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shakran · 02-22-2007, 10:37 AM

I'm sure, Abaya, that none of us here, especially me, wants you to shut up

But I will say that I think a line by line dissection actually can be a sign of respect. If you make 10 points, and I only attack you on one, then that indicates I'm ignoring 90% of what you said. You're not just writing that stuff to see yourself type - you want it to be read.

But if I don't agree with that 90%, just saying "Everything Abaya just said is crap" isn't exactly the way to go about it either. So I take it line by line, explaining why I think you're incorrect in your conclusions.

True, that can lead to very long posts, but that's just a feature of the medium.

Realistically I think it's good that we write long posts and put the thought required into our posts to dissect other posts line by line. Our society these days is entirely too soundbyte driven. I'm told almost daily that if someone I interview is on camera for more than 7 seconds, the audience stops listening. 7 seconds! How are you supposed to get ideas across like that? That's why I routinely ignore this sage advice and let 'em talk, sometimes for a minute or more. And I get away with it because viewers write in and compliment us on those stories.

My point is, long posts are great! It's time we reverse the trend toward micro-attention spans. If you want to dissect my post line by line, that's excellent. I'd love to see more of that, to be honest.

02-22-2007, 10:37 AM	#128 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I'm sure, Abaya, that none of us here, especially me, wants you to shut up But I will say that I think a line by line dissection actually can be a sign of respect. If you make 10 points, and I only attack you on one, then that indicates I'm ignoring 90% of what you said. You're not just writing that stuff to see yourself type - you want it to be read. But if I don't agree with that 90%, just saying "Everything Abaya just said is crap" isn't exactly the way to go about it either. So I take it line by line, explaining why I think you're incorrect in your conclusions. True, that can lead to very long posts, but that's just a feature of the medium. Realistically I think it's good that we write long posts and put the thought required into our posts to dissect other posts line by line. Our society these days is entirely too soundbyte driven. I'm told almost daily that if someone I interview is on camera for more than 7 seconds, the audience stops listening. 7 seconds! How are you supposed to get ideas across like that? That's why I routinely ignore this sage advice and let 'em talk, sometimes for a minute or more. And I get away with it because viewers write in and compliment us on those stories. My point is, long posts are great! It's time we reverse the trend toward micro-attention spans. If you want to dissect my post line by line, that's excellent. I'd love to see more of that, to be honest.