[SGVLUG] This is at least tangentially Linux related

[Swantje]

Even though I use a desktop computer with a mouse and fast internet
connection, I agree that an email that just consists of a link without
any (real) comment is like spam.
I might click it if I've seen you post often on the list and therefore
thought it may be safe and interesting, but most likely, I'd just
delete it.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM, David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 12:31:23AM -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:
>  > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml
>
>  Problem with the above post is that there is no real subject.  That
>  makes it like spam subjects.  I often read my email off-line (since
>  on-line time is limited at my ISP and it also ties up the phone line)
>  so there is no way for me to "click" to see what the subject really
>  is.  If the real subject was included, either in the Subject header or
>  in the body of the message, then if it looked interesting I might dial
>  out and have a look at it, either right now or at a later time when I
>  happened to be online.
>
>  Also, if one posts a url, then I think they should at least state some
>  comments about it, going beyond just the subject title.  Since I don't
>  use a mouse my "click" is actually a sequence of key strokes at my dumb
>  terminal.
>
>                         David Lawyer
>
>



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