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On Saturday 18 October 2008 11:49:39 Stroller wrote: |
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> On 17 Oct 2008, at 21:52, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: |
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> > bump |
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> Please don't do that here. |
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[New thread for the benefit of thread-aware mailer users] |
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I hate that too. Actually it annoys me intensely, especially when people have |
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never read ESR's essay on writing intelligent questions and bump after 6 |
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hours. Or forget that the list is international and there are timezones. |
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But, it can be a useful mechanism. Probably something worthy of discussion: |
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We can't always assume that no replies automatically means no-one reading the |
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list knows the answer. Folk often go away for a week and simply delete list |
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mail when they return, or can't be bothered reading the list for a few days. |
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Sometimes people just can't be bothered answering (I do this quite a lot) |
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There can be many reasons for people who can answer and don't. So, assuming |
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that the question was intelligently asked the first time, what is an |
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acceptable way around here to produce the intended effect of a forum-style |
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bump? |
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I'll go first and offer my usual way: wait 3 days to a week and re-post in a |
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new thread. Say up front that it's a repost and add any new relevant data. |
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