{"id":2414,"date":"2011-02-05T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2011-02-05T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T20:18:28","slug":"start-discussion-group-remove-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/start-discussion-group-remove-list\/","title":{"rendered":"How not to start a discussion group – or – remove me from this list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever found yourself part of a discussion group you never asked to join? <\/p>\n

I’m not talking about for profit marketing. I’m talking about an organization with a membership and good intentions. They dump their list into a mailing group. <\/p>\n

The daily digest ends up looking like this…<\/p>\n

\"remove<\/p>\n

\nGroup: http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/xxxxxx\/topics
\na note to everyone sending “remove me ” to this list [6 Updates]
\nREMOVE ME [4 Updates]
\nInventory of xxx groups [8 Updates]
\nTo remove yourself [4 Updates]
\nRemove Me [1 Update]
\nTopic: a note to everyone sending “remove me ” to this list
\n Jan 07 04:59PM -0600 ^
\nPlease remove me from the list. I was unable to do so via Google Groups as I don’t have an account.\n <\/div>\n

Listserv<\/a> is 25 years old and there’s no reason to keep re-learning this lesson. Notify your list that you’ve created a group. Tell them why they should be interested. Tell them who else is part of the group. Invite them to join.<\/p>\n

People might want to participate in a conversation but they don’t want confused, antagonized strangers blundering into in their living room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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