[Qt-interest] [OT] Request to stick to the netiquette

[Scott Aron Bloom]

> From: qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com [mailto:qt-interest-
> bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Jackson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:55 PM
> To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] [OT] Request to stick to the netiquette
> 
> On 05/05/09, Trenton Tuggle wrote:
> >
> >  The users whose email is being "decorated" thusly are victims just
as
> >  much as those on the list are.  There's little gained by banning
them,
> >  because at least in the few cases I'm familiar with, there's
nothing
> >  short of long-term legal precedents which can sway the lawyers, and
> >  thus corporate policy.
> >
> 
> Victims they may be.
> 
> Bad netiquette in general and dumb disclaimers in particular reduce my
> interest in the message. This means that consequently I am less likely
> to read it carefully and possibly respond. Since many disclaimers
> amount to "do not read this or act upon it", the ultimate author of
> the disclaimer gets precisely what they ask for - not what the victim
> wants.
> 
> Occasionally I am sufficiently interested in a topic to ignore the bad
> netiquette and/or disclaimer. However, I don't consult a lawyer to
> tell me whether I am allowed to read it or not - life is too short.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stephen Jackson

My biggest problem with them, is that as they are usually added by the
server, they are thrown on the bottom blindly.. killing any possible
readability when the victim was responding.

If it were up to me :)  I would bounce anyone off the list with them,
and simply tell them to use gmail/yahoomail etc etc for the list... but
alas, it is not.

Honestly, as to the netiquette on the list.. I have notice two things as
of late.. 

1) The quality of questions has gone down.  There seems to be an
abundance of ask first, try to do it yourself second questions, and it
seems to be getting worse.
2) The question seems to get asked by 3-4 people within a week.  Almost
like the same group of people are working on the same project and are
all stuck...
3) Everyone thinks their issue is the highest priority for everyone
4) My email is still in the "from" on the email... so people can reply
to me :(

Scott