RE: [WWP] mode

From: Judith Franklin Blumhorst, DC (DrJudyB@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat Apr 29 2000 - 08:39:46 PDT


I agree with Kent. Several people have already been mildly embarrassed by
mistakenly posting private material to the whole list. It's only a matter
of time before a veryembarrassing incident occurs and somebody's
sensitivities and feelings are very hurt.

Judy B
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Crispin [mailto:kent@songbird.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 8:31 AM
To: WWPotter@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [WWP] mode

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 12:45:31PM -0600, denis4x4@frontier.net wrote:
> The obvious answer is to use mode A. This allows people to exchange ideas
> on a broad scale. If someone answers a question and the reply goes only
to
> the person that asked the question, the rest of us are denied info that
may
> prove to be valuable and/or interesting. If you can't copy an address to
> e-mail a personal reply, how the hell to you raise your mast?

The consequences of a mistake are very different.

It only takes one occurence of sending an intensly personal reply to a
list by mistake to make you realize that automatic reply to the list is
a fundamentally bad idea -- if you forget and send a message privately
that you intended to send publically, no harm is done, and, if you want,
you can resend your message to the list. But if, for example, you
mistakenly post publically an ardent letter to a potential lover, the
consequences will not be what you desire.

It isn't as if there is too little traffic on the list.

--
Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain

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