[Leica] [OM] An annoying habit from the Oly list is now also infecting the LUG

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

What particularly annoys me is when people send a reply 
and delete the link to the shot being discussed.

Cheers
Douglas



On 12.07.2012 09:13, philippe.amard at sfr.fr wrote:
> The worst is deleting the subject of an existing thread altogether to 
> start a new one, which I call hijacking and should be considered a federal 
> crime ;-)
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> Thanks for your rant Nathan :-)
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> Amiti?s
> Philippe
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> Message du : 12/07/2012 08:18
> De : "Nathan Wajsman " <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> A : "lug Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "Olympus Camera Discussion" 
> <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
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> Sujet : [OM] An annoying habit from the Oly list is now also infecting the 
>   LUG
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>   One of my pet peeves with mailing lists is when people who want to post 
> a picture or whatever do not start a new thread but simply reply to a 
> message on an existing thread. This has long been an annoyance on the 
> Olympus list, but now I am beginning to see it more and more on the Leica 
> list as well (perhaps not surprising, given the overlap between the two 
> lists).
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> I am in the habit of almost automatically deleting any thread with a 
> subject line that does not interest me, and also any thread with more than 
> 20-30 messages, since that usually indicates heavy thread drift or a food 
> fight, neither of which interest me. If someone has posted a masterpiece 
> in the middle of such threads, I simply will not see it.
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> So, please, if you have something NEW to share, create a new thread!
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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