medit - Reply All no longer necessary

Dear Medit-Plants Members,
Until a few days ago, the Medit list was set so that if you just hit "Reply", your reply would go to the member who had sent the message you were replying to. If you wanted the message to go to everyone on the list, you had to specify "Reply All", in which case you would be sending two messages: one to the member who wrote the original message, and a second copy to the whole list.
This was the opposite to most online lists. It had some advantages: we didn't get any "Oops! sorry I sent that private message to you all" events. We didn't get many "Yes, I think so too" messages that didn't add much to the discussion. However, we probably missed a lot of important information from people who didn't know about "Reply All".
By this November, messages had dwindled alarmingly, and there was not a single one in December. I asked Sean if he agreed it would be a good idea to change the reply rule, and he thought so too. So, a few days ago, I changed it.
Now, if you "Reply", you are replying to the list, and we are all benefitting.
However, I have noticed an anomaly: if one of the members who knew about "Reply All", still does so, (like Trevor N), the message you send in Reply will go only to him, unless you "Reply All". 

So:  please don't Reply All anymore.  Just Reply.

Diane Whitehead
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