Actually, since FOIB is kind of a meta-all-things-cool I like subscribing to only the hippest of e-zines, among which UTD is one. Add us, slacker!
Besides, I’m convinced that nobody reads FOIB anyway.
-Ian.
At 01:14 PM 16/05/00 -0700, Mike Masnick wrote:>Uh oh… Um, just so it doesn’t look like I was touting my own horn and
>subscribing you all to my own newsletter, I’m guessing that Ian just did
>this… (yes?)
>
>In general, I tend to discourage subscribing mailing lists to my
>newsletter. It’s not that I have a problem with people reading my
>newsletter (no, I tend to like that part), but in general by doing it on a
>list, then people who haven’t really signed up for it are somewhat forced
>into it. Not that the newsletter comes out very often, but still…
>
>So, technically foib is now on the subscription list, but perhaps we should
>consider taking it off, and then just letting those on foib who chose to
>subscribe themselves do so…
>
> -Mike
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