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Re: Is lugnet.castle the place for stories?
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:58:41 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Kyle Peterson writes:
[snip a lot of content, that I mostly agree with]
> Let me address the issue of flooding:
> Of course this applies to everybody, but has been evident in several "story"
> posts. When replying to a gaggle of comments regarding your post, it would
> be considered common courteousy to reply to as many comments as possible in
> *one* post. For example, if 8 people reply to your post, please refrain from
> posting another 8 replies. Use one or two posts, or e-mail.
is that actually better? it will break the threading for anyone trying to
read the group... this post I'm replying to, for instance, was a reply to 4
other posts, right? If I wasn't reading the group, I would have no idea
what you were talking about, and since I have no way of going up the thread
to read the original posts, I'd be lost.
I think the guideline should be to post a reply if your post will actually
interest other people (unlike me too posts, for instance)... reply by email
otherwise...
but that's just IMO :)
Dan
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| I'm not anti-story by any means. And quelching creativity is the last thing I'd ever want to do! From casual observation it appeared that the growing amount of stories might warrant a new group. For example, the growing amount of MECHA in (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.castle)
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