A 19-year-old business administration student became an overnight sensation after he accidentally replied to a mailing list which included nearly 40,000 of his fellow NYU students. All he meant to do was ask his mom a question.
BuzzFeeds Allison McCann, herself an NYU grad student, originally broke the story about what has now jokingly been dubbed the Replyallcalypse. It all started with an email from the office of the bursar, informing students that they may choose to begin receiving some documents in electronic form.
I tried emailing my mom to see if it was a good idea, Wiseltier told TODAY.com. But instead of hitting the forward button, I replied to everyone. Everyone included the 39,979 students on NYU’s “src-contacts” mailing list.
I was completely unaware of it [going to the entire mailing list] until my roommate asked me why I sent him an email.
Upon learning of the mistake, Wiseltier quickly sent another message. SORRY!!!!!!! Gmail switched my reply to reply all! he wrote.
But the Pandoras box was already opened. Students suddenly realized that they, too, could spam the whole school by simply hitting reply all. We had been given a great and terrible power, wrote one student. For a moment we contemplated responsibility, then gleefully tossed it aside in favor of posting pictures of cats.
Have you ever accidentally hit the reply all button and watched hilarity (or drama) ensue? Tell us about it!
From Digital Life Today.
