On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:33:02 -0600
Donnie Berkholz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05:31 Fri 21 Dec , Matt Turner wrote:
> > My point is that you consistently write long essays that I, and
> > apparently most others, don't bother to read. I'm not sure if
> > you're aware of this.
> >
> > Someone said on IRC this morning in response to this thread
> >
> > > the tragic thing is that guy would be able to make valuable
> > > contributions if it weren't for the excessive length of his mails
> >
> > So, your emails are way too long. A huge percentage of recipients
> > don't bother to read them. I don't know whether you just enjoy
> > writing (you must!) or if you hope to actually be heard, but as it
> > stands now you're not being heard by most.
>
> Just coming back from Christmas vacation, but ...
Now if we could also get everyone to post the relevant bits of the message they
are replying to, instead of the entire thing. [1]
Regards,
jer
[1] I quoted the whole thing since in this context, it actually mattered. [2]
[2] And nobody argue now that it's useful in case you missed/deleted the
original message - that's what archives are for.
