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Cueball experiences a moment of non sequitur while walking along a beach, when he finds a message inside a bottle saying "unsubscribe". | Cueball experiences a moment of non sequitur while walking along a beach, when he finds a message inside a bottle saying "unsubscribe". | ||
− | If you're part of an | + | If you're part of an internet mailing list, it's a common experience to come across random posts by users who may not be very tech-savvy, saying "unsubscribe". This is their attempt to unsubscribe to the list, accidentally broadcast to every other person on that list instead of just to the mailing list admin (who is either a person or an automated program that manages the list). Another common modern experience is that 'unsubscribe' links don't always work (perhaps intentionally, for spam e-mails). In desperation, someone has tried to send their 'unsubscribe' request in a bottle, hoping in vain that it will have its intended effect. Instead, Cueball receives it. (A darker interpretation of the message could indicate the sender is unhappy with the world or life in general and wishes to leave it.) |
− | A "[https://messageinabottlehunter.com/why-send-a-message-in-a-bottle/ message in a bottle]" is either a fun activity or an S.O.S. from someone stranded at sea, where one places a note in a bottle and throws it into the ocean. It then gets carried on ocean currents, possibly around the world to be picked up by some unknown other person at a point in the future. | + | A "[https://messageinabottlehunter.com/why-send-a-message-in-a-bottle/ message in a bottle]" is either a fun activity or an S.O.S. from someone stranded at sea, where one places a note in a bottle and throws it into the ocean. It then gets carried on ocean currents, possibly around the world to be picked up by some unknown other person at a point in the future. |
− | The title text extends the joke to another common technological faux pas. It further mixes the metaphor of a message in a bottle with an e-mail list. It states that when he | + | The title text extends the joke to another common technological faux pas. It further mixes the metaphor of a message in a bottle with an e-mail list. It states that when he "replied all" ("reply all" is an option on a group e-mail, but obviously not an option when one receives a message in a bottle), it sent a message in a bottle to everyone who the original message was sent to - in this case clogging the ocean with bottles. |
− | This mistake is often made when a person | + | This mistake is often made when a person tries to send a private email to just one recipient of a message that's been broadcast to a whole list of people, but they accidentally hit "reply all" instead of just "reply". In some cases, if the mailing list is sufficiently large, amplification effects can completely overwhelm mail servers ("clogging the ocean"). For example, an employee may send a simple message like "does anyone speak russian?" to the whole company address book. Several people are likely to reply using the "reply all" button by mistake, causing the whole company to receive it. Then, automatic "out of office" notifications and people complaining about the flood of e-mails will further worsen the situation... |
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[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] |