[APWG] List etiquette Re: Ecosystem Restoration: On Humans and Ecosystems

[Wayne Tyson]

Gena et y'all:

I have mixed emotions about cutting down on copied messages. I'm not so sure it's a good idea if taken to extremes, but my policy is to try to follow the moderator's wishes--if I can understand and interpret them correctly. My biggest concerns are the added work involved that could (does) discourage posting (this may, in some instances, of course, be seen as an advantage) and the additional work and sometimes frustration involved if one must try to trace back the thread to its beginning. Without subject-line discipline, this can be next to impossible. So while I understand the concerns giving rise to complaints about too many messages, I'm not so sure that the cure is not worse than the disease. My email is flooded, but I have a well-worn delete key. I have seen this phenomenon elsewhere many times. "Netiquette" is sometimes (frequently) a bully-word for a few trying to dictate their own snap judgments to the many. Common courtesy and common sense, while increasingly rare, need not be abandoned entirely to satisfy the persnickety. But by all means, e-liminate the negative and find a balance between uber-dominance and utter obsequiousness. 

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gena Fleming 
  To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 10:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [APWG] Ecosystem Restoration: On Humans and Ecosystems


  Wow, thank you so much for all the comments and new input!   I will try to honor Wayne's examples of how to cut down on copied messages.
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