Re: Staying on the Looping topic [OT] :-)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

>> The OT list could handle questions on peripherals like DAW's,  
>> VST's and effects, general philosophy, whatever...
>>
>> Regardless, it's your list and I'll be do my best to abide by your  
>> rules.  I was just looking for a creative alternative to keep  
>> things here on track, while still enabling the informative chatter  
>> here as well.

On 27 jul 2006, at 10.31, a k butler wrote:


> How about an agreement to put [OT] in the subject line for off  
> topic posts?
> Then it would be easy to filter messages into a couple of different  
> folders.
>
> Is that practical?


On the Logic-Users list we've decided to make a whole new OT List! I  
attended that list when it had 500 members and today it's 15000  
something. For a while we had five or six different prefixes that  
users were supposed to write first on the subject line, and it  
actually worked out well. Ex: All users that had a Windows PC set  
their mail app's to auto delete the "LAM" (M for Macintosh) and those  
who used an Apple box had the "LAW" auto deleted (W for Windows). A  
couple of moderators are always cleaning up the huge input before  
posts appear on the list.

In a way I think the charm of this LD list is that we are not  
moderated, but an "OT" prefix would be nice IMHO. I think we should  
also make an effort to put adequate subject lines on our posts. And  
maybe we should try to assemble more of our thoughts in fewer, but  
longer and more refined, posts? In order to do that you would need to  
resist that immediate urge to dive at the send button whenever  
something pops up, until you have sorted your thoughts into a better  
write-up ;-)

Please don't apply chatroom manners to this mailing list. Maybe  
Loopers Delight can open a real chat room?

per