[kj] Post Length

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Sure, I don't have to read posts I don't want to -- it's just I have to 
open the post to see what it is to know it's something I don't want to read.

But because I know the pattern is tit-for-tat, 5 word responses written 
in response to a 4 word post, and that these tend to come from certain 
users (ahem), what it means is, like you, I don't read, well, probably 
more than 50% of the posts here when I see a certain name attached to 
them. Posts I will always read, because they are generally more 
thought-out and lengthier, are posts by Brendan Quinn, Leigh Newton, 
Alex Smith, you, and a few others. But all it takes is a certain name 
attached to a post and I'll skip over it and not open because I know 
it's likely to be, like, 4 words wrong.

Like I said, a complaint, not a request for any specific action. Except 
maybe the folks who wanna chat IRC-style go into an actual chat room and 
not flood inboxes. Another solution i to make an online list archive of 
posts so folks can read the archives online or something. But folks 
might like the permanence of that.


-Oliver


Mik Raven wrote:

> You sre not obliged to read them you know. I don't even read 50% of 

> the emails on here.

>

>

>

> *On Thu Jun 19 20:17 , 'B. Oliver Sheppard' 

> <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> sent:

>

> *

>

>     Actually, I have a complaint, but no specific admin request. it's

>     waking

>     up every day to find like 100 emails on this list mostly made up of 4

>     word replies to something, stuff that looks like it belongs more

>     in an

>     IRC chat room than on a mail discussion list. Reading a string of

>     3 or 4

>     word joke-response-joke-response tit-for-at little things gets

>     annoying.

>

>     It's ironic someone would complain of long posts. I guess if you

>     include

>     every previous posted thing into one of these terse little snarky

>     comment type reponses they do add up to it being one huge email, but

>     most of what I see is, like, posts that really are like 5 or 6 words'

>     length at most.

>

>     -Oliver

>

>

>     Tabazan wrote:

>     > Oooh . . my first Admin request :)

>     >

>     > Can you all try to trim the posts before they are sent, the maximum

>     > post size allowed by the list is 50kb and a couple of the bigger

>     > threads are requiring authorisation for every new post (guess

>     who has

>     > to do that . . .)

>     >

>     >

>     > Thank you for your time

>     >

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