From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 18:24:30 MST
At 04:52 PM 3/29/03 -0500, Rafal wrote:
>### Another argument in favor of post labeling is that the poster does it
>only once, taking about 2 seconds of his time, and the post and all
>subsequent replies are filtered without the need for human interaction.
>Shifting the burden of filtering on the readers would mean multiple persons
>having to scan and delete posts on their own, duplicating (and
>multiplicating) effort, adding to perhaps minutes in person-time.
>
> From the efficiency standpoint, labels are a clear win, just like most cases
>of dissemination of true and useful information.
This is precisely what we were going for.
Natasha Vita-More
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