Re: Old directions in social media.

[Joel Halpern Direct <[e-mail]>]

I read Comp Risks.  While I have not responded to postings there, if I 
did, due to the way it works I would have to extract a reference to the 
piece I wanted to reply to, and respond to it.

But comp.risks demonstrates a significant part of the problem.  When I 
read replies there, I frequently have to scratch my head to figure out 
what they are commenting on.  And conversations there are almost always 
very short.  I grant that following deep conversations on email is 
tricky.  I would like better support.  But following them on a digest is 
essentially impossible.

And as I said, getting a digest once a week effectively excludes one 
from most of the conversation.

Yours,
Joel

On 1/7/2021 1:21 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:
>>     Sorry, a once a week summary, no matter how good, does not let someone
>      engage in the conversation.  Also, responding to emails from such a
>      summary in a fashion that is understandable is quite difficult.
> 
> Your also comment brings to mind a question I asked earlier:  did you ever subscribe to the RISKS or other digests?  Ever reply to a posting there?
> 
> Have you followed any GitHub repo's, and seen the email that comes when someone comments on an issue or pull request?  Did you know you can click on "watch"?  https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/configuring-notifications
> 
>>     So no, I do not consider that a useful middle ground.
> 
> Your turn to make a proposal.
> 
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