On 4/19/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain / segment7.net> wrote: > I wish the gateway would just go away. I always see an increase in > the signal to noise ratio when the gateway goes down. > > I also wish the ruby forum gateway would go away, it has reduced the > signal to noise ratio a bunch, and a bunch of people post without > context making it impossible to figure out what they're talking about. I'm _almost_ there, but not quite. I think the biggest problem is that when you view the 'forum' page, there's absolutely no indication that the 'forums' are really mailing lists. It's 'active' versus 'passive'. Most people (rightly so) expect a 'forum' to be passive. They figure that only people who are interested in going there will see it, and even then, they won't see the content unless the click the topic. They don't expect it to be sent to potentially thousands of people who will have it thrust upon them, instead of viewing it by choice in the forum. A disclaimer won't solve the problem, but it can't hurt, and it's a simple matter of telling the forum users the truth. When you post here, it will be emailed to hundreds, if not thousands, of readers. You might want to think a bit before you hit submit. > -- > Eric Hodel - drbrain / segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net > This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant > > http://trackmap.robotcoop.com > > -- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla) The best answer to most questions is "it depends".