TheOtherDave comments on Open thread, October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lessdazed 22 October 2011 01:03:04PM 1 point [-]

I face a trivial inconvenience. If I want to send someone a message through LW, I am held up by trying to think of a Subject line.

What is a good convention or social norm that would enable people to not have to think about what to put there and how that affects the message?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 22 October 2011 03:17:46PM 1 point [-]

This isn't quite an answer to your question, but my approach is to write the message first. Usually by then the subject is obvious.

But for where it isn't, I generally go with something like "A question" or "A thought" or "Some possibilities" or something equally neutral like that.