But Raul, in your example, would it really be so much trouble for the respondent to write "Yes, IOS 7 is coming out today." Otherwise, one must read past all the headers to get to the question.
Eric On Sep 18, 2013, at 6:47 AM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: Hello Bill and others concerned. Bill, you do have a good point and I totally understand where you are coming from and for the record, it's not disrespectful to point out something like this. In an ideal world that would work perfectly, however in my experience most people don't read the new batch of messages they get first before replying. So what ends up happening is that let's say that you send off the thank you message, that would tell me, topic closed, you got the answer, all good. However if me, or someone else doesn't see that right away and as soon as they get to your initial message, before the thank you messages, they might reply, and then when they come to your message, they will see it wasn't necessary, or they might think, he's thanking me because I responded. I probably sound cynical, but after more than 15 years of maintaining mailing lists of various topics and different sizes, some from as little as 5 people and some even larger than 3000 people, you tend to look at things from a much wider point of view. If it was me, I would gamble that even if you send the thank you message to indicate stop, chances are, the thread will continue several messages more. One thing though, which I know happens, and there is no avoiding a one line answer, is when the answer to a question is simply yes or no, or something equally short. Things like that are acceptable. I don't expect someone to write an essay just to say yes and avoid a one liner message. Question: Is iOS 7 coming out today? Answer: Yes. One thing which I highly recommend is the following mailing list story. It's funny, but sadly, true. http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/listbulb.html I hope this helps you, and anyone else interested in this. -- Raul A. Gallegos Bazinga! - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 9/18/2013 4:57 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > Raul, > > I personally make a concerted effort to abide by the guidelines you've > posted in this thread. But (sure, you just knew there was going to be a > "but," right), one issue here is -- I believe -- subject to mitigating > circumstances. In the case of "to send or not to send" a thank you > post, allow me to explain; there have been several times when I would > post a question regarding a iOS "how to" or asking about some type of > supplemental component for an iDevice. Upon realizing that all sorts of > answers are forthcoming from this very helpful group, I must confess to > being guilty of sending a "Thank You" to this list. The reason I would > do this is to hopefully shut off the stream of helpful answers. > > I in no way mean to appear disrespectful of your request and, in fact, > soundly agree with your position. It's just that I believe there are > exceptions when "violating the rules" is actually supporting the rules. > > Just thought I would throw this thought out there and see what you think. > > Thanks for the job you do so very well! > ---------------- > Holland's Boy, Bill > - "To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors > and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." > - Plutarch, Greek Philosopher, Priest & Biographer, AD 46-120 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
