Comments on: moderation

By: little gator

little gator — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:05:17 +0000

Thanks another. BUt I was responding to barbara uk”s question there. Can we get more confused?

By: another anonymous

another anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:13 +0000

sorry, l.g., wasn’t referring to you or your post. was referring to the one previous.

By: little gator

little gator — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:54:56 +0000

I blog a lot because I have health problems which keep me from having a job, or even driving.

I do have a life, a lover, and fun. BUt not children, luckily for them.

By: barbara uk

barbara uk — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:17:53 +0000

alison, i think the response to your comments proves your point.
also, do people here not have jobs/lives/children/lovers/fun? i only ask cos some of you spend an awful lot of time blogging.
sorry if i offend or fail to understand – i am aware that british culture and customs may differ from american.

By: Suzanonymous

Suzanonymous — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:14:46 +0000

Just wanted to say I am not Suz, just not reading much or posting much lately. No slight against Suz, just saying we are different people.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:09:23 +0000

K., I always thought it was Mark Twain who said “I’m sorry that this letter is so long, but I have not had time to make it shorter,” but I just did a little research and found out that it was actually Blaise Pascal: he said, “Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parceque je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.” Which is more or less the same thing.

By: little gator

little gator — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:56:04 +0000

another anonymous-a mirror won’t help me figure out which group someone thinks I’m being stereotypical of.

By: mysticriver

mysticriver — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:56:43 +0000

It’s creepy when people start their messages with ‘Alison-’.

Why? It’s her blog.

By: Riotllama

Riotllama — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:17:10 +0000

I’ve been really busy lately, so I’m getting in on this conversation way late. I am intimidated by the articulate intelligence of posters on this blog. I feel like whatever i might say will sound stupid in comparison. but as someone earlier stated, I own that; thats my own shit to get over. I love this blog for the fact that the posts ARE so articulate and intelligent. I do manage to post anyway, but I’m naturally a very outgoing person (with major social anxiety, what a mix!) so maybe thats not saying much.
Here’s a suggestion if anyone is still reading this now that there’s 2 newer posts.
On a forum I read, there is whats called a spoiler box, in which you can put comments that people can choose to read or just pass over. What if people voluntarily put their longer posts in a spoiler box, or if there was a 300 character limit on posts with the option of putting more words in a spoiler box. You could write a long post and then leave a synopsis that others could read a decide if they were up for the whole dissertation. I have no idea what the code for something like that would be, but i bet someone here does.

By: K.

K. — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:43:08 +0000

Who said, “I’m sorry this is so long, I had no time to make it short”?

Seems to me that it takes more skill and thought and consideration to make your point–especially if a complex one–consise. Also, taking time to think about how to make something short may save you from the embarrassment of having fired off an insensed and inflammatory rant when something gentler and more to the point serves everyone better.

I’m all for keeping it short.

And it’s true–once those posts get epic, I don’t read ‘em either.