[HPFGU-Feedback] Posting limit and combined posts

[Jordan Abel]

> SSSusan/Shorty:
> The other point I wanted to briefly mention is that the combined response *will* still
> appear in the thread if the poster hits "reply" from one of those messages s/he is
> including.  IOW, as long as the poster doesn't just go and post with a new subject
> heading or without replying to one of the posts in the thread, the new, combined response
> will appear in the list of those posts which have been in response to a particular subject.

By "breaks threading", I meant the message will not appear in the
proper place in the thread, or, rather, it _can_ not, since there is
no longer a single proper place. That is, it will not appear below the
messages it is in reply to other than the one from which the poster
hits "reply".

> SSSusan/Shorty:
> When I mention combining responses, I'm not speaking of "back-and-forth discussions,"
> where it's pretty much two individuals writing responses to one another.  I'm speaking of
> those situations where a thread is more active, in the sense that there are many
> participants in it.

And combined replies would work nicely if threads were directed
acyclic graphs instead of trees (which would be an interesting concept
for an experimental email or usenet client) - The issue I meant to
bring up, though, is how can one compensate for the posting limit in
the case of what _is_ a back-and-forth discussion, that is, something
in which it's mainly two people debating but on a topic that is still
of interest to the entire list.

> SSSusan/Shorty:
> Bringing them all together into one response can keep responses more cohesive, as well
> as, yes, providing a way for a "prolific poster" to keep him/herself within the posting limit
> (which was recently raised, btw, from 3 to 5).

So how would one keep within the posting limit in a "back and forth"
discussion? Have them off-list and post summaries every so often? How
should one initiate such an exchange? "I challenge you to a
duel^H^H^Hebate"?

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Random832