[Since "readalong" wasn't in the Subject, I assumed we were talking about spoiler protection on this list. I've put "readalong" (back?) into the Subject.] Starshadw at aol.com wrote on Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:37:38 > terrick at cox.net writes: > > > >> It is also the opinion of this FAQ writer that anyone > > >> who braves a post marked "Spoilers!" in the header > > >> gets exactly what he or she deserves, > > I [agree:] > > > > if you have spoiler in the subject line then you can filter > > those from the list with spoiler into another folder for such items, and > > even go so far as to instantly trash them if your not > > interested in > > reading such content. > > I have to agree with the two sentiments above. Not only that, but > what exactly are we going to be discussing on a group read list > except the books, which means that -every- -single- -post- will > probably contain spoilers. Frankly, having to type "Spoiler" into > the subject line is a waste of character space. Here on the general > list is a different story. Er, aren't you disagreeing with the idea of putting "Spoiler" in the subject line, which was one of the sentiments above? I definitely agree that if we were discussing Teckla on the readalong list, then having to put spoiler space for Teckla would be silly, as would putting "Spoiler" in the subject. But to reiterate, I would still want to see labeled spoiler space for other books, even if they are broad spectrum. In fact, I expect to often resort to labels like: + "Spoilers for all Vlad books to date" + "Pub-o spoilers thru Phoenix" (What's a good abbreviation for "publication order?) + "Ser-o spoilers thru Phoenix" (What's a good abbreviation for "series order?) > I think we'd be better off putting the title or an abbreviation of > the title onto the subject line. That way, if someone hasn't read > "Orca" then they know to simply delete those messages without > opening them and reading them. Assuming you're talking about the readalong list, I think it's a waste of space to include the title of the readalong book in the Subject. - tky