"In any case, they're all pretty easily fixed. Snip your quotes; use short lines, even if it means you can't use word wrap; set your email program to single-space; and adjust your right margin."
I only see the Web version Judy. Is there anything I should know about how it appears on email that is different, or does it look the same as what I see on the Web? --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > Again, the "top three" account for a third > > of all posts. And again, they'll take no > > notice of this. So far in November, they > > account for 47% of all posts made. > > "So far in November" represents a grand total > of a day and a half. > > Couple of points here. > > First, this is obviously atypical; it's a function > of the fact that a hot political topic came up, and > all three of us have a particular interest in > politics. > > Second, when several people who have an interest > in a topic happen to be reading and replying to > posts at the same time, you have a situation in > which the conversations on that topic are taking > place almost in real time, as in a chat room, so > there are many more posts than usual from these > participants over a relatively short span. > > And finally, an unrelated point: Barry has been > reminded several times now that many if not most > of our posts are *short*. If there were a way to > count the number of words each poster contributes, > our totals would likely be a whole lot closer to > Barry's. > > Actually it isn't entirely unrelated. Barry is > fixated on number of posts as a percentage of > the total, but that's a rather artificial way > of evaluating a poster's output and the quality > of their contribution to the forum. > > And one more thing: If I were a newbie casing the > joint, I would be more quickly discouraged by > the lazy way many posts here are formatted; > sloppy formatting makes it very hard for a newbie > to get a good picture of what's going on. And > it's not just newbies; I suspect there's a > certain level of frustration for regular posters > as well. > > Excessive quoting is a big problem. It's a pain > in the neck to have to scroll down endlessly to > find a single original line at the bottom of a post. > Long line lengths that force the last word or two > down to a new, very short line make posts very > difficult to read, especially as they get quoted. > And a couple of posters--Vaj for one--use email > programs that for some reason *double-space* what > is being quoted. A prolonged exchange becomes > almost totally unreadable when these three > problems are combined. > > And then several posters' messages somehow manage > to move the right margin out beyond the message > window (this has been the case with Peter's posts > recently), making it necessary to scroll every > line horizontally, in addition to vertically. > > Some of these problems may cause more trouble > on this rotten Yahoo Web interface, but if it's > newbies we're so worried about, they're likely > to be sampling the forum on the Web page before > they decide to subscribe. > > In any case, they're all pretty easily fixed. > Snip your quotes; use short lines, even if it > means you can't use word wrap; set your email > program to single-space; and adjust your right > margin. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
