(TFT) Re: reply etiquette

[Christopher Fuhrman <fuhrman8or@yahoo.com>]

--- brethalda <brethalda@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sure are a lot of lazy net etiquers on this list.   REPLY ONLY to what you
> are addressing and don't leave every one elses  comments on your reply to a
> specific item on anothers comment.

Perhaps it is laziness that is facilitated probably by certain email programs
that don't inspire us to act appropriately.

>   Those of us who digest, have trouble digesting this or even  understanding
> what you are commenting about.  So your message  means nothing!

I would add that it's hard even for those who don't digest.

I like to think of the following points when I reply (most email programs will
allow these things, but you have to work at it):

1) Attribute (the writer of the message to whom I'm replying)
2) Contextualize (my answer to the part of the message that's important)
3) Trim (what's not needed)

I just realized - it has a nice mnemonic to it: ACT

Step 1 is usually done by the mail program; steps 2 and 3 require some
cognitive effort, but not much more than stopping at a red light or adding up 3
six-sided dice, especially once you get the hang of it.

Cheers and have a good weekend all,

Cris


 
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