reply-all

Increase corporate email efficiency and prevent “reply-all” email storms with this new maximum-email-chain-length feature!

Dec 12, 2022

Communication, Internet, Technology, UI / UX

email, email chain, email length limit, email limit, email thread, reply all, reply-all

The Issue: One of the many issues with email is that it’s possible to end up in a super-long chain of multi-participant back-and-forth emails where nothing actually gets resolved. Although this is possible in any communication medium, the (relatively) long delay between emails makes it possible for this situation to drag over many days. Proposal:…
How to Email: 1) Click “Reply all” 2) Write the following: “STOP REPLYING-ALL TO THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL EMAIL THREAD.” 3) Send to all your coworkers. 4) Wait for 50 more reply-all email replies.

Aug 26, 2018

Communication, Computers, Design, Technology, UI / UX

company-wide email reply, email, reply-all, spam email

Background: Sometimes, someone will send out a company-wide email that is CCed to everyone else at the company. The issue: Anyone who sends a “reply all” response to that initial email will generate another company-wide email. After a while, people will start getting annoyed by the constant irrelevant emails and will request that people stop…