[Air-L] on the recent change ...

[jeremy hunsinger]

If i were to choose a post from that debate, i would rather look at  
this one:

http://listserv.aoir.org/htdig.cgi/air-l-aoir.org/2006-December/011925.html

everyone makes mistakes, no one has ever been sued as best as i can  
tell.

i deleted the reply-all button long ago, btw, using it is just really  
bad practice.  I only have the option of reply-all if i explicitly  
choose it from a pull-down list.  See i configured my mail program to  
better handle my personal inadequacies as I understand them, so as not  
to impinge upon others who wish to do otherwise.  We all can configure  
our own email to do as we wish, i don't see why we need to possibly  
hinder the group for theoretical individuals who might harm themselves  
with their own misconfiguration or poor choices.  I mean i see the  
reasoning for protecting people, but shouldn't they protect themselves  
first?

On May 14, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Åsa Rosenberg wrote:

> Jeremy is asking for a justification for the change. I think that  
> Charles
> has already explained it... but to me the problem is quite simple.  
> With
> "reply to list" as default we currently have no way of ensuring that a
> mistake does not end up in Google two days later. Until we figure  
> out if it
> is the right solution (or find another solution) perhaps a slight
> readjustment of having to press another button in your mail program  
> could be
> worth sparing those people their embarrassment?
>
> Also bear in mind the problem is not new, it has been discussed  
> previously
> on the list.
> See this thread for example from 2006
> http://listserv.aoir.org/htdig.cgi/air-l-aoir.org/2006-December/011917.html
>
> ---
> Asa Rosenberg
> Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg
>
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