View Poll Results: Is a long post a good post?

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  • Yes. I need to bang on for pages to get my point across

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  1. 13th November 2005, 09:43 PM #1
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    Well?
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  2. 13th November 2005, 09:47 PM #2
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    Depends on what sort of tree the post came from
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  3. 13th November 2005, 09:53 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb
    Well?
    A post should be just as long as it needs to be to get its point across, preferably with a touch of humour or wit added, but no longer.

    My 2c worth

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  4. 13th November 2005, 10:01 PM #4
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    Sometimes.
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  5. 13th November 2005, 10:04 PM #5
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    G'day Craigb,

    Do you want a long answer or the short?
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    N :d
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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  7. 13th November 2005, 10:07 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb
    Well?

    Very well thanks, Craig. A little tired after emceeing a wedding reception last night but otherwise very spruce.

    Back on topic: I have been guilty of long posts and, whilst I always enjoy reading my own golden prose , I tend to skip long ones written by others (we-e-ll, some others, anyway).

    In truth, it depends entirely on how interesting they are. Some short ones are a dead-set waste of cyber-space.

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  8. 13th November 2005, 10:14 PM #8
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    Would it depend on whether your name ended in 2K?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Driver
    Very well thanks, Craig. A little tired after emceeing a wedding reception last night but otherwise very spruce.

    Back on topic: I have been guilty of long posts and, whilst I always enjoy reading my own golden prose , I tend to skip long ones written by others (we-e-ll, some others, anyway).

    In truth, it depends entirely on how interesting they are. Some short ones are a dead-set waste of cyber-space.

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    I always read every word of your posts - no, really

    If (rarely) they aren't enlightening, it's London to a brick that they are amusing.

    Craig

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    Would you be so kind as to fix my typo? Where it says ny I meant my .
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  10. 13th November 2005, 10:25 PM #10
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    A long post is fine as others have said as long as it is ledgible and that it it is well layed out with paragraphs and sentences are no more than about six lines long so that it is easy to read.

    If it is not like that I don't bother reading them.
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  11. 13th November 2005, 10:31 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry_White
    A long post is fine as others have said as long as it is ledgible and that it it is well layed out with paragraphs and sentences are no more than about six lines long so that it is easy to read.

    If it is not like that I don't bother reading them.
    No, me neither.
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  12. 13th November 2005, 10:33 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry_White
    A long post is fine as others have said as long as it is ledgible and that it it is well layed out with paragraphs and sentences are no more than about six lines long so that it is easy to read.

    If it is not like that I don't bother reading them.

    I agree, sometimes it is necessary to make a long post to adequately cover the subject. Then paragraphing is essential.

    Ofcourse if your name ends with 2K I will ignore it, even if it's short.


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    Length doesn't matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb
    PS to ,
    Would you be so kind as to fix my typo? Where it says ny I meant my .
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    short and sweet.
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