[HPFGU-Feedback] TBAY/This list/combining posts

[Susanne]

Hi,

Thursday, December 04, 2003, 3:25:22 PM, hp at ... wrote:

> <snip> and I
> agree with Shaun that a *perception* that TBAY is being "privileged" 
> by not being reined in as much as standard discursive posts is 
> perfectly reasonable (OK, it's a perception I happen to share, so I 
> *would* say that, wouldn't I?). :-)

I agree with this.

While I don't mind TBAY posts on the main list all that much
(they are clearly marked, along with other subjects that, it
seems, have their share of list members who don't want to be
bothered with said subject. SHIP, for example), I've always
had the feelings that these posts are considered so
phenomenally creative and well written by some, that they deserve to
occupy a special place, outside some of the rules applied to
other posts (the pedantic, straight forward ones ;) ).

Almost as if they are the "celebrities" among the regular
posts.

This is, of course, just my personal perception.  I've read
some TBAY posts, but, being pretty straight forward and to
the point, the style is somewhat annoying to me, and several
times I gave up and deleted, before the actual point of the
theory became clear.

> Catlady is a perfect example of combined posts (sometimes, to be
> honest, perhaps she includes a few too many in each post) :-)
> because 
> they are collections of (apposite and valuable) short contributions.

What  concerns me in regards to combining is the fact that
all the topics included sometimes make for an extremely long
subject line, which my mail program just cuts off at a point
and continues with ....
To find out which subjects were actually addressed, I have
to plow through the whole post, which usually contains a
bunch of topics that don't interest me.

I prefer even a short reply as an individual post. It makes
it a lot easier to read what I'm interested in, and delete
the post with a subject I don't want to follow.

These are my feelings on those two subjects, and like
Gulplum, I don't expect the Admin to change everything to
suit *me* :)

I've been able to enjoy the list for a little over two years
now, mostly as a lurker, with only an occasional post.

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