Moldy Cake & Happily Rejecting Posts

[Smythe, Boyd T {FLNA}]

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Carolyn!

And Potioncat, that was some terrific cake, even if it was sitting out all
weekend! That light layer of purple frosting was just *bliss*. Wait a sec,
there's no purple in the school colors.... Um, better wrap up this post
quickly, then.

Carolyn wrote:
>There are also some people who repeatedly post runs of short, uninformed
points to a series of posts as they come across 
them. I give them short shrift most of the time, whatever they are posting
on. As I think I said someplace, the best perspective is to think how useful
the reply is in the context of the thread. I am fairly hard on embedded
itty-bitty reply posts that are very hard to read and don't yield very much
value for the effort.<

Me too! Also, I agree. <g>

It's tough to reject a borderline post, but personally I'd like the
Catalogue much better for research if fewer marginal posts are included.
Should we cater more to researchers' needs or posters' potential feelings of
rejection? I think the former. Besides, most of those stringy posts are from
frequent posters, so they'll be included occasionally anyway.

While I rarely reject a good post, I think we should be finding more rejects
as we continue, since most topics have been well-dissected by the 30,000th
post. The greatest exceptions, of course, would be the growing populations
of alternative/subversive readings and discussions of new materials (OoP,
JKR quotes, et al).

So I'm consciously trying to improve my reject rate. How's that for a
birthday gift, Mistress Carolyn?

--boyd
Penicillin comes from mold, I'm told, so will old cake cure my cold?