[Electronics-talk] Electronics-talk Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2

[David Andrews]

Your question, on the face of it seems like a good idea, and you 
might say why not.  I know there will be some off topic messages on 
every list.  However, where do you draw the line.

Without some purpose and guidance, and structure, a busy list can 
quickly get chaotic.  Then people leave etc.

Let me give you an analogy.  Say you want to buy fresh fruit, so you 
stop in at your local gas station and ask what fresh fruit is best 
this time of year.  He answers you, and you go away and get your 
fruit, but you also tell your neighbor  who stops in to ask about 
apples.  Pretty soon, there are so many people lined up, asking about 
fruit that you can't get gas there.

An exaggeration, maybe a little, but I am trying to make a 
point.  People should know where to go and what to expect when they 
subscribe to a list, and if we deviate to much we ultimately hurt the 
list and all its users.

Dave

At 02:35 PM 5/7/2010, you wrote:
>can't we just help someone real quick? it doesn't take much time...
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances" 
><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:17 AM
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Electronics-talk Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2
>
>
>>This isn't really the correct list for this question, it is for the 
>>discussion of the accessibility of phones and consumer/home type 
>>electronics and appliances.
>>
>>Try gui-talk,
>>
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 08:36 AM 5/6/2010, you wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>I am new to this list and I am not sure if this is the correct list
>>>for this question.  Does anyone know how to get Face Book to work with
>>>JAWS?  Since they changed the format a while back, I have been unable
>>>to access it normally.
>>>
>>>Brian Wooten
>>>Nashville TN
>>>615.680.9656
>>>
>>>
>>>On 5/5/10, electronics-talk-request at nfbnet.org
>>><electronics-talk-request at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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