and this is an old subject bought up time and time again, if you look
through the archives this suggestion has been asked a number of times,
what i call it is laziness, pure and sweet...
Martyn
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On Sep 14, 2008, at 3:23 PM, John Tudor wrote:
> I'm going to upset the apple cart here so bear with me please
>
> I've noticed lately that often when I see what appears to be a new
> subject, that when I open it to read, I find it's actually an old
> 'long' subject that has had the 'heading' changed by the author of
> that particular post.
>
> I think this should be avoided as it does two things.
>
> A:) - It is usually a change of topic; which breaks or changes the
> original conversation.
>
> 2:) - It makes the new subject matter harder to follow as we then need
> to fish through 'old' subject matter in order to find the correct
> infomation.
>
> On Point there are 6 subject changes in this one thread below.
>
> 'Hempton pt2' #34711 becomes
> 'The Real Hempton' in #34712 becomes
> 'Bernie & Gordons discussion' in #34723, becomes
> 'Field Work Relevance - Wired Magazine' in #34727 becomes
> 'Thanks Bernie Krause and Travis Longcore' in #34733 becomes
> 'New Model: Telinga PRO7' in #34734 becomes
> 'Reference Question' in #34728.
>
> For us slow speed connection types, this is frustrating when we open
> each expecting a new thread, only to find the same one.
>
> AND to top it all off, posters are quoting the whole story each time
> in a lot of cases. Quoting should only be of the relevant information
> needed to reference the comment you are making, and the ret removed
> for clarity and ease of reading. For example, in the ongoing thread
> about 'microphone cables', as much as I enjoy reading Greg Simmons
> very informative posts, when quoted several time verbatim by
> others.........well I think I've made my point.
>
> I'm not saying the posts should be shorter, but that others should
> only quote what is relevant to their own comments
>
> Feel free to yell at me if you wish
>
> Regards
> John
>
>
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