[mythtv-users] Increasing mailing list S/N ratio (or, a modest proposal)

jedi at mishnet.org jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Jun 22 15:56:48 UTC 2007


> On 6/22/07, jedi at mishnet.org <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> Wanna improve the S/N of this group?
>>
>> Bother to take the time to understand the technology you're using.
>>
>> It takes a minor effort.
>

This list is a firehose regardless. The Zap2It discussion doesn't
change that. Unless you've got some way to manage the normal volume
of this group you are going to get overwhelmed by it anyways.

> Yes, I _know_.  The _point_ is that there are people who are simply
> not going to do that.  Even with a helpful note as they subscribe to
> the mailing list.  The _suggestion_ is to stop them at the door with a
> little _helpful_ moderation, rather than the mass sodomization
> (justified or not) when someone posts an FAQ.
>
> Or were you talking about me?  Because even there, I consider the
> "quarantine all new subscriber posts" to be a much better solution
> than "filter all the posts I don't like": 1) People get their
> questions answered. 2) Nobody gets wound up at another post with an
> easy answer 3) Less network traffic 4) Less filtering (meaning, maybe,
> more eyes on the hard problems).

A few more mailing lists would be a remarkably good idea.



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