Why topic drift with unchanged subject lines is bad, was Re: META: List Overposting

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 07:33:19 MDT


Charlie Stross wrote:

>
> If you only check the list once every few days, the build-up can be a bit
> dizzying -- hundreds of new messages to deal with.

Yup. And topic drift makes it impossible to tell at a glance if "something you
were not interested in" has transmogrified into "something that might be worth
checking on".

-- 
                     butler a t comp - lib . o r g
I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization.
                           Sometimes I forget.


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