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Subject:RE: OT: the power of a subject line From:"Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:12:36 -0800
> From: Cassandra Greer
> I learned early on in my Internet life that usually by
> approx. every 10th
> message in a thread, the topic of the thread has changed
> significantly so I
> usually only check every 10th message to see what the new
> topic is and
> whether it is of interest :D
>
> Saves time :)
>
> Cass :)
>
That would be true for finding different conversations within the same
thread, but the same conversation is diverging in a new direction with each
post. I don't really concern myself with the subject line of a thread, but
I do follow the conversations within the thread. One conversation diverged
in separate directions and became unnecessarily argumentative. So it was
odd and not about writing.
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