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 __________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message with unsubscribe in the subject to webproducers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To access our webform (instead of sending e-mail) for popular commands including subscribe, unsubscribe, digest, and vacation visit www.WebProducers.org. You can also access the list archive at the website. Questions and comments are welcome just e-mail me, morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx