Dozens of times a day I add someone to the cc list when I'm replying to an email. I suspect most people that have an assistant (or are one, or collaborate with others in general) do this constantly.
It's an incredibly common use case. Should we all abandon this very common behavior in order to avoid your scorn?
This is a great strategy for protecting yourself in business, but it makes everything slower and more difficult for everyone else.
Yup. I believe you've reinforced my point.
Not always. Sometimes it's just easier to communicate the context by just copying them the thread. It might lead to shorter mails and less explaining.
OTOH, inline quoting was always destined to fail. It requires that you purposefully and carefully edit and reply in the appropriate places. That's asking too much of the vast majority of people. B
OTOH, inline quoting was always destined to fail. It requires that one purposefully and carefully edit the thread and reply in the appropriate place. That's asking too much of the vast majority of people. Perhaps it could have been preserved to a greater extent had Microsoft Outlook not effectively forced bottom quoting, but alas that ship sailed decades ago.
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A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in email?Incidentally, your daily dosage coincides with the amount of times I've had to do the same thing at all since I started using email some twenty five years ago.
> It's an incredibly common use case
For some, perhaps. On the other hand, I'd suggest that another, at least for me more common use case is to know exactly what is being replied to. Which is possible with proper quoting, rather than the let's-just-slap-on-your-entire-message-at-the-bottom-and-hope-you're-a-mind-reader nonsense.
1) Hi there I have a request for a meeting or phone call, or need something from your organization.
2) Great, I'm copying my assistant who will schedule this, or the other person in the company who knows the answer to your question, who I have now handed this task off to nearly instantly and seamlessly.