A rant... SUBJECT LINE ETIQUETTE
Wouldn't it be nice if people actually put a bit of info in subject lines? Something to let others know what it is about, for instance? Then we wouldnt have to open up a post, just to find out we had no interest in the matter.
Here's an example of the sort of thing I mean. You're scanning along in your favorite section of FSM and you see a posting subject line like this:
"I found..."
Thinking someone was generously tipping the group off to a good deal, you open 'er up - only to read:
"... that paint thinner works great for thinning paint." Or some other drivel like that. Or, it's not drivel, but you immediately find it doesn't interest you. If you'd known from the subject, well, you could've gotten on to something that was useful to YOU.
Now, most don't do this, thankfully. But there are plenty who do... you know who you are. Such folks figure the rest of us will open their post, because they made us "curious." They're right - and they're being manipulative. I could collect half a dozen such topics on any forum here, at any time.
'Worst part is - it's not needed. Really. A better subject line in this case might be...
"I learned paint thinners work well..." Or something like that. If your post is about Abrams tanks, then say that. If it's about a good deal, say THAT. But don't use leading tactics, hoping to snare the unwary into reading your post.
In a written medium, surprise goes far enough, then it becomes tedious. Please do everyone a favor, you budding advertising copywriters and give us some inkling as to what your post is about. Spare us the ad tricks. It's just common courtesy.