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Re: Redirecting posts (was: Re: Are you looking for a 1592 Town Square - Castle Scene in MIB condition?)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:34:21 GMT
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Scott A wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Thomas Garrison writes:
> > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Scott A wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.admin.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> >
> > > > There are definite advantages to posting and definite advantages to private
> > > > email. But I think redirecting is something that's better to post publicly
> > > > so others can learn too - not just newbies but everyone.
> > >
> > > 1. Poster places message in wrong group.
> > > 2. User e-mails poster
> > > 3. If it is bad enough, poster posts an apology.
> > > 4. Ends with no fuss.
> >
> > Or
> > 2b. Poster receives 10--20 e-mail messages telling him that he's wrong
> > (many probably more caustic than would have been posted in public) because
> > no one is sure that someone has corrected him.
> > 3b. Poster feels harassed.
>
> I agree you have a point. But do you think the current system leaves users
> feeling any less harassed?
Being corrected in a public forum is somewhat disturbing to most people.
On the other hand, getting one correction message is (I would think) less
disturbing than getting many. The latter inadvertantly communicates a
sense of the "in-group" (Lugnetters) "ganging up" on the newcomer and
making him feel unwelcome, while the former is a one-on-one interaction.
I also suspect that the tone of a public message is, in general, more
likely to be positive than a private message ("I think you misread the
charter" vs. "you jerk, where do you get off posting here without reading
the charter?").
Also, responding publicly with follow-ups appropriately set *hopefully*
gives others a clue about in which group to respond, so the process
needn't be repeated with the next person who responds to the original
message. . .
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TWS Garrison
tgarriso@math.purdue.edu
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
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