Suggestion to the moderators

[Guest guest]

I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

rather than the individual who last posted.

I recently read a post from Pascoe saying that it was done

this way on purpose so people would have to stop and think

before posting -- Fair enough, but the trouble is, a lot of people

just post automatically without thinking -- I do this myself at

times, posting to the individual when I mean to post to the group.

And I get lots of posts from people replying to mine, when again,

I think they'd meant to post publicly.

Recently there was a query about Benadryl, which I responded to

publicly. I never saw another post about it, and I bet the initial

poster got lots of responses privately. I would have liked to see

more responses in that thread (assuming they weren't personal,

of course).

Also, I imagine rosaceans new to the group may not " get the

hang of it " for some time and we may be missing out on their

comments for the same reasons. Personally, I'd like to hear new

ideas from new people, esp those who have struggled with

rosacea for years and have some experience to share with us.

and Matija, won't you reconsider? Do others in the group

feel the same way? Please respond to the entire group!

trackgalcal

[Guest guest]

I don't understand the confusion. My Inbox screen has two buttons at the

top. One says " Reply to Sender " and the other says " Reply to All " . Doesn't

everybody have this?

Suggestion to the moderators

> I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> rather than the individual who last posted.

>

> I recently read a post from Pascoe saying that it was done

> this way on purpose so people would have to stop and think

> before posting -- Fair enough, but the trouble is, a lot of people

> just post automatically without thinking -- I do this myself at

> times, posting to the individual when I mean to post to the group.

> And I get lots of posts from people replying to mine, when again,

> I think they'd meant to post publicly.

>

> Recently there was a query about Benadryl, which I responded to

> publicly. I never saw another post about it, and I bet the initial

> poster got lots of responses privately. I would have liked to see

> more responses in that thread (assuming they weren't personal,

> of course).

>

> Also, I imagine rosaceans new to the group may not " get the

> hang of it " for some time and we may be missing out on their

> comments for the same reasons. Personally, I'd like to hear new

> ideas from new people, esp those who have struggled with

> rosacea for years and have some experience to share with us.

>

> and Matija, won't you reconsider? Do others in the group

> feel the same way? Please respond to the entire group!

>

> trackgalcal

>

>

>

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>

> See http://www.drnase.com for info on his recently published book.

>

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[Guest guest]

Here's a response I received by e-mail to my own post below:

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I have been trying to figure out how to post to the group for some

time with little success.

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> I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> rather than the individual who last posted.

>

> I recently read a post from Pascoe saying that it was

done

> this way on purpose so people would have to stop and think

> before posting -- Fair enough, but the trouble is, a lot of people

> just post automatically without thinking -- I do this myself at

> times, posting to the individual when I mean to post to the

group.

> And I get lots of posts from people replying to mine, when

again,

> I think they'd meant to post publicly.

>

> Recently there was a query about Benadryl, which I responded

to

> publicly. I never saw another post about it, and I bet the initial

> poster got lots of responses privately. I would have liked to see

> more responses in that thread (assuming they weren't

personal,

> of course).

>

> Also, I imagine rosaceans new to the group may not " get the

> hang of it " for some time and we may be missing out on their

> comments for the same reasons. Personally, I'd like to hear

new

> ideas from new people, esp those who have struggled with

> rosacea for years and have some experience to share with us.

>

> and Matija, won't you reconsider? Do others in the group

> feel the same way? Please respond to the entire group!

>

> trackgalcal

[Guest guest]

I feel the same way about the default setting for posting messages.

I don't see how having to change the setting before posting will

result in a more thoughtful post, especially when it seems most

people who complain about their post not showing up believed that

they WERE posting to the entire group.

It frustrates me to hear of post after post that never made it into

group, which to me is knowledge lost. People put a lot of thought,

energy, and time into their posts. It's a shame that they then never

see the light of day.

If the goal here is to promote private conversations between

individual members of the group, then the current default reply

setting makes sense.

But if the goal is to promote open discussion, then surely it makes

more sense for the default setting the group.

Good luck!

~Jan

> I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> rather than the individual who last posted.

>

> I recently read a post from Pascoe saying that it was done

> this way on purpose so people would have to stop and think

> before posting -- Fair enough, but the trouble is, a lot of people

> just post automatically without thinking -- I do this myself at

> times, posting to the individual when I mean to post to the group.

> And I get lots of posts from people replying to mine, when again,

> I think they'd meant to post publicly.

>

> Recently there was a query about Benadryl, which I responded to

> publicly. I never saw another post about it, and I bet the initial

> poster got lots of responses privately. I would have liked to see

> more responses in that thread (assuming they weren't personal,

> of course).

>

> Also, I imagine rosaceans new to the group may not " get the

> hang of it " for some time and we may be missing out on their

> comments for the same reasons. Personally, I'd like to hear new

> ideas from new people, esp those who have struggled with

> rosacea for years and have some experience to share with us.

>

> and Matija, won't you reconsider? Do others in the group

> feel the same way? Please respond to the entire group!

>

> trackgalcal

[Guest guest]

> I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> rather than the individual who last posted.

I agree 100%. The most important thing is that we are able to share

information. Sure, you can try to educate all users to click on the

pull-down " To: " list, but you're always going to get lots of users

who either won't remember to or who just don't know.

>>I don't see how having to change the setting before posting will

result in a more thoughtful post<<

Also, I agree with this point.

[Guest guest]

> > I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> > rather than the individual who last posted.

I agree, too. I suggested this over a month ago but at that time, there was

no response. I am on other lists, also yahoo-based, and the default is that

hitting Reply sends the response to the entire group.

(hi!), you said you have 'Reply to Sender' and 'Reply to All'. Yes, I

would say that most of us have similar settings, though what the buttons say

will vary from one mailer to another. Mine, eg., say Reply and Reply to All.

Since pretty much every list defaults to 'reply to all', it happens to me

too, sometimes, that I send the my post to the sender, even though I try to

think about what I am doing. And I would say that Marjorie, who posts a lot

here and therefore ends up with lots of responses meant to the entire group,

must be tired of constantly resending the posts to the list that had been

mistakenly sent to her only.

Alena

[Guest guest]

I agree, too. This group used to default to replying to the whole

group. Can we change it back to that?

Patty

> > > I wish the default on replies were changed to the entire group,

> > > rather than the individual who last posted.

>

> I agree, too. I suggested this over a month ago but at that time,

there was

> no response. I am on other lists, also yahoo-based, and the default

is that

> hitting Reply sends the response to the entire group.

>

> (hi!), you said you have 'Reply to Sender' and 'Reply to

All'. Yes, I

> would say that most of us have similar settings, though what the

buttons say

> will vary from one mailer to another. Mine, eg., say Reply and

Reply to All.

> Since pretty much every list defaults to 'reply to all', it happens

to me

> too, sometimes, that I send the my post to the sender, even though

I try to

> think about what I am doing. And I would say that Marjorie, who

posts a lot

> here and therefore ends up with lots of responses meant to the

entire group,

> must be tired of constantly resending the posts to the list that

had been

> mistakenly sent to her only.

>

> Alena

[Guest guest]

I agree also! It should default to the group.

Tammy

--- aaclouti wrote:

> I agree, too. This group used to default to

> replying to the whole

> group. Can we change it back to that?

>

> Patty

>

>

>

> > > > I wish the default on replies were changed to

> the entire group,

> > > > rather than the individual who last posted.

> >

> > I agree, too. I suggested this over a month ago

> but at that time,

> there was

> > no response. I am on other lists, also

> yahoo-based, and the default

> is that

> > hitting Reply sends the response to the entire

> group.

> >

> > (hi!), you said you have 'Reply to Sender'

> and 'Reply to

> All'. Yes, I

> > would say that most of us have similar settings,

> though what the

> buttons say

> > will vary from one mailer to another. Mine, eg.,

> say Reply and

> Reply to All.

> > Since pretty much every list defaults to 'reply to

> all', it happens

> to me

> > too, sometimes, that I send the my post to the

> sender, even though

> I try to

> > think about what I am doing. And I would say that

> Marjorie, who

> posts a lot

> > here and therefore ends up with lots of responses

> meant to the

> entire group,

> > must be tired of constantly resending the posts to

> the list that

> had been

> > mistakenly sent to her only.

> >

> > Alena

>

>

>

> --

> Please read the list highlights before posting to

> the whole group (http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html).

> Your post will be delayed if you don't give a

> meaningful subject or trim your reply text. You must

> change the subject when replying to a digest !

>

> See http://www.drnase.com for info on his recently

> published book.

>

> To leave the list send an email to

> rosacea-support-unsubscribe

>

>