Re: [OTAnn] Feedback

indigo wrote:
> Mr K. Mean wrote:
>> It is about 8000 times easier to filter email than it is to filter
>> newsgroup stuff.  It was simple to filter all the stupid stuff
>> directly to the trash.  Occasionally if I had to write a new rule, I
>> could also apply the rule retroactively to my folder and zip, the
>> stupid ones that I missed were also gone then.
> 
> I can see your point about filtering being easier, but isn't it hard to
> follow threads via email?

Threads?  A thread doesn't really ever last more than a few responses. 
I mean whatever subject it is, you don't need to follow it for very long 
because it will change in a few anyways.  Eventually they all turn into 
deep throating a corn dog or something like that.  Well, unless it is a 
super long one about gun control and then I usually just delete all 
those.  And generally people quote well enough so that I can follow the 
progression even if I haven't really read it all in order.  And if they 
don't quote very well, then it probably doesn't really matter all that 
much, I won't spend much time worrying about what I might have missed there.