FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: E-mail list design (Was Re: Freelance webdesign)

[Anders Ramsay <anders@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/29/02 10:01 AM, David Tomere at dtomere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I don't know if I agree with this.  In my experience on discussion list,
> hitting reply always replies to the group.
>Private replies are relatively
> unusual, hence the current problems.

This seems a broad generalization.  All large lists that I have been or am
on, especially those that are moderated, explicitly encourage users to
respond to the original poster of a thread rather than the group, and then
have the poster submit a summary to the list.  Different lists will of
course have different forms of interaction, depending on the list culture
and content type, but I would be interested in seeing some research that
shows that private responses are unusual in a discussion group context.

-Anders

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