Guest guest Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Barb, I am with JB. It's not that hard to trim your posts. Every email discussion list I've been on periodically reminds its members to trim their posts out of consideration for members who choose to subscribe to the digest version. The way this list is currently run, the signal to noise ratio is about 5%. I am shocked by the arrogance of your response, telling a member how to access the content here. Have you been named co-moderator and I missed it? I am on this list because I value the content and the contributions that its' members make. Individual email would be too much of a distraction at work so I subscribe to the digest. If you don't want people to use it, perhaps you should disable that option. JB expressed exactly what I have been thinking for over a year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I did not say to get individual emails. I said to read on the web. Are people not familiar with how easy that is? Go here and see. /messages Digest drives me nuts because of it's format with untrimmed posts. You can post every day for people to trim their posts, but they won't, and you're creating noise yourself by doing that. Email would just clutter up my inbox. Reading on the web solves both problems; you just tune in when you want to. You fail to see how it is equally arrogant for someone to tell me to trim my posts. They are telling me what to do, why is it any different if I tell them what to do? Phil gave even better reasons why the problem is never ever solved, and there are always new members. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I remain a web reader . . . Arrogantly yours, Barb > Individual email would be too much of a distraction at work so I subscribe to the digest. If you don't want people to use it, perhaps you should disable that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 > > Digest drives me nuts because of it's format with untrimmed posts. You can post every day for people to trim their posts, but they won't, and you're creating noise yourself by doing that Digests aren't too bad on lists where people clean up after themselves. It just needs to be encouraged. > > Email would just clutter up my inbox. You do know that this is an email discussion list, don't you? > You fail to see how it is equally arrogant for someone to tell me to trim my posts. They are telling me what to do, why is it any different if I tell them what to do? It is just courtesy and it reduces bandwidth. >Phil gave even better reasons why the problem is never ever solved, and there are always new members. Phil is right to suggest that people rename old threads when they start new topics. That and trimming off irrelevant verbiage would contribute considerably to the utility and readability of this fine list. I can see that I am fighting a losing battle so I will retreat into the woodwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hello, I always like to keep at least one previous post in my replies. When you are quickly scanning different posts, sometimes the post does not make sense unless you know what the previous post was about. Dr. , who sometimes has delayed replies, has replied here a few times and cuts off all previous posts in his replies; many times, I am not sure exactly what he was replying to (unless I go back and try to find the original thread). However, sometimes I am guilty of being lazy and not trimming my posts as much as I should, too. For me, I use Outlook for my email and I have " rule " stating that all emails with " " in the subject line are automatically moved into a separate folder. I believe you can do this with most online email sites, too (like Hotmail, , Gmail). Another option, especially for people at work, is to setup a separate email account to use for this group. This way, you do not have to worry about being bothered at work and you do not have to worry about trying to read through extremely long digest messages (especially considering the amount of activity in this group). Besides, many corporations have email retention policies setup stating that even if you delete an email message from your company inbox, the company still keeps a copy of it for up to 7 years. Employers always have the right to monitor any and all email messages you send/receive from your company email account. Do you really want your employer knowing about your personal medical issues? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of jbush1999 Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Trimming Posts > > Digest drives me nuts because of it's format with untrimmed posts. You can post every day for people to trim their posts, but they won't, and you're creating noise yourself by doing that Digests aren't too bad on lists where people clean up after themselves. It just needs to be encouraged. > > Email would just clutter up my inbox. You do know that this is an email discussion list, don't you? > You fail to see how it is equally arrogant for someone to tell me to trim my posts. They are telling me what to do, why is it any different if I tell them what to do? It is just courtesy and it reduces bandwidth. >Phil gave even better reasons why the problem is never ever solved, and there are always new members. Phil is right to suggest that people rename old threads when they start new topics. That and trimming off irrelevant verbiage would contribute considerably to the utility and readability of this fine list. I can see that I am fighting a losing battle so I will retreat into the woodwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Here is what I do I don't have the posts here come in my main Email account. I have a free Email account with .com so when some one posts it comes in my Email not my main one. This way I don't get postings mixed up with my reg. Emails. You can set this up by going to the home page click on Edit Membership. Choose the email address that you would like group messages sent to. In Step 2. Message Delivery pick how you want to read posts. I just say Web only. Co-Moderator Phil > From: Barb <baba@...> > Subject: Re: Trimming Posts > > Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 6:22 PM > I did not say to get individual > emails. I said to read on the web. Are people > not familiar with how easy that is? Go here and see. > /messages > > Digest drives me nuts because of it's format with untrimmed > posts. You can post every day for people to trim their > posts, but they won't, and you're creating noise yourself by > doing that. > > Email would just clutter up my inbox. > > Reading on the web solves both problems; you just tune in > when you want to. > > You fail to see how it is equally arrogant for someone to > tell me to trim my posts. They are telling me what to > do, why is it any different if I tell them what to do? > Phil gave even better reasons why the problem is never ever > solved, and there are always new members. > > Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I remain a web > reader . . . > > Arrogantly yours, > > Barb > > > > Individual email would be too much of a distraction at > work so I subscribe to the digest. If you don't want people > to use it, perhaps you should disable that option. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yes, that would work for all of us. What doesn't work is when the previous post is also deleted and then we don't know what you are replying to. <>Roni Immortality exists! It's called knowledge! Just because something isn't seen doesn't mean it's not there<> From: secapps <moqui51@...> Subject: Trimming posts hypothyroidism Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 5:15 AM Since there have been a lot of discussions going on lately, the posts have been getting very long because people just let everything come along from the previous posts. I am on digest and my e-mail program does not allow me to skip over what I don't want to read...so I have to scroll through all the long posts to get to what I want. Please only add what you are replying to in your response...that way it will be less confusing for everyone. People's comments won't get mixed up. And in some cases you don't need to add anything from the previous post to add your comment. Just my 2 cents. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 This is just a reminder to trim your posts before you send them in to the group. It will help the moderators to approve messages faster. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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