Hi,
I enjoy news items, as well as non-news (well-written essays, humor, references
to good online resources). It's difficult for any single individual to track
more than one or two fields at a time, and I enjoy it when someone posts some
unusual/interesting development in a field that I wasn't even aware existed.
It would be nice if there were more server-side, web-based filtering options.
For example, although I think a significant fraction of the list is interested
in business news, many probably aren't. It would be nice if there were a way
that individuals who didn't want business news could set up a server-side
killfile that prevented titles with TECH or BIZ from being sent to them, or
posts from particular individuals. Sometimes I don't have a lot of time, and I
don't want to read all of the posts, but I also don't want to miss posts by
people who almost always have something interesting to say (Max, for
instance).
Server side filtering might also provide some useful statistics--for exampe,
would those who post one-liners + lots of quoted text do so if they discovered
that 90% of the list had put them into their killfile? Sophisticated
client-side filtering software exists of course, and for those with inexpensive
flat-rate connections, these work fine, but I'm sure that those who pay
per-minute charges would prefer not to have to download the unwanted posts
before they filter it.
Chris
Max More wrote:
>
> I'm curious to know if most List subscribers like to see alerts to
> important developments posted to the List. I am assuming they do. Feedback
> on this is welcome. In the absence of substantial feedback, I will continue
> posting these kinds of items and encourage others to do so. It adds plenty
> of signal.
>
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