PTM:Fair enough. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: June 12, 2004 00:25 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
> Lance, you may have missed my point...it is not to reduce each individual > post by 75%, but the suggestion was for Izzy, and some others who post over > about 5 posts a day, to reduce the number of individual posts PER DAY by > 75%. Some have a tendency to treat TT like a chat room, quickly firing > one-liners back and forth, many of which do not pertain to a discussion, and > some of which are nonsensical or intended to be "cute" comments. If this > kind of exchange is desired, then perhaps the involved parties should go to > a chat room or email each other privately. TT's purpose is not to support > this type of "chatty" activity, but to provide a forum for discussions. Have > you ever read the guidelines for TT: http://innglory.org/discussions.htm ? > > The idea on TT is, when a discussion topic is posted, to take some time, > give the issue some thought, collect some references (links are ojkay i this > context), then post a response with some pertinent dialog that addresses a > point in the discussion, or refutes a point, or adds to the discussion. And, > it is best to address all of the points one intends to address in a single > post. Some TT'rs like to respond to each point of a discussion in a separate > email. This creates a lot more traffic than necessary and makes it almost > impossible to follow a thread or discussion. I am just asking those on TT to > try to cut down on posts that are not directly addressing points in a > current discussion or starting a new discussion topic. > > These are guidelines and suggestions for making TT an easy and > informative forum to use, and for staying on course for TT's intended > purpose. And, I am only suggesting that posters use common sense when > posting and not tie up bandwidth with more posts than necessary, personal > anecdotes, uncommented links to web pages, and chatty type posts. > > Perry the Moderate > > >From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator > >Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:17:56 -0400 > > > >PTM:By 75%??What's the deal with that?? PS:I deleted four more paragraphs > >or, this post would have been much longer. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: June 11, 2004 09:05 > >Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator > > > > > > > Izzy, > > > > > > David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and > >he > > > is careful to remove the "FW" from the header and give some attribution, > > > like "From my cousin Buford in Idaho..." or some such. It was not those > >that > > > I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by > >posting > > > a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to > >be > > > out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding > >a > > > kitten up in front of the group and saying, "Perry, if you want to kill > >this > > > cute little kitten, go ahead." I didn't respond to him because if he > >wants > > > to play the martyr game it's fine with me. > > > > > > But, common sense should rule all posts, Izzy. If you really can't > >resist > > > posting the latest web page you ran across without any comments about > >why > > > you posted it or what you found interesting in it, or you want to post a > > > story about your relatives, or a relevant one-liner like "Dogs never > >could > > > handle the cats" (or whatever it was), then go for it. I will censor > >only > > > two things, ad-hominem attacks and profanity. And, if you are really > > > concerned about being brief, try cutting your daily posts by about 75%. > > > > > > Perry > > > > > > >From: "ShieldsFamily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Just trying to be brief! And I don't want DaveH to stop sending his > > > >cuties--do you want that? Izzy > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > >know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > >http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > >friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > > >---------- > >"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > >know how you ought to answer every man." 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