Thanks very much for this suggestion.
After a recent weekend I found nearly 400 messages in the Silver List
folder, and was frustrated that so many were one-liners of the kind you
mention below -- more than half, I think. My feeling is that "thanks"
messages would be appropriate only when the poster has some kind of
follow-up comment, or seeks additional information or clarification.
If all members follow this advice, I'll bet the volume will be cut by
half or more, and the list reading experience will be much more
pleasurable.
On Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010, at 01:03 Asia/Tokyo, M. G. Devour wrote:
One liners saying "Thank you!" "Great post!" or "Me too!" and variants
thereof... add very little to the discussion, yet often account for a
large fraction of daily message volume.
Now, I fully understand that our mommas all taught us to be polite.
It's just good manners to be thankful and say so... I'll make two
suggestions:
Send it privately to the one person for whom it really matters to know
you are grateful.
Or, collect up the names of those who've responded to you and send
'batch' thank-yous to the list that acknowledge several at once.
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