[extropy-chat] Politics

[Jef Allbright]

On 12/27/05, Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com> wrote:
> Does anybody have any other proposed solutions or objections to
> proposed solutions to add to this list?

I too get several hundred emails per day and have been effectively
using filters to categorize email into useful groups.  The problem I
am increasingly faced with is the poor s/n ratio in most groups.  I am
seriously considering adding a new level of filtering, such that
threads with known high-quality posters are presented to me
separately, and the rest continue to accumulate within their category
bins with less likelihood of being read, but available in case I want
to look back or occasionally browse the older stuff.

Downsides are that I will miss the occasional jewel amidst the chaff
and will have less exposure to new posters who I would choose to add
to my high-value list.  I will also lose some awareness of the
zeitgeist of the groups I inhabit.

I look forward to future improvements more along the lines of blogging
with RSS and with comments as equally accessible as the main item, but
differentiated.  I also prefer HTML to plain text, but only when it is
done well.

- Jef