Robert.Lisowski@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG (Robert Lisowski) (09/18/88)
People ought to change the message titles for their posts more often. If you are continuing a discussion on the same subject, allow your titles to evolve with the discussion so everybody can scan the titles and see what the messages are actually about. It seems I've been seeing "Another great quote from Mr. Good" and "To fix or not to fix" appearing above a large percentage of posts here, and those aren't the only ones that are recycled again and again. I'm not bitching, but I think we would all be well served if everyone made their titles a bit more original and unique. After all, a title should reflect closely the subject matter of an article. I realize you may want someone to recognize the post as a reply to a previously posted article, so maybe you could put a number at the end of the title, or modify the wording. (some use "(was: .....)", but even THOSE are getting recycled, so there ya go.) This post comes to you as a result of my having to read alot of articles that don't interest me---due to poor titles. C'mon, it's not that difficult to come up with original titles, just condense what you are posting about down to about half a line. PLEASE don't flood this area with replies to this message. If you feel an uncontrollable urge to use your flame thrower, E-mail it to me. Thank you for your time. Rob -- Robert Lisowski - via FidoNet node 1:107/330 UUCP: ...!rutgers!rubbs1!Robert.Lisowski ARPA: Robert.Lisowski@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG \...!rutgers!rubbs1!Robert.Lisowski