Comments on: No More “Reply All” at Marketing Company http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/02/02/no-more-reply-all-at-marketing-company/ Not blaming the user since 2007! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marie http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/02/02/no-more-reply-all-at-marketing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Marie Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:04:31 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=654#comment-489 At the office I worked at over the summer there was a running joke about a woman at the other location who would always hit "Reply all" whenever a congratulatory e-mail was sent around. Everyone would stop what they were doing and wait for it. I agree with you that reply all should be harder to access. I used to get the icon for forwarding confused with replying, because they both pictured the message with an arrow pointing away from it. Luckily the consequences of doing that are not as disastrous as replying to all could be. At the office I worked at over the summer there was a running joke about a woman at the other location who would always hit “Reply all” whenever a congratulatory e-mail was sent around. Everyone would stop what they were doing and wait for it.

I agree with you that reply all should be harder to access. I used to get the icon for forwarding confused with replying, because they both pictured the message with an arrow pointing away from it. Luckily the consequences of doing that are not as disastrous as replying to all could be.

]]> By: Rich Pak http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/02/02/no-more-reply-all-at-marketing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Rich Pak Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:36:08 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=654#comment-488 I think this is a good idea. In my own personal experience, mass emails are rarely relevant to much of the "mass". So that when people start replying-all, I get a lot of junk in my inbox. I have also had very embarrasing close-calls from other people using reply-all on emails directed to me! I think this is a good idea. In my own personal experience, mass emails are rarely relevant to much of the “mass”. So that when people start replying-all, I get a lot of junk in my inbox. I have also had very embarrasing close-calls from other people using reply-all on emails directed to me!

]]> By: Anne McLaughlin http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/02/02/no-more-reply-all-at-marketing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Anne McLaughlin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:13:00 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=654#comment-487 You are absolutely correct! My sloppiness.. ! I have changed "at Microsoft" to "at Marketing Company." I think my brain misfired when I was reading "Microsoft Outlook" in their article. You are absolutely correct! My sloppiness.. ! I have changed “at Microsoft” to “at Marketing Company.” I think my brain misfired when I was reading “Microsoft Outlook” in their article.

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://humanfactorsblog.org/2009/02/02/no-more-reply-all-at-marketing-company/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Steve Portigal Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:57 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=654#comment-486 Why does your headline refer to this happening at MSFT? As you indicate in your article, it's happening at Nielsen! Why does your headline refer to this happening at MSFT? As you indicate in your article, it’s happening at Nielsen!

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