Re: getting newsgroup readers to look at an FAQ

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Danny R. Faught (faught@rsn.hp.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:05:46 -0600


On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 09:53:27PM -0600, John Novak wrote:
> This doesn't surprise me, although I expect tags will work better in a
> non-conversational group such as yours. Given your volunteer cabal,
> how do you avoid the problem of one person getting several messages
> from several volunteers?

Each is looking for distinct tags or guidelines.

In general, if an offender gets more than one message, if the messages
are informal, then I don't see a problem with that. It strengthens the
message - more peer pressure.

> We considered using a 'bot to scan for new posters, but the idea
> (thankfully) was shouted down as being impersonal, in your face, and
> more than slightly insulting. The e-mail volunteer cabal foundered on
> the idea of how to make sure people get only one message. And so
> we're left with public pointers-- propagation delays still cause
> duplicates, though.

In earlier discussions, we shot down the idea, too, though only by a
very narrow margin. Later we got support for the idea only by
promosing to send just a brief pointer to the FAQ, though not enough
support to get anyone to volunteer to help with the effort.

-Danny



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