Chris Walters wrote:
Everyone makes mistakes, and it is can be good to point them out, though
I do
think this thread is a bit of overkill - a private message to the person
who
made the mistake is usually enough.
I agree the thread is overkill, the first message was not.
Stroller's message was polite and included links to educate people. I
don't think a private message is the way to go in these cases because:
1: Most people learn about proper threading from these kind of messages.
Few ever see full headers or have even heard of "In-Reply-To:".
2: Private-only messages can actually make the situation worse, as
anyone looking over archives sees repeated instances of a "bad habit"
from different people, but no feedback that it's frowned upon.
Just my $0.020000000000001
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Regards,
Chris
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