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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:33:02 -0600 |
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Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 05:31 Fri 21 Dec , Matt Turner wrote: |
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> > My point is that you consistently write long essays that I, and |
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> > apparently most others, don't bother to read. I'm not sure if |
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> > you're aware of this. |
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> > Someone said on IRC this morning in response to this thread |
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> > > the tragic thing is that guy would be able to make valuable |
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> > > contributions if it weren't for the excessive length of his mails |
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> > So, your emails are way too long. A huge percentage of recipients |
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> > don't bother to read them. I don't know whether you just enjoy |
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> > writing (you must!) or if you hope to actually be heard, but as it |
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> > stands now you're not being heard by most. |
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> Just coming back from Christmas vacation, but ... |
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Now if we could also get everyone to post the relevant bits of the message they |
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are replying to, instead of the entire thing. [1] |
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Regards, |
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jer |
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[1] I quoted the whole thing since in this context, it actually mattered. [2] |
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[2] And nobody argue now that it's useful in case you missed/deleted the |
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original message - that's what archives are for. |
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