[1532] in peace2
A note on etiqutte [was Re: Mines...]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George S Waksman)
Mon Mar 4 20:43:36 2002
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To: Nida Rizwan Farid <farida@MIT.EDU>
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 19:31:38 EST."
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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:43:11 -0500
From: George S Waksman <waksman@MIT.EDU>
So, this e-mail marks the fourth in this thread which has been mailed
to, what I assume is, a very large portion of the MIT undergraduate
community and for this I appologize, but it brings up a few important
points.
First, it's irritating when people send e-mails for their pet causes
(I am not judging the cause, just the means of publicity) to a large
number of people. Not everyone wants to be told how they can help
clean up landmines. Regardless of how strongly you feel about
something, it is very discourteous to impose your views on others,
especially in an impersonal mass mailing.
Secondly, a collection of 9 different (very large) mailing lists is
not a forum for discussion (I understand this is somewhat hypocritical
and for this I appologize). One mass mailing is pretty bad; a reply to
the entire group is even worse. A third e-mail is almost inexcuseable,
and if I were talking about landmines this e-mail would be even more
unacceptable than it already is.
In conclusion, don't send people (like me) your fucking e-mails unless
you know me or I have chosen to put myself on a mailing list that your
message applies to (and last I checked dorm discussion lists are not a
forum for recruiting help for your campus-wide pet cause).
And, in case any of you are wondering why I have chosen to e-mail
everyone in the manner I have been criticizing, it is because I don't
want to receive e-mails for __any__ pet causes. If I only sent this
the initial offenders they might show more restraint but there would
still be many people that might miss the point and continue to send
other people (like me) unsolicited e-mails.
-George Waksman
