[MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim

[Logan]

no, you are not the only one.  i also prefer that nothing be left out of a
thread.  i know too well how easily and readily many people are to take
things out of context and to create issues were none existed before.  so i
prefer to read the whole thing or, at least, to know what someone is
replying to.  btw i use outlook 2003 and have never had any issues with it
nor with any of the versions i used prior and for the last 10 or whatever
years.  this is one of those internet arguments that hits the sca about
every 12 months.  people will talk about it being courteous to trim posts
thus implying that to not trim posts is, somehow, discourteous.  then
someone will flip out and get all emotional and rant.  then we will discuss
combat archery followed by coleman chairs, followed by tuchux, and then
going full circle to a new, never before flogged, topic.  at least in
between all that some really cool and useful stuff will be shared.  ;^)

regards
logan

www.ebonwoulfe.com

Some people are like Slinkies: not really good for anything, but you still
can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.


 
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[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of adams at coastal.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:07 PM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim

Am I the only one out here who kind of likes the redundancy of untrimmed
posts? 
It helps me to get a picture of which comments the writer is addressing in
reply - sometimes it's hard to keep track.  I guess that one person replying
to a simgle post is one kind of case, and a
Traditional-Inimitable-Feisty-Merry-Rose-Hoo-Hah is another - sometimes we
are responding to multiple posts rather than one in particular.

How about when I don't know that something is going to become a
TIFMR-Hoo-Hah, and delete the original post?  Quoting and responding to bits
out of context can turn a simple TIFMR-Hoo-Hah into a TIFMR-Weapons-of-Mass
Destruction-Hoo-Hah.

Reason enough not to trim?  Dunno.  Just a thought - Lina Work cited:  AA
Arson. (2005). Putting Out the Fire with Gasoline.  PITA Publishers...

>I think we can all
>agree that when someone (especially a digest user) fires off a response 
>without clipping redundant information, that that is an eyesore (and 
>could even amount to longer download times for those on dialup).




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