Suggestion to decrease the volume

cad2 at hotmail.com cad2 at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 1 14:29:21 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 11442

I belong to (far too) many lists on yahoogroups and elsewhere.  Once 
the list gets to a  certain size, the moderators usually set down 
some "large list" rules like not responding to a post with one 
word "Exactly!" or "Me, too!" etc...  For those who might read digest 
mode, its extrememly difficult to wade through dozens of posts where 
90% is quoted material from another lister and 10% is original 
thought.  

THis list generates more volume than a list I belong to with 2500 
other people. 

Just thinking out loud...
_______________________
> May I humbly dissent?  If you can't handle the volume, try 
switching 
> to digest mode.  Then you'll get a table of contents with each 
digest 
> and you can skim one digest, focusing on the meat that interests 
you, 
> much more quickly than you can read 25 separate messages. I skim 
most 
> of the shipper stuff myself, but there are nuggets of gold in there 
> sometimes and I don't want to miss them.
> 
> marvin






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