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> Are there any pre-eternal-September warriors still sticking Emily-Post-like to their 1992-era netiquette standards in the face of modernity? Plenty of people
by gumby 3y ago
> Are there any pre-eternal-September warriors still sticking Emily-Post-like to their 1992-era netiquette standards in the face of modernity?
Plenty of people continue to comment inline. I wouldn't have quoted your comment except it's a humorous way to make this point :-)
It may be the kinds of people I hang out with, but I have observed:
1. Business people top post; they seem to want the top post reply to be short enough to read on the phone without scrolling and want the subject line to provide enough context so AFICT they never look the the quoted message.
2. Mailing lists I'm on have a mix of top post replies and inline replies; I've learned that the top-post responders can by and large be ignored.
3. People born after around 1998 tend not to reply to mail at all. I forced my born-in-98 kid to learn to write a good email (and boy was it a struggle) but when he was looking for a job he told me it was a superpower because the folks he was competing with couldn't/wouldn't do it.
- wrp 3y ago> Business people top post I started top posting and keeping the complete history because people were requesting it. They want to be able to quickly get the information at the top, but have the context below if they need it. > People born after around 1998 tend not to reply to mail at all. I've been running into this increasingly the past few years when conducting business. I don't understand how offices can function when lower-level people ignore a primary contact channel.
- nemosaltat 3y agoI top post because I hate the inconsistency of how message threads are handled. If someone can point me to a primer I’d greatly appreciate it. Outlook, Apple Mail, iOS all seem to handle it slightly differently.
- jxcl 3y agoOut of curiosity, could you clarify what you think is a good email? I feel like I have this skill but since I've never really been taught it, I don't really know.