Re: Any package for surveys?
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Andrei Popescu
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This thread was started by Daniel, looking for a survey software in
> Debian. Instead of helping him you took the opportunity to invite people
> to vote in your survey, completely unrelated to Debian.
>
> Hijacking a thread is considered rude and it doesn't help your cause
> because:
>
> 1. people will associate your cause with your rudeness
> 2. your invitation is buried in an unrelated thread in an unrelated
> list.
>
> IMVHO at the very least you should apologize to Daniel for making it
> impossible for him to get a solution for his problem in this thread. He
> will very likely have to start a new thread because of your actions.
>
> If you really insist on sending mails on unrelated topics please start a
> new thread with a relevant subject (including "[OT]") so that people who
> are not interested can ignore it easily. Beware though that it will very
> likely be classified as spam and you might be reported to the
> listmasters (if this didn't happen already), who could decide to ban you
> from Debian lists.
+1
Furthermore, over and above the list possibly classifying emails
originating from elbbit@gmail.com as spam, list members might do so
individually (as I have).
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