I should think we could have a general discussion about how often is too
often to send to the list without singling out any one individual.
That said, I'm off to teach a class now, so I'll leave you to it. :-)
Kind regards to all,
Anne
Danielle Marie wrote:
> How *should* these issues be resolved, then, if not by email list and
> without making list users uncomfortable? It seems like the personal approach
> Martin took didn't work in this case. I generally feel LIS-Ukeig has turned
> a blind eye to the prolific outpourings of one person. Are there not issues
> with server storage (is it not costing somebody somewhere to archive the
> contents of this list)?
>
> I had a look at Jiscmail and did not see terms and conditions for Lis-Ukeig
> although other lists such as LIS-Medical send an email with Ts and Cs in it
> upon registering. So it is difficult to see if anybody is in breach of
> anything at this point. I think common sense applies-nothing abusive or
> defamatory, that kind of thing.
>
> Sam,
>
> "Perhaps, indeed. But does it really matter?"
>
> Yes, it apparently does really matter- hence the heated discussion that has
> been unleashed. Joining lists that have a high number of ILL/ document
> request emails is not appealing (to me) because ILLs are spam to me. I
> prefer to have a low volume list like Ukeig and I think you have sensed the
> problem caused by a prolific user in this context-people do not want to
> receive 50% of the list from one person as it isn't terribly varied and
> tends to be dominated by one topic. Or at least I do not. I also tend not to
> want to do a lot of filtering as I have a I do not want to miss the
> important remaining stuff.
>
> The typical way of checking up on the blogs I like to read is by RSS feeds
> or by just good old fashioned bookmarking or (less old fashioned)
> StumbleUpon-that way absolutely nothing goes into my email inbox. Beautiful.
>
> Regards
>
> Danielle
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Andy Barrow <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Anne,
>>
>> Well said. And, yes, I'm aware that this email is going to the whole list.
>>
>> Andy
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