[Air-L] (in favor of) Re: Change of default reply setting on air-l

[Richard Forno]

Holly, thanks for this change, even though it seems that I'm in the  
minority who appreciates it.

IMHO contrary to much of what's been written against this change thus  
far, this minor tweak does absolutely nothing to contrain Info-sharing  
or group conversations here in the slightest - any list member can  
reach the entire list, they just need to click a different button on  
their mail client .   Big deal.   Maybe a few of us have to think  
about which button to click when replying to list traffic a few times  
until it becomes second nature here after all these years, but that's  
about it.  So again - big deal!   Call me naive, but  I don't  
understand why folks are so adamantly-opposed to this very minor  
change.....based on the comments  tonight, you'd think the AIR execs  
were moderating AIR-L or enacting some other oppressive policy upon us.

I do not think it's unreasonable for someone to have to click "reply- 
all" to reach everyone when on a mailing list ... in fact, AIR-L is  
the *only* list that I am on that didn't do that by default, and I've  
been "burned" by having a note intended in response to one person  
being sent to the whole list because I was 'conditioned' based on how  
every other list I've been on functions.

That said, if any CMC specialists wiser than me want to explain how  
this is such a detriment to the flow of information here (other than  
perhaps 'raising the bar' in some minor way by forcing people to re- 
think which button they click to reply-to-everyone), please enlighten  
me.

Frankly, speaking as a technologist and long-time email list admin  
myself, I just don't see what the fuss is all about.

-rick
(apparently an "AIR-L heretic")




On May 10, 2009, at 19:19 , jeremy hunsinger wrote:

> gotta say, that... I think this is very detrimental to the  
> community.  This change fundamentally destroys the conversation  
> construed as a group, and forces it to be between individuals,  
> unless they consciously choose otherwise.   This is a change I've  
> always been against  and I am against it now.  Air-l should be about  
> collegiality and sharing, not about replying to individuals.   I  
> think this setting should be reverted asap.
>
> On May 10, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Holly Kruse wrote:
>
>> Up until now on air-l, replies to messages posted to the list went,  
>> by
>> default, to air-l.  The default reply setting for air-l has been  
>> changed.
>> As of now, replies to list posts will go privately to the message  
>> poster and
>> not to air-l.  If you would like people on the list to see your  
>> reply, you
>> will need to manually insert the air-l address into the To: field  
>> of your
>> reply.
>>
>> Thanks for your attention to this change,
>>
>> Holly Kruse
>> List Manager, air-l
>> holly at aoir.org
>> holly-kruse at utulsa.edu
>>
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