> The thing about filtering: I don't think it works. I'll accept that's a
> subjective thing to say, and that I'm hard-pressed for a better answer,
> but others have voted with their feet.
Filtering works if you know that there's good content among the stuff
you're filtering. If you sign up for ProFox, read some solid
technical posts, and then see a bunch of stupid OT posts, you might
well say "I'll subscribe to ProFoxTech." Or if you see some thoughful
OT posts before the stupid ones, you might say "I'll read OT but
filter the authors of the stupid posts." But if the first several
things you see when you subscribe are stupid OT posts, your reaction
might be "What a cesspool! I'll find a better Fox list elsewhere."
-Jerry Wolper
jwolper (at) swanzoco DO.T com
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