[Artemisia] List Etiquette

[Stephanae Baker]

No! Forgive me. It was truly not my intention to be snarky. Only to  
make the point that on an email list, the listener has to help the  
speaker moderate his or her volume, and that, to an extent, we do  
that in person, too, by ignoring what we overhear if it doesn't  
interest us. Although, as Gefjon and Bethoc pointed out, it is also  
important to be conscientious about changing the subject line. I  
forget to do that too often.

Belladonna


On Jul 26, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Chuck Heisler Jr. wrote:

> See, now you're just being snarky.
>
>   Ah well, do what you will.
>
>   CvZ
>
> Stephanae Baker <stephanae at countryrhoades.net> wrote:
>   Sir Conrad,
>
> You're right that I can see a small difference, and you're also right
> that I don't agree. There's a skill called skim-reading. If you lack
> it, find me at Baron's War, and I'll be happy to help you acquire it.
> If you have that skill, it will be just as if the people in the
> uninteresting conversations were moderating their volume and you were
> politely tuning them out--although if you suddenly heard a word or
> two that interested you, you could tune back in.
>
> Belladonna