[GRLUG] Tech magazines for sale or trade - GRLUG-Classifieds

[Marc Zuverink]

On Dec 10, 2007 5:45 PM, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:

> It make sense...  This really isn't a super busy list after all.
> Prefix(ing) the subject with "one offs" questions has worked so far.
> Thanks.
>
> G-
>
> On Dec 2, 2007 9:36 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 2, 2007 1:24 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > My opinion would be to not bother
> > > for now.  At present there is more
> > > discussion of multiple lists than
> > > discussion itself.  If/when the current
> > > list becomes bogged down with
> > > meaningful entries it might be time to
> > > consider fragmenting the topics.
> >
> > For a community of this size, it really doesn't make sense to fragment
> > the mailing lists.  Subtopic mailing lists will just grow stale as
> > people who were once on them stop participating.  You can't really ask
> > every new person to sign up to the other mailing lists, because you
> > don't know who the new people are, or when they sign up.
> >
> > Joe newbie will write a message to the mailing list saying he's got a
> > PC for sale, and will be told by some person to another to take it to
> > the classifieds mailing list.  Joe might subsequently post to the
> > sublist, but, chances are, anyone who might see it there already saw
> > it on the mailing list, and will have responded if they're interested,
> > regardless.
> >
> > I really prefer settling on prefixes for the subject line.  Easy to
> > figure out once you've seen it, and easy to filter out, if you don't
> > care for it.  FOR SALE is a good prefix for sales.  WANTED is a good
> > prefix for anything someone might be looking for.
> >
> > I don't see how things like copyright (I remember when the argument
> > against DRM and the DMCA was that you couldn't watch the stuff on
> > Linux.) and bittorrent filtering (Remember when people used Linux
> > distros as a prime example of legitimate use?) are offtopic for the
> > list, but I suppose one could be pendantic and say anything not unique
> > to Linux could be prefixed with "GENERAL".  But I still think you'd
> > see more general posts than posts without any prefix.
> >
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One list seems to be the best bet.  Our list goes days and sometimes weeks
with no posts, multiple lists would mean more work and a waste of server
space and time.
Prefixes are the way to go.


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Marc Zuverink <mzuverink at gmail.com>

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