> This raises an interesting point. Usually the solution to overposting
> is to ask for fewer posts. But that's unsatisfying because sometimes
> people are engaged enough in real exchange to make quicker posts
> worthwhile.
>
> But one solution would be not to limit the posts but actually to
> mandate a minimum length. If to post, people had to produce a certain
> length of discourse, it would force them to think about a range of
> issues. It would also discourage purely personal flaming and sniping,
> except in the longer, usually more intensive and entertaining form
> which at least has some substance.
Yes, there is no clear, either-or solution. Short, enterteining sniping
with little substance are worth reading. Limiting post to a particular
number is also unrealistic when an intensive exchange is on. But I
do think there's a point when you are overposting; it is not definite
but perhaps over 10 a day, or certainly over 15 is just too much.
