[Vision2020] V2020 admin request about posting and threading

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 6/30/2012 2:34 PM, Ted Moffett wrote:
> I posted several times about this years ago, but trying to moderate 
> Vision2020 posting behavior is like herding cats...

I don't doubt it. I can remember years ago sending messages about top 
posting ...

Of course, one should not overlook the range of possibilities concerning 
the nature of cats. I've just read the first few dozen pages of Stephen 
King's latest  novel, _The Wind Through the Keyhole._ So far, there's is 
just a hint about the nature of cats, but that may change.

Roland, Roland, Roland, keep those stories Rolan' ...


Ken

> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com 
> <mailto:kmmos1 at frontier.com>> wrote:
>
>     Recently it has come to my attention that new posts to the V2020
>     list are being created and sent as replies to existing posts
>     concerning different subject matters. This might not be so
>     bothersome if threaded e-mail clients did not exist. However, they
>     do exist, and are quite useful, at least when their utility is not
>     thwarted by major subject changes within a thread about another
>     topic. So, the request is, when changing the discussion subject,
>     to create a new message in a new thread with an appropriate
>     subject heading so topics can be found more easily and ordered by
>     priority of necessity, urgency, or interest for easier e-mail
>     consumption.
>
>     In a better world, "Hi, Jack" is a friendly greeting, not a
>     disagreeable activity.
>
>     Thanks for your consideration.
>
>
>     Ken
>
>


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