OT: [sdiy] Replying <and tags> :)

[jbv]

jbv wrote :

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>
> What I actually meant was : if all of you (mostly because that's
> the way things are) "agree" to take the time to cut & paste the list adress,
> it'll only take 1 more second to erase the additional "Re :" in the subject
> line. No big deal...
>
> I really hope this will close the argument (which hopefully never started).
>
>


After receiving the above quoted message, a couple of list members emailed me
personnaly, saying that it didn't close the argument and that I was wrong :
they don't have to cut & paste the list adress because they use the "reply
to all" button.

Fine.

At this time, and with your permission, I'd like to add a few dumb
questions / remarks :

1) I used the "reply to all" button to send this message; and it didn't
add any annoying additional "Re :" to the subject line...
Could it be possible that this whole discussion is pointless ?

2) no matter which reply button you use, and no matter if you cut &
paste the list adress or not, if any additional "Re :" is added, it still
doesn't take more than 1 sec to delete it from the subject line...

3) on this list as well as on others, I never really understood why
ppl often reply to all, which means : send the same reply to the
list AND to the original message sender...
My tiny brain sees only 2 possibilities :
    a) the answer is meant to be public, and therefore is sent to the list,
and is received by the original message sender, since he/she is a list
member.
    b) the answer is meant to be private, and should be sent privately.

"Replying to all" appears to me as :

1) a demonstration of lazyness (it skips the cut & paste option, plus
it demonstrates a lack of interest for the ongoing thread and for the
list itself by avoiding to choose if the response should be public or
private, and can be considered more like a burst of ego than a real
& thoughtful contribution to the discussion - and thus, in some ways,
is a (slight) offense to the netiquette)

2) it wastes bandwidth by needlessly sending multiple copies of the
same message to the same person

3) it clutters the recipient's mailbox with multiple copies of the same
message...

But well, I REALLY don't want to start any flame war nor endless
discussion...

My original message (with the tag request) also featured a suggestion
for the archives management which, strangely, wasn't discussed by
anybody... I for one regret it, but who am I to insist ?
Nevertheless, I keep thinking some well-organized & well-managed
archives could be of some use to all of us...

jbv