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Re: Posting
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:35:12 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> So my question is - where does one draw the line on posts and replies?
> What is actually beneficial vs. just noise ... ? I personally have adopted
> the following philosophy:
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> 1) Post whenever I have a new creation.
> 2) Reply to a newcomer who just posted for the first time.
> 3) Post to answer a question - only if I get to it 1st though :)
> 4) Reply to someone else's creation - only if I can offer specific comments
> about what I liked or what I would like to see in the future.
> 5) I just have more time than usual and devote extra time looking at
> someone else's creation, thereby bringing me back to # 4.
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> Very often, I will just highlight someone's creation as a non-verbal stamp
> of admiration. If I don't reply, it very often means that what I thought
> about the issue has already been said, and I don't want to come across
> as redundant.
Hi,
These are pretty much the same rules I follow when deciding to post, and you
have worded them very well. Perhaps if you want to register your approval
of a MOC and not waste bandwidth, you could add another step:
4.5) email a personal message of positive comments.
it may be a nice way to get to know other AFOLs more personally, too.
cheers!
Joel Kuester
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