reply all storm

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reply all storm (plural reply all storms)

1. Synonym of email storm.
   • 2019 January 17, David Pogue, “How to Handle the Dreaded 'Reply All Moment'”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Things get really bad when a Reply All storm touches down. That’s when one reply to the entire organization inspires hundreds of people to Reply All with "Please take me off this list" messages, which triggers round after round of "Me too" and "Stop hitting Reply All!" (and "Out of Office" messages, each also going to everyone on the list). The quantity of messages explodes geometrically until the entire outfit is brought to its knees.