wjhonson@aol.com wrote:
Maybe you could explain a little more clearly, how people are "scared" by reading (or just seeing) ten messages on the same topic? How does that frighten people?
It's not simply the ten messages on one topic, it's the tone and content of the messages that is scaring them. But the ten messages in quick succession is a common characteristic among the discussions with that tone.
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/11/7 effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com:
I would agree with that 'solution' if I would agree with the "delete and ignore" solution, which is, imho, not a solution at all. That is a bit the problem :) And I literally meant scare btw.
Could you explain why you think ignoring emails doesn't work? It works perfectly well for me.
People are scared because they experience an emotional response to the tone and content of the messages. Ignoring the message (that is, doing nothing after you've read it) is not a solution to that problem. The implicit rejoinder you're giving them is, "Don't have emotions." That doesn't work, because people are human.
--Michael Snow