From: Sean Shapira Subject: Re: MODERATOR'S NOTES: (1) Tell us who you are, (2) ideas on another Date: Tue, 4 Feb 92 23:54:38 PST Organization: Jazzie Systems, Seattle, Washington, USA In article <1992Jan28.184755.22765@milton.u.washington.edu> you write: >One proposal I would like to put before the Group Mind is to preface the >"Subject:" with a one-word key, like "TECH," "PHIL," or "IND" -- for, >in this example, technical, philosophical, and industrial. I know that >this injects my subjective reading of a posting's appropriate category, >but so does the arbitrary designation of a separate newsgroup title >force the issue. Better clarify who be inserting key(s) into the Subject line. The poster? Or you? Also, how will you handle those who want the subject line to stay consistent from message to message on a thread so they can "kill" subjects not of interest? If the first message on a subject is "PHIL" but someone responds with a pretty "TECH"-oriented reply, would the subject line change? Just thoughts from one of those group mind cells... Sean [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Important protocol items, Sean. Thanks. I already violated one of the rules with a reordering of blip and "Re:", so I can see how this would happen. If we go with blips, we'll work out rules. So far, opinion is 2:1 in favor of blips, against abbreviations. -- Bob Jacobson]