Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Really gets bad when all 12 people decide to flowered the post as an attachment to an attachment 12 times deep and you have to open it 12 times to get there and then it is some stupid pyramid scheme or a poem you are not interested in. Re: List Etiquette > -- > > >I'm pretty much a lurker . . . > > As am I, because I get much more from all these msgs. than I feel I can > contribute. > (EMT-B, beginning paramedic student.) > > >. . post after post of quoted replies to replies to replies... with > >no editing (deleting) of previous text. > > Yeah, this used to bother me, too--until I realized almost everyone does > it, so the > response must be mine, for it w/n/b by 'almost everyone' else. > > (My sister loves to forward email, saying 'I thought you might like this;' > begging > her to stop h/h no effect. She forwards what she h/b the 12th sequential > recipient > of, where each prior recipient has simply added his/her own header when > forward- > ing it to the next person. When I get her msg., it's 17 K, would print > 25-30 pages, > & all it says is 'I thought you might like this.' And dozens of screen > pages of headers > h/2/b waded through to get to the inane, insipid original comment--which > was smth. > forwarded from an Inet posting, anyway.) > > Why do people do this? Because it's easier--than the time which personal > attention > would require to thoughtfully edit a previous msg. for a reply. I even > asked my sister, > & she said, very politely & in as roundabout a way as possible, 'It's too > much trouble.' > > >. . I should probably just skip over the parts that I've already > >read but it was really getting to me . . Does this bug anyone else? > > > > F. Lockridge, RN, LP > > This morning, I had 40+ new msgs. in email (I get email from another list > besides > , and it generates the greater # of msgs.) From exper., here are > some > ideas for getting thru the volume of stuff. > > 1. Begin at the end, & work backwards. Since 'almost everyone else' simply > adds > his/her comments to the ever-growing block in a particular thread, by the > time you've > read several postings, you'll have seen almost all of the thread, and can > simply delete > most of the earlier posts. > > 2. (Especially on my other service), I've found there are a few folks who > never post > anything worthwhile; I simply delete their postings w/o reading. (OK, I > could set > up a filter for these.) And besides, I'll see their posts anyway, in > everyone else's re- > plies. > > 3. Learn to scan a msg., to see when someone is just replying to a reply, > with an > emotive personal opinion only, which s/h/b sent off-list; & mark these for > deleting. > > Yes, this used to bug me, too; but folks get comfortable in their ways of > doing things, > & they're not gonna change, just 'cause it bugs us; so the effective > response h/2/b ours. > > Regards, > > Conley Harmon > > > ---------- > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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