Reply-All Email Mistake Leads to Teacher's Dismissal at Marist College Ashgrove (ashgrovetoday.com.au)

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve been is way too many email chains with 10+ people on copy where everyone needs to be notified and someone replies to just 1 at some point, then people don’t get correctly notified and works gets harder

I would strongly suggest that if you're trying to organise something in that way, email is a woefully incorrect tool to be using for it. Use a group chat like Slack or Teams.

The fact that there are some cases where reply all is appropriate absolutely does not excuse it being the default.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I would strongly suggest that if you’re trying to organise something in that way

Tell that to consultant jobs where consultant teams and client teams communicate all over email. I agree with you but this is the reality we live in.

Also,

The fact that there are some cases where reply all is appropriate absolutely does not excuse it being the default.

I don't really see the benefit of having reply single as the default. It avoids fuckups like this one, but as stated, I would never say something like this over email.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

It would also stop the far-too-common experience of someone replying all when they meant to only send it to one person, annoying and causing distraction to the possibly hundreds of other people included on the original email.