a suggestion for the list

[Lauren]

I have a subscription to the naughty room, it's techwr-l-chat or some such,
but nobody posts to it and I don't remember the email address for it, so I
don't post to it either.  But a mention of the OT list could be good.
There's also the techcomm list.

Lauren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com
> ] On Behalf Of John Posada
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:36 AM
> To: Bill Swallow
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: a suggestion for the list
> 
> Bill...that's no fun. People don't want to rant off in an 
> obscure room where
> the only people who will hear are other ranters.
> 
> When someone rants, they want to get the maximum effect with 
> the widest
> possible audience. By definition, that's where they aren't 
> supposed to do
> it.
> 
> John Posada
> 
> On 2/19/08, Bill Swallow <techcommdood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can the off-topic list address be published in the footer of list
> > messages? This way if folks feel the need to go on a side rant they
> > have the correct address at which to do so right at their 
> fingertips?
> >