unsubscribe

[Darren Duncan]

I think most responders got it.

1.  Sending the "how to unsubscribe" reminder to the list (in addition to the 
questioner privately) is a normal and common good practice for a long time.

2.  It also helps others who were also wondering how to unsubscribe.  For every 
person who asks a question, there are many others who want to know but don't ask.

3.  It lets others know the question was answered so they don't have to.

4.  Since the original message was sent to the whole list, the individual 
singled out themselves anyway.

This all being said, some mailing lists have an actual visible small footer 
appended to list messages with subscription management / unsubscribe 
instructions, and that might be useful to do for pm.org lists for people not 
savvy enough to look at the typically hidden by default relevant mail headers.

-- Darren Duncan

On 2016-04-08 4:19 AM, Dave Sherohman via yapc wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 06:59:44AM -0400, Duane Brown via yapc wrote:
>> was it *REALLY* necessary to spam the whole list for this?
>
> Seems a little hypocritical to complain about someone sending a message
> to the entire list by... sending your complaint to the entire list.
>
>> there should be something in the code of conduct to discourage this kind of
>> abusive singling out of an individual
>
> I see no "abusive singling out of an individual" here, just advice and
> assistance being given publicly.  Which I consider a Good Thing, since
> anyone else who might want to unsubscribe will now know how to do so,
> without needing to make the same mistake themselves.
>
>> Perl is all about taking the unknowing under your wing and helping them to
>> fly
>
> Indeed.  And instructing an unknowing individual in public also helps
> other unknowing individuals who might have the same or similar problems.