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Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community
Subject:Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community From:written_by -at- juno -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:31:43 -0600
Karen L. Zorn writes:
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> >For example?
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> Dropped subscriptions, for no reason.
> SPAM blockers that are extremely sensitive and cannot be tuned.
> Yahoo advertising. I don't mind Techwr-L ads, at least they pertain
> to
> the profession.
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> The one *good* think, IMHO, is the subject line would start with
> [TECHWR-L].
As a former member of something like 30 Yahoo Groups using this e-mail
address and 45 or so using another address, I must say that I do not like
Yahoo Groups much. I would hate to see this list become a Yahoo Group. I
read some of the Yahoo "writing" lists and they are mostly a joke. There
are a few "technical writing" Yahoo Groups, by the way.
In my opinion, as soon as this list becomes a Yahoo Group, it looses
credibility.
Spammers arrive, hit the group and leave, so every message should be
approved. Since anyone can join them, I would think that good moderation
is required. This takes time and effort. At least when I red this list, I
am confident that very little spam will arrive because of this list.
There are Yahoo sponsored ads, but ad revenue is why the groups remain
free.
FYI: All Yahoo Group posts do contain the group name in the subject line.
Bob
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