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To: Bob Hack who wrote (427)2/8/1998 12:23:00 AM
From: Michael Coley  Read Replies (2) of 32887
 
RE: Filtering Messages.

>> If someone else filters my messages, without my consent or input, then I too have a problem with that, however if I do the filtering, or it is done with my consent, I just don't understand the problem. <<

The problem (IMHO) arises when people are seeing the thread differently. If you have five people filtered and I have a different five people filtered, we could get very different views of the thread. Plus, if you filter out a wacko, you'll still get the dozens of responses to him that people who aren't filtering him left.

I realize that this already happens due to manual filtering (hitting next or selectively reading message), but it will be magnified if automated filtering (albeit under user control) is added.

I would love the ability to filter out some of the wackos out there, but I have a hard time seeing how I can effectively have just the stuff I don't want to see filtered out without missing things.

- Michael Coley
- wwol.com
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