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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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Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:44:12 GMT
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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?

Scott A

4b. Poster gives up on Lugnet.

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  Re: Redirecting posts (was: Re: Are you looking for a 1592 Town Square - Castle Scene in MIB condition?)
 
(...) 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" (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Redirecting posts (was: Re: Are you looking for a 1592 Town Square - Castle Scene in MIB condition?)
 
(...) 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. 4b. Poster gives up (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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