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Re: Open letter to Schestowitz: What about doing Daily Digest instead?

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____/ ceed on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 14:24 : \____

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:10:25 -0600, Tony Sivori <TonySivori@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> ceed wrote:
>>
>>> This is the first news groups I have frequented where someone post
>>> (mostly) relevant news links to the group like some sort of clipping
>>> service. I admire the time and effort put into it, but it really
>>> clutters the group reading . I have to admit that I sometime read your
>>> stuff, but not often enough for me not wanting to filter you completely
>>> at times.
>>
>> Then stop your whining and do it. Roy's posts are on topic.
> 
> Don't you get it? Even if I did that he would still be posting his in real
> time. I would add to the noise! What I am suggesting is /replacing/ his
> news feed with a daily digest containing exactly what he is posting now.
>>
>>> You are good at picking (mostly) relevant material. But
>>> wouldn't it be a nice compromise if you instead of just blowing it out
>>> there gathered it and posted it as a Daily Digest instead? Then everyone
>>> would be happy
>>
>> Especially the Win trolls and astroturfers.
> 
> Oh brother...this is getting old.
>>
>>> since the ones looking at it as spam would only have one
>>> post to deal with a day, while the others enjoying your material would
>>> get it, but all at once. It's good that you leave the subject in a form
>>> that's easy to filter on, but a Daily Digest would in my opinion be even
>>> better.
>>
>> The ones who don't like it are the Win trolls. Roy already tags his posts
>> [News]. If you don't like it, just filter on [News].
> 
> So now that's a part of being a wintroll? That's pretty rich: You do not
> like the real time news feed your are a troll. Ok, got it.
>>
>> To Roy: Thank you for the time and energy you put into this group.
>> Please,
>> keep up the good work.
>>
> Agreed, but please put it in a digest instead of posting it real time as a
> compromise.

Why not filter "[News]" posts and then read the digest? 2 years ago
it was said that reading a mishmash of topics in one post would
make the desired topic/s harder to find.

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