Whenever I send out an email to more than 1 person, like say 3 or 4 friends inviting them to do something, no one ever responds. Why is that? I think it's rude, and if you can't make it, you should at least email back to say, "sorry, can't make it."
It seems like their rationale is usually, "Oh, it was a mass email and so many people got it, so I figured it didn't make a difference if I responded." But I don't think sending something out to say 8 people would be considered "mass". Do you think this merits a no response? Or is this the new etiquette, that if you email multiple people, that means they can just completely ignore you?
And oddly enough, people whom I've just met and am more on a level of acquaintance-friendship with, they are actually more polite and will take time to respond! It's the ones who are supposed to be my friends who never bother to email back.
I don't know, this is a pet peeve of mine.
2007-01-24 16:40:32 · 7 answers · asked by cajun m 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
oops, i accidentally posted this in the wrong category. sorry!
also, i'm not talking about mass forwarded junk mails, i'm talking about relatively personal emails sent out to perhaps only 3 to 8 people...
2007-01-24 16:56:39 · update #1
I've noticed the same thing, as both a sender and a receiver. Your friends' rationale is probably accurate; the phenomenon can be explained by the psychological principal of the "diffusion of responsiblity" or "social loafing." As a receiver, you feel as though the message addressed to you is less important, because it doesn't feel as personal, and there is less of an impetus for them to reply (since they assume that others will). This might not be observed if you send it to two other close friends, but with eight people, I think it is only natural. If you're really excited about having people attend your event, send out individual e-mails, even if they say basically the same thing.
The second part of your question is also true. Acquaintances care more about how your perceive them... close friends sometimes grow to take things for granted.
2007-01-24 17:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by gianttodd2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My pet peeve is actually the opposite of yours. I hate it when I receive mass mailings. It makes me feel as if the sender chose not to take the time to personalize the e-mail for me. Usually e-mails that are sent in bulk are either forwards or are not personal enough to send a response to.
2007-01-24 16:50:10 · answer #2 · answered by girlinlove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's strange, whenever one of my friends send an email to our group, the email ALWAYS receives AT LEAST 70 - 90 replies. That is the reason why I ignore those emails.
2007-01-24 16:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by Nickilicious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe when you send emails to a lot of people it gets into their junk email. Or perhaps your frens don't seem to be happy with you lately. I suggest you just consult them if they have received your email or you can try sending a fake invitation like : Free Beers or Free Sex. :) but pls use a fake email. :)
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2007-01-24 17:30:55 · answer #4 · answered by kelwingoh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last time I sent out an e-mail to more than one person I did get responses.
It may be the content in your e-mail doesn't inspire them to hit reply?
2007-01-24 22:00:34 · answer #5 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
specific, recipients will see all addresses. as a manner to make it so in basic terms one address is shown and no person else can see each others digital mail address, use BCC (Blind Carbon reproduction). That way, you do not could desire to situation approximately all of the recipients seeing all of the addresses.
2016-12-16 16:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh... how is this GLBT related??
2007-01-24 16:52:15 · answer #7 · answered by Angelpaws 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋