at the temporal coordinates: 1/3/02 11:52 AM, the entity known as doppler at
doppler_at_mac.com conveyed the following:
> Eric L. Strobel [fyzycyst_at_home.com] wrote the following 2002-01-02 17.52:
>
>>> 4. list maestros AND list members, please do not hesitate to moderate the
>>> list more actively in those matters. i know it is a weired request to
>>> involve the list members also, since list maestros are the only one that
>>> should moderate, but in this case, i believe it is good if we all do what we
>>> can to diminish the heavy mail burden of today.
>>
>> Ummm... You do realize, don't you, that this invites an additional flood of
>> replies to off-topic threads. Replies along the lines of "Hey, take it
>> off-list...", which are themselves off-topic and therefore 'noise' on the
>> list. This happens now, and sometimes it's more annoying than the original
>> off-topic thread.
>
> i know this one was a bit controversial, but still everyone can send a
> "moderating" mail off-list to the culprit, right? ;-D
Ahhh, but if folks were in the habit of being conscious about sending things
off-list, this whole thread would never have come up! Nice little Catch-22,
isn't it? ;-)
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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