Do you respond to positive emails?

Hi all,

I wrote a big Sunday centerpiece story that has elicited tons of positive feedback, particularly in my work inbox.

Do you respond to positive emails as well as negative ones?
I just spent a while responding to every one, cutting and pasting my response, a brief thank you.

You?

 

Oh yeah. You have to respond to both. Responding to positive ones are a lot easier than negative ones.

 

Yep. Always good to thank the readers.

 

If a reader takes time to email me, I'll always respond. Period. They could praise me to no end or rip me to shreds, I'll always write back. Atleast they care enough to write.

 

This.

 

Respond nicely to them. Ask where they work and if they are hiring.

 

Yes, I respond to positive emails. Also make it a point to include that it's so rare to hear something other than negative email that it's really appreciated. Consider that a passive-aggressive attempt to make them think twice before sending negative email next time they're moved in that direction.

 

I try to respond to all of them. If they take the time to write me, I should write back.

 

Always.

 

Not playing thread police, but some suggestions here:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/72028/

 

Why I come here:

 

I always respond to both.

It's nice when someone recognizes what you've done an appreciates it. We take enough crap from people, I always thanks the positive ones for the kind words.

Most of them write that they know we mostly get negative stuff, so they'd write something nice.