Klarinet Archive - Posting 000464.txt from 1995/09

From: Bill Parker <bill@-----.AU>
Subj: subject repetition
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 03:37:00 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:
>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 09:18:58 EDT
>From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
>Subject: On the matter of subject repetition
>
>Many of the comments being posted on the board have been discussed
>here up to half-a-dozen distinct times, with each "time" taking a
>week or even more......................snip

>First, new people are coming on board every day and they will naturally
>fall into those areas that those of us who have been here for a while
>have already plowed. Of course we can always point newcomers in the
>direction of established history files, but that simply lets them know
>what we have already said. It does not give them an opportunity to let
>us know what they think..............

Perhaps one solution for newcomers is when they first hook up is to send them a
little introductory file about the FAQs, what they are where they are and let
them browse.

Klarinet as far as I am concerned is one of the biggest "digest" postings I get,
and I tend to be very selective about what I read these days. That's not to say
it isn't excellent, but some of it isn't of great interest.

Bill

(Dr) Bill Parker Editor "Solar Progress" :bill@-----.au
(+ 619) 328 3804 phone /fax Box 175 North Perth Australia 6006