[Sigia-l] [OT] Tagging things that are off topic

Michael Fry mwfry at umd.edu
Wed Feb 4 15:02:44 EST 2004


And who will determine what's considered relevant, OT, 
IA-related, etc.?!? (I hope I'm not the only one who sees 
the irony in this.)

mf

webproject at timeinc.com wrote:

> <christina wodtke wrote:
> the addition of a little [OT] in the subject line causes so little overhead
> for a poster, and helps so much the volume of mail that it seems little to
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> I agree - I think that tagging things that don't specifically have to do with big or little IA would make this list much easier to follow, and would encourage people to notice when they are posting something off topic.  This would certainly include to me the LDS posts, as well more coding related issues, as well as flippant comments about other people's more serious posts.  Honestly, the sheer volume of messages right now makes it a slog to go through even in digest form, and certainly precludes me from following the list in busy times.
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> This would allows those who enjoy a looser, more conversational style to continue to get tangential posts, but those who would prefer a more targeted list to ignore the less targeted posts.
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> Laura 
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