 | | FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Paul Baulch
| | | | Hi all, I have a problem. It's not an earth-shattering problem, but it's a niggling problem that has gotten worse in the last couple of months, and it's to do with LUGNET, which is of course why I'm starting this thread here. This problem mostly (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | (...) I don't think this is a problem; it just takes some getting used to. It's also nice for people to *note* when they are setting a followup -- something like "[followups to lugnet.foo.group]" at the bottom of the message. Of course, threads (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Anders Isaksson
| | | | | Paul Baulch skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which I completely agree with. It *is* a problem, as soon as you're not subscribing to all groups, that threads get lost somewhere else. Being connected to the 'net by modem, paying connection time by the (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Matthew Miller
| | | | | (...) I'd think you'd _prefer_ this -- if the thread has moved away from something you're interested in, why would you want to read it anymore? Or, if it is something you want to follow, why not follow that group? (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Anders Isaksson
| | | | | | Matthew Miller skrev i meddelandet ... (...) You're missing the point: the *thread* is still interesting, *the other group* is not (generally) interesting, time is limited, modem is slow, budget is limited. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | | (...) Perhaps I am. What makes a thread about digital cameras that started in .publish less interesting than a thread with identical content that began in .castle? (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | | | (...) They're never going to be identical. Take off your "fast internet access, too cheap to meter" blinders for a while and try to think through the perspective of someone from Europe or elsewhere who has to pay by the second or by the byte and who (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | | (...) I'm thinking of it that way. If a thread wandered way off topic in a group I was downloading, I'd want it to move to the proper place so I don't have to waste time wading through it. Conversely, I'd want everything interesting on a certain (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Steve Bliss
| | | | | (...) There's a difference between being interested in a particular *thread*, and being interested in a particular newsgroup. I don't subscribe to lugnet.castle.*, because I don't have the time. That doesn't mean I'm totally disinterested in all (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | (...) Yes, definitely. So what's the problem? :) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT.... —Paul Baulch
| | | | | Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) Exactly, well put. If the writer clearly states intent to _conclude_ the on-topic discussion and start an off-topic one, then I don't have a problem either. It's when there could still be somewhat relevant (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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