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Subject: [Leica] [OM] An annoying habit from the Oly list is now also infecting the LUG
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:42:29 +0200
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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 ;-)
>
>
> Thanks for your rant Nathan :-)
>
>
> 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>
> Copie ? :
> Sujet : [OM] An annoying habit from the Oly list is now also infecting the 
>   LUG
>
>
>   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).
>
> 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.
>
> So, please, if you have something NEW to share, create a new thread!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
>
>
>




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