On 28.11.12 12:16, Derek Martin wrote: > All methods of judgement are rigid, by their very nature. It is only the > human element which allows them to be flexible (for example, I knew > what you meant when you typed "rigit"). Humans have differing > levels of tolerance; but regardless of the level, when they are > finally surpassed, violent eruptions (verbal or physical, or both) > will occur.
It can be worse than just evidencing irritation at inconsiderately formatted posts, fullquoting, top posting, lack of proper sentence structure, html, or other failure to show consideration to the very readers who are (most often) expected to offer solutions to the poorly presented problem statement. Some readers just delete an offending post as soon as it registers as laborious to unravel. It seems a pity to miss out on assistance just because one's post too egregiously reeks of lack of respect for the reader. Exerting all possible effort to not waste the reader's time helps to win replies, and conserves the more valuable time of those with answers. Everyone benefits. Reader respect is one currency in which an appellant for help pays the better informed list members who give their time and intellect to solve a problem which isn't theirs. The practice has worked well so far for so many, but it's not so rigid that newcomers can't try their luck, I think. Allowance for non-native English authors is good, in my experience, on a variety of technical lists. Erik -- Most OpenBSD mailing lists strip messages of MIME content before sending them out to the rest of the list. If you don't use plain text your messages will be reformatted or, if they cannot be reformatted, summarily rejected. - http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html
