Re: A question on how much of my list messaging is considered inappropriate content for the lists I post to?

> On Jan 1, 2026, at 5:47 AM, Dmitry Salychev <dsl@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Paul Floyd <paulf2718@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 2026-01-01 07:19, Mark Millard wrote:
>>> I've received a public request via part of a bugzilla
>>> comment on a submittal:
>>> 
>>> "can you please stop treating our bug tracker and mailing
>>> lists as your personal blog?"
>>> 
>> My suggestion is that you try to cut down unnecessary detail. It can
>> sometime be difficult to find what the point of your messages are. If
>> people ask for clarification you can always add the details later.
> 
> I second this. It might also be hard for me to distill the message's
> essence which is frequently hidden behind a pile of details.

I third this: more information isn’t necessarily better and there are different ways of capturing different information (maybe a blog or diary would be helpful for raw form ideas like that :)!). If something gets too noisy, I tune it out (and potentially miss some helpful information in the meantime).
Cheers,
-Enji