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michael

May 20, 2022 11:29AM

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John West Wrote:
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> Long threads are fine if the posters will change
> the headline to reflect what they are adding to
> the previous discussion. When I see a long thread
> with identical headlines my eyes glaze over and I
> rarely if ever get past the first few posts. Same
> with thread drift, nothing really wrong with drift
> but it would be nice to let folks know where you
> are going.
>
> JBWX
Something to think about for those that don't have a thread setup in continuous mode or whatever it's called.

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