Miata Mailing List: November 1999, Message #728

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Once upon a time Lisa E. wrote:
> 
> I understand the frustration that comes with having a
> question that doesn't get answered, but as someone who
> keeps up with the list, I can tell you that as much as
> I would LOVE to help with questions on brakes, or
> tires, or engine mods, I simply don't know enough yet
> to be helpful on technical issues.  Someday, I might
> be of value there, but not now. 

One thing to keep in mind is that probably for every decrease in Miata
content, some people leave, or just read less, so there's less people
who are willing to search for the technical content and provide
answers. Thats the natural progression of the list..

I've been here since the early half of '93 and I'm not unsubscribing
any time soon so it doesn't bother me, but may be just something to
keep in mind whenever posting fluff.

I am disappointed by the decrease in NMC tag discipline though! A
while ago it seemed that almost all NMC posts were properly marked
NMC, which made automatic sorting of the list a breeze. These days,
its mostly NMC but no NMC tags anywhere... Please please use NMC for
NMC posts!! 

It makes a HUGE difference since then everyone can tailor their list
reading to their personal level of NMC-tolerance, whether this means
deleting them outright, lowering their priority, or maybe even giving
them top priority ;-) 


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