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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:19:47 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> Jer - can you comment on how these changes are getting made? Is this |
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> some kind of script, or are you manually making these changes? |
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It's a thing called "editing" and it is still usually done by humans |
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(with a broad exception for modern day newspapers/sites). I don't see |
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how a script would help make summaries more legible. |
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> Either way, could you consider adjusting your practice so that if the |
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> only change is to add a period or other trivial modification that you |
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> avoid it for the moment? |
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I consider that every single time. It's part of the editing thing. |
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> Just trying to get beyond the complaining and find ways to actually |
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> improve things... |
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Maybe people should simply stop *complaining* and attempt to communicate |
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properly and filter signal/noise themselves. When you deem a message to |
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be free of content, then just dismiss it. Don't whine about it. |
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