Re: [orca-list] scope of this list

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

On 08/15/2011 02:49 PM, Jon wrote:
> Do people feel the same/any other views?

Absolutely. I've brought this up many times previously, and generally 
people agree, but nothing gets done. I was thinking that I might just 
leave the list this time.

I get that it seems nice to help people, and to answer off-topic 
questions. However, think of what would happen if *everyone* on *every 
list* did that. If my Scala list is spammed with Ruby questions, my ATX 
Hackerspace group gets postings on San Francisco events, and my Android 
list gets overwhelmed by questions from iPhone users, then what's the 
point of mailing lists? For every one person who says "I can't get my 
wireless to work. I use Orca. I'll send that to the Orca list!" hundreds 
of us spend time deleting. And just where do we draw the line in that 
case? At the moment I'm learning about internet marketing. I use Orca. 
Should I start posting questions about advertising and affiliate 
marketing here because I happen to use Orca while doing these things?