on Thu, Apr 11, 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson (baloo@ursine.dyndns.org) wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > I'm subscribed to another list which is very high volume, and
> > focusses largely on entertainment industry issues. Reader
> > habits are highly different: bottom quoting, a wide mix of
> > mailers, much HTML mail, varying quote markers, little if any
> > response trimming.... I find the mess barely readable (and
> > haven't looked at it yet this week). If d-u ever descends to
> > this level, I'm out.
>
> Two newsgroups I'm on that are high traffic have a problem with a lot
> of bottom quoting and very little trimming if any (or another cute
> trick I see a lot is "So and so wrote at blah blah blah: / <snip>"
> Why thank you for such helpful quoting. alt.fan.furry has this
> problem more than alt.lifestyle.furry.
>
> Polite attempts to promote good posting habits is usually met with
> hostility (again, on aff more than alf). Any tips for promoting a
> clue to a group that actively repels it?
I hear there's a group in Ramallah that's been working on that for a
while....
Seriously: it's a long, uphill, trudge. I use a mix of goads,
examples, compelling content (IMVAO), and rather marked ignoring of
those who fail to mend their ways. If the majority/concensus opinion is
counter to your goals. Don't expect gratitude. The true solution may
be to seek clue rather than attempt planting it.
> > > People who subscribe from work often will have no say on this.
> >
> >
> > - The obvious answer: don't subscribe from work. Use a dialup.
> > SSH out to another system. Additionally, _most_ mailers allow
> > enabling/disabling of HTML.
>
> Considering the privacy policy that most employers have, I'm not sure
> why anybody would feel safe conducting personal business through a
> work email account.
Bingo.
For me it's also a matter of brand preservation. I and my email address
are fairly well known. They'll eventually migrate to a domain I
control, but not for a while, at any rate. No need to wash them out
with a changing stream of corporate addresses.
Peace.
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