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Hello, hello, hello..... Request care with REPLY REPLY REPLY

  • 1.  Hello, hello, hello..... Request care with REPLY REPLY REPLY

    Posted 05-03-1998 07:19
    Hello, hello, hello.

    I request that members of this list exercise greate care with the REPLY
    function.

    When you hit the reply and fail to edit carefully, your REPLY REPLY REPLY
    repeats repeats repeats everything that is in the message to which you r
    REPLY.

    The the last several posts, I have seen entire lengthy messages and
    previous posts repeated numerous times.

    This is annoying and redundant.

    It is also helpful to change the subject herader when relevant.

    We are not simply talking netiquette here, but communication. A list of
    highly educated management scholars should be able to transact information
    on a list such as this without the astonishing number of repeats and
    redundancies seen here in recent days.

    Needless to say, this is not the majority of list members, but enough
    examples take place to catch the eye and boggle the mind. I generally
    express my request off-list to those who generate the redundancies -- I
    invite others who find this equally annoying to join me in requesting
    greater care when this happens.


    Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
    Department of Knowledge Management
    Norwegian School of Management - BI
    Box 4676 Sofienberg
    N-0506 Oslo, Norway

    +47 22.98.51.07 Telephone
    +47 22.98.51.11 Telefax

    email: <ken.friedman@bi.no>