- From: glenn mcdonald <glenn@furia.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:19:54 -0400
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>, "semantic-web@w3.org" <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <BANLkTiknN6pdrxoeYbUUSZo7SLAw8JCRsQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote: > On 4/7/11 10:19 AM, glenn mcdonald wrote: > > Create a new conversation and then you own the context. >> > > What? On what internet are mailing-list participants not allowed to say > anything that the person who wrote the subject-line doesn't consider > relevant? If you want to enforce "context owning" rules on your corporate > announcement blog, go right ahead. But if you're going to post your > corporate announcements to public mailing lists, you have to toughen up and > deal with results you don't control. > > > Glenn, > > Here's what I mean, in step by form: > > 1. Write a post to the mailing list of interests using the title: Linked > Data Quality issues, or what whatever you deem appropriate for the > discussion / conversation you seek > 2. Hit send. > > Done. > No, you forgot step 3: recognize that you don't get to control what other people say in response. You've done far worse damage to "your" thread by using it to demonstrate that you're a pompous ass than I've done by suggesting that it's appropriate, when presented with numbers, to ask questions about the data they represent.
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