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Look at what options your email client has for filtering emails out into multiple inboxes,. It's a really useful feature to organise you incoming email, not just for splitting out the hackspace list. | Look at what options your email client has for filtering emails out into multiple inboxes,. It's a really useful feature to organise you incoming email, not just for splitting out the hackspace list. | ||
==Hey, I've just discovered the most amazing site/want to share my homepage/found something funny== | |||
The mailing list is not reddit: please search the [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/topics archives] to see whether it's been posted before. If so, please consider whether you're bringing something new to the discussion before posting. You might be better off posting it in [[IRC]] or on the [[Suppliers]] or [[Library]] page, or perhaps adding to the next [[News]] article. | |||
==I want to tell people about an upcoming event/see who's coming== | ==I want to tell people about an upcoming event/see who's coming== | ||
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==Hey, why don't we use a forum?== | ==Hey, why don't we use a forum?== | ||
Forums tend to encourage long and impenetrable threads and "ME TOO"s. A web interface requires deliberate visiting (so forums die out quickly), an email gateway makes things hard to follow (posts can be edited), and a dual interface encourages a disconnect between people using email and visiting on the web. They also require multiple levels of moderation, and an overhead keeping threads and boards organised. | Forums tend to encourage long and impenetrable threads and "ME TOO"s. A web interface requires deliberate visiting (so forums die out quickly), an email gateway makes things hard to follow (posts can be edited), and a dual interface encourages a disconnect between people using email and visiting on the web. They also require multiple levels of moderation, and an overhead keeping threads and boards organised. | ||
==I want to share my politics/religious opinion/philosophy== | |||
No chance. This is a discussion group for topics immediately relevant to London Hackspace: please take your discussions to another forum. Some questions may be relevant, but please think carefully before posting (ask on [[IRC]] if you're not sure). | |||
==I want people to sign my petition== | |||
Please don't ask the list: it's not a free way of lobbying a large number of people. Your post will be treated as spam, and you will find your account put on moderation very quickly. | |||
==Top posting is the way, why are people so awkward here? == | ==Top posting is the way, why are people so awkward here? == | ||
