[R-390] RANT: The Delete Key and Unwanted Threads

[Jim Brannigan]

Hi there Barry,
Your response to Clay might be considered snotty or obnoxious by some.
This is a technical reflector and many people ( including myself) have
learned a great deal about our R-390 radios.
I really appreciate the wealth of knowledge and helpful character of the
members.
A person who was merely browsing the digests or achieves might be turned off
by the adolescent (juvenile?) humor (sic) that seems to permeate this
reflector.
While the delete key is useful, each posting needs to perused to determine
if it contains useful information.  After a 100 or so "Humorous" postings,
one tends to delete ALL....and much useful information could be lost....

 best and sincerest regards
Jim
> Hi there, Clay --
>
> I get 100's of emails a day.  Can't rely on the spam filter software.
>
> With this list, it seems to be feast or famine.  Even with all those on-
and
> off-topic posts, I noticed that some previously frequent contributors were
> absent.  Maybe on vacation.  I suspect the extra activity was due to the
> vacation day.  Rest assured, the list will return to its previous state
very
> soon.
>
> The simple and wonderful fact is: You don't have to suffer the
inconvenience
> of high volumes of mail -- OT or otherwise.  You have the option of
changing
> to digest or no-email mode.  It's easy to go to the qth site and read the
> posts right there, at your full convenience.
>
> You needn't even be subscribed to read the posts on the site -- only if
you
> want to post something.  However, a quick check of the archives shows that
> your two posts the last day or two --  complaining about the OT's --  were
> the only posts you made at least since January.  (I didn't check before
> that.) If you change to no-mail mode, or unsubscribe altogether, you'd be
> liberated of the burden of all that deleting -- and, it would seem, have
no
> apparent remaining reason to post anything here anyway.
>
> True, nowadays, a crowded inbox is highly problematical.  There is a lot
of
> spam filter software out there, but I've tried three and had problems will
> all of them.  In my case, it's too time consuming to use the delete key.
> Periodically, I archive my entire inbox and create an empty one.  But, the
> thing is, as far as the lists are concerned, you can control what comes in
> and and save that 8 minutes of your life that this list wasted -- 
projected
> to an onerous 50 hrs per year.
>
> (Incidentally, this is not a moderated list in the sense that each post
has
> to be approved by the moderator.  Some lists are run that way.)
>
> So, very sympathetic to your plight, and particularly sorry if some of
those
> burdensome deletables were from me.  However, all the foregoing
considered,
> if your plan is as stated:  "I'll go back into reading mode and wait for
> something interesting to show up."  (i.e., you're unlikely to contribute
> anything), then your original impulse to unsubscribe was probably an
> excellent idea.   And, by unsubscribing, you will reduced the bandwidth
> burden on the QTH reflector at the head end.
>
> Just trying to do my bit to spare you the needless tedium.  I do agree
with
> you wholeheartedly -- this is not a library -- not a good analogy.  The
idea
> of a list is something more interactive, otherwise it doesn't really make
> much sense.  However, the archives, various websites, pearls of wisdom and
> so on -- DO make for a convenient online library.  So, there's really no
> need to wait for someting interesting to show up here.  Most of the
> interesting stuff has been done, written up, categorized, compiled.
> Sometimes all that's left is kielbasa.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> best and sincerest regards,
> Barry