> I do? This is all news to me, Henk. No, my net access is almost
> always Live and Online, though my reading of, and writing to, the
> Digest isn't.
I forgot one word of caution: probably...
> This is partly an artifact of the digest format, ironically enough.
I understand... I sometimes save them in a folder, and then
read that folder with my 'nn' newsreader.
> > What Loren mentions specifically in item 3. was a *design* feature
> > of the Daily...
>
> I don't think you can (at least with a straight face) tell me that
> Quality of Discussion is a "design feature" of a mail-server. Or at
> least, not without telling me _why_ you think it would (and does, as
> you claim) achieve this effect.
Note: Please insert IMO's as applicable into the following:
I had noticed, in my experience with fully reflecting mailing lists, the phenomenon that people would read something on the list, act impulsively, reply immediately with a ten line quote and a one line comment: "I don't..." and see the message appear within another couple of minutes after having travelled around the world. It would immediately be followed up by someone replying: "You do...", "I don't...", ad nauseam.
It is the quickly alighted flame war that I've been able to prevent this way. The above phenomenon is caused by a very strong psychological motive: instant reward. The delay introduced by digesting more or less removes that. I was not interested in people who would type first and think later.
end of strong opinion...
I leave the last word to you Alex,
and leave the rest of the Digest to
Gloranthan matters...
says Henk,
sadly, because no-one ever reacted
on his "nature of the gods" epistle.
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