Re: (Chat) Suggestion Regarding Posting Messages

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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

It would be soooooo helpful to have real subject/titles!!!

Jil

At 12:43 AM 7/5/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: L Krasner <gk-cfic@...>

>

>Dear List Members,

>

>I humbly suggest that everyone give more thought to composing their

> " subject " field of their outgoing email addressed to the OneList boards.

>There are so many messages posted each day that those posts which have

>better " subject " descriptions would save a lot of time for everyone to

>sort through. The fewer posts that one has to begin reading before they

>are able to decide to skip over it would save a lot of time, when you

>consider the large number of postings there are.

>

>Unfortunately, I have no hard and fast rules to offer. But I'll offer a

>couple of examples:

>

>Instead of, " interesting article " or " must read article " , just describe

>the article as best as possible in one sentence. I saw a post that read

>in the subject field, " another vaccine reaction " . But it could also have

>read, " Social Worker Suffers Vaccine Injury " . Big difference.

>

>Elaborate: Don't just write " BMJ article " . Write instead, " BMJ article on

>asthma from vaccination " . Don't necessarily use the original title from

>the article. It is usually not descriptive enough. Consider the subject

>field like a subtitle that describes the title.

>

>All-in-all, if everyone could use their best judgement in this matter, it

>would be a great help.

>

>Thanks for your consideration,

>gary

>

>Coalition For Informed Choice. Krasner, Director

>PO Box 230426, Hollis, NY 11423

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