Off topic(?) posts

[Gordon Riley <Gordon_Riley@MERCERSBURG.EDU>]

Someone commented:

"If this were a smaller listserv and/or one without a professional focus, =
off-topic threads might be considered more appropriate.  There are other =
listservs with specific foci out there for the types of discussions you =
mention.  At least for me, LM_Net is doing exactly what I want and need it =
to do.  If we started cluttering with off-topic posts, many of us will =
have to unsubscribe because the volume will become too much.  I believe we =
need to stay as focused as we can."

First of all, what is on-topic for one may seem off-topic for another.  I =
think posters should be free to determine relevence for themselves, and =
loosely, with no fear of being criticized for being off topic.

Secondly, anybody who has a problem with their mailbox filling up, or no =
time to read the posts, or some kind of obligation to read every post - =
this is your issue, not the community's.  There are technical fixes, free =
mail accounts and many ways for individuals to deal with these problems.




Gordon Riley
Technical Services Librarian
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg, PA
Gordon_riley@mercersburg.edu
The opinions expressed are my own!

"You have to be cynical, you have to question things.  You can't take =
someone named Belle LaBelle on face value.  What's her angle, huh?  Who's =
payroll is she on? You find out the answers to those things, and then you =
start movin' fast and crooked.  You go through doorways sideways and low, =
at odd angles.  You look for the big lie, question everything."  Jim =
Rockford, The Rockford Files

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