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Post:	< 20004 >
Subject:	< Forwarding e-mails >
Topic:	Community >
Category:	General >
Author:	DancingQueen
Posted:	Mar 22, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Viewed:	1779 times

DancingQueen

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As a long time F2F player, I have never understood the problem that the email community has with forwarding email. I have always taken it just as I would someone telling me what another player is saying. The tangible artifact of the email is so easily edited that it is almost valueless.

Which, IMO, makes it a particularly poor tactic when used against good players, who will recognize it for what it is -- an attempt to gain influence that isn't based on the merit of the speaker, but on the (supposed) bad behavior of someone else.

This message is in reply to post 19969:

I personally dislike the tactic. I have ben forwarded several e-mails through various games and on different diplomacy sites. Godzilla is corret, i am very less likely to discuss sensitive information with a person who forwards letters as it stands to reason that my letters are being forwarded as well. In an effort to put at ease the person i am in disscussions with i inform them up from that 'any and all information being discussed here will be held in the highest confidience and your diligience to do the same is appriciated.' This sometimes discourages someone from using this tactic.

As for the effectiveness, with me it has very little positive influence for the forwarder(?). It is too easy to forward a letter and change key words or province names...to fit the desired or intended outcome.

There are 13 Messages in this Thread:

Forwarding e-mails (pedros) Mar 20, 06:28 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 20, 08:34 am

Forwarding e-mails (fencertim) Mar 20, 10:31 am

Forwarding e-mails (DancingQueen) Mar 22, 03:32 pm

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 06:17 am

Forwarding e-mails (pedros) Mar 23, 06:33 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 09:15 am

Forwarding e-mails (Blueraider0) Mar 23, 11:03 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 12:23 pm

Forwarding e-mails (rodtheworm) Mar 24, 05:22 pm

Forwarding e-mails (FlapJack) Mar 26, 02:42 am

Forwarding e-mails (FuzzyLogic) Mar 23, 12:13 pm

Forwarding e-mails (sgttodd) Mar 31, 10:02 am

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