Ok sugars, I'm going to lay down a very simple rule for everyone. Unless you know 90% of the names on a group email, message or text message, do NOT hit reply all!! When I hear the tone of a new message on my phone, I'm like Pavlov's dog: I get really excited, my tail starts wagging, maybe I pant a little but when it's from a stranger, ngl, I get really upset and then annoyed.
Recently a friend sent a message over Facebook about a party that is coming up and included a link to the evite with details about the party. All of a sudden, I had messages from about 15 different people I don't know popping up on my phone from Facebook telling me all about what their plans are for the day of the party. News flash: I don't care about you person I've never met! Send a direct message, or better yet, reply to the gdamned Evite!
I get even more annoyed about the group text message. iPhones now have this group text message ability where if you send one text to a group, the replies go to the entire group. I get a little freaked out when I get texts from numbers I don't know. I'm immediately suspicious: WHO IS THIS AND HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER. Then I see, it's the group text message. Enough. If you don't know the other numbers, respond privately.
Senders, you're just as guilty. Use bcc, send emails in groups where people know the other people, send individual texts, god forbid pick up the phone, but do whatever you can to stop strangers from bothering me!
Don't get me wrong, I love me some reply alls when I know everyone on the email chain and they're being funny. But I hold fast to the lesson I learned from Kindergarten Cop: Don't Ever Talk to Strangers (...and stop whining...and don't eat other kid's lunches). Let's do better with the reply alls, shall we?
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