From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 19:09:19 MDT
J.W. Harris wrote:
> What techniques do other people use to speed-read e-text? How do
> people handle the volume on this mailing list alone? I'm ashamed to
> say I plonk several of the more prolific posters just so I can keep up
> -- even though I know they occasionally have something new and
> interesting to say. But it's the only way I can keep up.
I don't plonk people. I plonk threads. Usually, on this list, the most
interesting content is at the beginning of a thread if a thread has any
interesting content at all. Any interesting threads are followed until
they become uninteresting for whatever reason (often because I think the
discussion has moved into areas where there is no useful basis for
speculation, and has thus effectively become void of meaningful
content...for instance - just for sake of an example - predicting what
life will be like post-singularity). I think I read less than 10% of
this list's posts because of that factor alone.
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