[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: More About TBAY

[Kathryn Cawte]

Katie

If you like to do TBAY, good for you. You should not just assume that if
somebody does not like what you like, that they have something wrong with
them, or
that they lack a sense of humor. That just really offended me, and i don't
really no why. And I already said that I support TBAY, and that it should
not
have to be removed off the list. It was just the way I felt about you
thinking
that I, and others,are not whimsical enough to understand and appeciate
TBAY.

K

I have to agree with Katie. I know Sandy (uh was it Sandy? if not sorry,
I've lost track) said 'some people' when she made the comment but it really
did sound like she felt that there's something wrong with those of us who
aren't keen on TBAY (I waver on the subject I have to admit. In theory I
like it, but in practice I usually delete all the messages and find them a
total waste of space). I also disagree with whoever it was who said that
TBAY posts are harder to write than normal list posts - I think that rather
depends on the post. S/He was comparing them to fiction or rp, well I do
both and yet I still find that certain posts to the list (not all of them by
any means, sometimes I dash list posts off without having to put much
thought in at all if it's something I feel I know a lot about) take me a lot
more time and effort to write than the equivalent length of fiction or rp
would take me, especially if I'm arguing with someone who is putting their
point intelligently and persuasively. I dislike the suggestion that TBAY
posts are somehow automatically 'better' than non-TBAY posts. I agree there
are some very skilled writers in TBAY - but I don't find their non-TBAY
posts to be of a lesser quality than the posts I've read of theirs in the
TBAY style. I think how 'difficult' a post is to write and how 'good' it is
are dependent on the topic and the author and are completely irrelevent to
the discussion of TBAY. After all it's the style most people are discussing
not the quality.

K