I can nod (in part) agreement to many of your points. However,another angle on all of this is that the 5-rule has squashed creative and insightful back and forth discussion -- along with the positive trend of reducing mind-numbing bickering. Both cases are where there is "reaction to someone else's post".
The problem is that we have a universal rule that is addressed to solve a posting "abuse" regularly exhibited by just a few people. While "new rules" are tedious, a suggestion is to increase posts to 10 a day -- or maybe 50 a week (I know, hard to count that far back) -- and turn off posting rights for 3-4 days for those that exhibit chronic bickering syndroime (cBS). cBSers would be identified if 5 people write in offline notes, not posts, to a designated moderator that so and so is cBSing. While this is a simple plan, I realize it may be to complicated for mass appeal. Its a thought to ponder. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There has been some bitching about -- and flaunting > of -- the five-post-per-day rule here at Fairfield Life > lately. Not to come off as a TB or anything :-), I'm > gonna have to stand up as a Defender Of The Faith. > > I *like* the five-post rule. It's like playing a raga, > or writing a haiku. The rules or guidelines or structure > within which one writes does *not* have to be perceived > as a barrier to creative expression. ...
