[MD] A Suggestion for Horse

[skutvik at online.no]

Hi John .. the reformator ;-)

22 Jan. u wrote:

>  In the interest of keeping things propoorly organized, I should repeat
> myself in this thread what I said in another, my suggestion for fixing
> these problems you list: 

Bo before:
> > Some general editing of posts is sorely needed. Your also mentioned
> > other ways to organize it, I (too) remember the the MOQ Focus and its
> > fate, 

> For those who care enough to be organized, voluntarily putting  tags
> in the subject lines of threads of serious intent would  serve nicely.
>  For instance, if you could insert [MFer]  In your  subject lines Bo, 
> everyone would  know what it meant.

By editing I was more thinking about the look of the posts. The main 
reason for the pesky "long liners" (for instance) is I believe the Window 
Mail, Outlook Express, HotMail ...and such cheap services. If I had my 
way all would have been (forced) to use more advance programs. 
They are for free in all sizes, my own "Pegasus" for instance that has 
the (>) feature that indicates the "level" of comments  ... if used 
properly, but this notoriously gets scrambled by the mentioned 
services. 

About "tags" in the subject line  ... well perhaps. Those with advanced 
mail programs could then filter out all posts that don't contain the "MF) 
But a separate site is the best. Waiting for Horse's comment on that.     
 
> I also like the idea of thread maintenance by the thread creators
> taking responsibility for keeping their threads clean.  But this would
> only need to be done with threads of Serious Intent [SI].

Well, good intention, but ...
 
> If adopted, I can see a bunch of mini focus groups being formed, yet
> not excluding others and inviting serious comment anytime.

It's the burden of (as I do as to be able to do other things) downloading 
sixty-seventy-eighty ++  posts each morning. There are interesting 
things I would have liked to comment, but they are buried for good 
beneath the rubble. 

Bo before
> > yet wouldn't it be
> > worth trying again? I would surely move over  ... perhaps its "kiss
> > of death" - my move that is ;-)

> I was a little confused, you think MD would die if you left? or MF
> would die if you joined? Either way you meant it, I think the Village
> Elders are very important to the tribe and I'd miss you. 

It was the second option, my move causing no one else moving there, 
but thanks for your kind remark.  

Bodvar