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Autore: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Oggetto: [DNG] OT: ..somewhat OnTopic, was: OT: OT ??
On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 06:32:26 -0500, Dan wrote in message
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> On Feb 05, 2025, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 17:30:44 +0100, Didier wrote in message
> > <7cb77633-0a55-4ed3-b68e-2b50cffcf6c8@???>:
> >
> > > Le 04/02/2025 à 14:29, R A Montante, Ph.D. via Dng a écrit :
> > > > Tangential question:  When people write "OT", do they mean
> > > > "On Topic" or "Off Topic"?  I'm never quite sure...
> > > >
> > >     I'd say that when a message is "on topic" it isn't worth to
> > > mention because it is obviously the default.
> >
> > ..respectfully disagreed, in "OT" threads I find (somewhat) OnTopic,
> > I say so in the Subject line, and explain why in the body, like
> > here.
>
> You've said essentially the same thing.
>
>   (1) If a message is 100% "On Topic" (or, minimally, above some
>     "threshold" value of "On Topic), there's no need to flag it.

>
>   (2) Otherwise, the message is below this "threshold" of "on topic", 
>     and it gets posted with an "Off Topic" flag in the subject.

>


..respectfully disagreed, I suspect you are a little too
influenced by right wing media to see the nuances we're
discussing here. ;o)

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