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

[Logan]

ta da!

we have moved on.  

8)
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.


 
-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Baron Otto
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:18 AM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim

Well, I really hate it when I see people sitting in their coleman chairs
shooting combat archery at Tuchux, don't you? ;)

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Logan" <logan at ebonwoulfe.com>
To: <adams at coastal.edu>; <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: RE: [MR] Redundancy in Posts - ToTtrim or Not to Trim


> 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.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> [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).
>
>
>