Subject: Re: Tweeters Default changed?
Date: Jan 5 19:18:47 1998
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Tweeters Default changed? Yes.

Drat.

There's no 'Reply All' button on any menu bar in Eudora that I can find, so
now I've gotta *make sure* I'm sending to the list. It's *so* inconvenient.
(snivel) '-)

Richard Rowlett writes:

>Yes, I know doing these little things might take a little more time, but these
>little personalized touches are really worth the time and I think are
>appreciated by others, but it also shows I believe that the replier is taking
>a moment to think first and strive to be conscientious about posting to the
>wide audience and to acknowledge the individual who originated the post.

How is that different from what we've been doing up to now by quoting
properly-attributed excerpts of others' posts?

>Tweeters btw has been the only listserv that I've been a
>member of that does (until now, did not) conform to today's revision.

Yep, and to put it a little more positively, it's the only one in which you
can reply directly to the list what has been posted to the list.

>In a message dated 98-01-05 17:35:57 EST, Dale Goble writes:
><< I object to the change. It will take a great deal of communication
[off] the
> list.

This is my main fear, too, and I hope not a substantial one; the
inconvenience is inconsiderable. I guess the explicit procedural decision of
any list is between encouraging private or public discourse, with neither
side's proponents fully happy if the other's preference is adopted. Well,
let's see how it goes. It's sure gonna be fun for a few weeks as old habit
dies its usual ragged death.

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)