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Subject:Re: Highly Deletable Threads From:"Laura J. Lockhart" <LLOCKHART -at- ABIM -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:30:42 -0500
Scott M wrote:
I interpreted this as "If you use these subjects, many people will delete
your message without reading it. Therefore, if you want to discuss any of
these subjects, always include an intriguing topic in the subject line, one
that has wide interest, for example, 1960's highlife music from Ghana.
Examples:
* Cardinal Rex Lawson or Tech writing degrees
* Frame, Word, and the Ramblers horn section
* Job opening in Atlanta, where E. T. Mensah probably didn't visit
Scott, I love your solution. Though I understand the original point that was trying to be made, I say there's a reason Bill Gates gave us a delete key. Just the 'degrees' thread alone demonstrates how different we all our, in spite of our commonality. Even from day to day, some topics will catch my eye that might not have the day before, depending on what's going on in my life. I'm usually just a lurker myself, but when I do choose to write, I hope someone out there is listening. And I figure someone is.
Laura Lockhart
Copy Editor, American Board of Internal Medicine
(BTW, a BA in English and Art, working on an MS in Tech & Science Comm--talk about diversity!)
