Let's solve the problem of topic drift (wasRe: Why topic drift with unchanged subject lines is bad)

From: jeff davis (jrd1415@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 11:52:07 MDT


Extropes,

--- "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org> wrote:
> 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".

Ditto yup. I made a similar comment a while back and
someone responded that there was a list
software-related technical reason for staying with the
same thread "title". I didn't get it then, and I
still don't.

After you've hit reply, and carved your comment into
the pre-quoted original, then go to the subject line
and update that as well, including the obligitory
"WAS".

Just a suggestion.

Best, Jeff Davis

   "Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
                           Ray Charles

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