Re: Replying to All, an option for SOPW

'No' to private messages to all authors of nodes parented beneath a certain node. I don't need my inbox cluttered with general "thanks for everyone's help" messages. Please don't force me to create a private message filter bot. I can just see it now: perlmonks private messaging spam filter. Uch.

If you wish to say thank you to everyone who posts a reply to your node, simply throw a "thanks to all in advance" note at the bottom of the original node. Very straight forward; besides, everyone knows that the original poster will appreciate any replies... is that not the reason why they post in the first place?

If you are smacked hard by an awesome answer that you used to come up with a super good result, a single /msg to the author of that answer is good enough. Seriously, if I post a reply to your node, but someone else posts a better reply, I don't need a /msg telling me that "hey, this other person's answer helped me the best". If I care to know the best answer, I will bookmark the node and return later to check it out (or I'll follow through from Newest Nodes).

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Re: Re: Replying to All, an option for SOPW by phydeauxarff (Priest) on Aug 07, 2003 at 12:20 UTC
eek...I was actually thinking of the /msg feature to be used judiciously. But I see your point Currently, I will go ahead and /msg someone if they are helpful in a significant way and I envisioned my suggestion facilitating this...I didn't even think about it potentially /msg bombing those that post frequently with a bunch of "gee thanks so much <insert saint here>". Gads, if done wrong something like this could even cause some folks to not want to participate and we certainly aren't looking for that result! Perhaps there is a way to implement this so that the individuals could 'opt in' of receiving thank you's...something like a button in user settings that said "add /msg me to my replies" or some such....sort of like the current " /msg me when there's a reply to one of my posts" feature I like the idea of encouraging thank you's and other such polite replies as I think that if done right it would encourage more participation in this forum, but I must stress the "done right" part. BTW, Thanks for pointing out the flaw in my thinking	[reply]

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Re: Re: Replying to All, an option for SOPW
by phydeauxarff (Priest) on Aug 07, 2003 at 12:20 UTC

Currently, I will go ahead and /msg someone if they are helpful in a significant way and I envisioned my suggestion facilitating this...I didn't even think about it potentially /msg bombing those that post frequently with a bunch of "gee thanks so much <insert saint here>".

Gads, if done wrong something like this could even cause some folks to not want to participate and we certainly aren't looking for that result!

Perhaps there is a way to implement this so that the individuals could 'opt in' of receiving thank you's...something like a button in user settings that said "add /msg me to my replies" or some such....sort of like the current " /msg me when there's a reply to one of my posts" feature

I like the idea of encouraging thank you's and other such polite replies as I think that if done right it would encourage more participation in this forum, but I must stress the "done right" part.

BTW, Thanks for pointing out the flaw in my thinking

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