We know that you won't read those. That's why we always discuss you at
the end of those wandering battery threads. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/12/2012 10:40 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Personally, I rather enjoy thread drift, and no doubt am responsible
> for my share of it. But I keep the cursor on the delete button on
> MacMail, and it doesn't take long to determine if I want to read
> what's been written. For example, I seldom spend much time on threads
> about battery issues in flashes, though I understand it's an
> important issue to some people.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I agree even though I am probably one of the worst perpetrators of
>> such. If I see a thread with many posts I generally read the first
>> to discover the real subject and then jump ahead here and there to
>> see how far the drift is and if I'm interested in following the
>> drift.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 7/12/2012 2:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> One of my pet peeves with mailing lists is when people who want
>>> to post a picture or whatever do not start a new thread but
>>> simply reply to a message on an existing thread. This has long
>>> been an annoyance on the Olympus list, but now I am beginning to
>>> see it more and more on the Leica list as well (perhaps not
>>> surprising, given the overlap between the two lists).
>>>
>>> I am in the habit of almost automatically deleting any thread
>>> with a subject line that does not interest me, and also any
>>> thread with more than 20-30 messages, since that usually
>>> indicates heavy thread drift or a food fight, neither of which
>>> interest me. If someone has posted a masterpiece in the middle of
>>> such threads, I simply will not see it.
>>>
>>> So, please, if you have something NEW to share, create a new
>>> thread!
>
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