 
> Ian.
> 
> On 5/3/06, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) <nextgens at freenetproject.org> 
> wrote:
>> * Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> [2006-05-03 16:38:25]:
>>
>> > The point is that there is no point.  They take up space without
>> > serving any useful purpose.  This is a particular problem for those
>> > with limited-width mail readers such as Mutt or Pine.
>> >
>> > Ian.
>> >
>>
>> I'm using mutt and honestly don't mind/haven't seen any problem.
>>
>> NextGen$
>>
>>
>> > On 3 May 2006, at 16:17, John C.C.White wrote:
>> >
>> > >OK. I'll disagree:
>> > >
>> > >- the list is low-volume
>> > >- Subject: headers rarely overflow my (entirely reasonable) space
>> > >allocated
>> > >- I haven't seen any bogus [freenet-devl] messages (yet).
>> > >
>> > >Really, what's the point/need?
>> > >
>> > >-John-
>> > >
>> > >On May 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Ian Clarke wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>This makes a pretty persuasive argument for ditching the [freenet-
>> > >>devl] subject tags on mailing list emails:
>> > >>
>> > >>  http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/
>> > >>
>> > >>If nobody can come up with a good argument against this, I suggest
>> > >>we follow its advice and remove the Subject tags.
>> > >>
>> > >>Ian.
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