Olin Lathrop wrote:

> Another advantage of reacting publicly is that the response is likely to
> be more reasoned and less knee jerk emotional.  You will probably say
> things differently if you think 1500 people will read it than if you
> think only one person will read it that you've already decided is a
> bozo.  

I'm not sure this is how it works. There seems to be a tendency to get into
strange fights ('flame wars') that are typical for public exchanges. This
type of behavior seems to be less likely in a 1-to-1 communication, even if
it's still not eye-to-eye. So I think there may be good reasons to take
certain issues offlist into a private conversation.

Gerhard

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