From: Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 5 March, 2009 12:06:34 PM
Subject: Re: [silk] Gunmen attack Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore
lukhman_khan wrote, [on 3/5/2009 10:15 AM]:
> Why are you quoting in whole a news item from some bbc website here?
> Is it to mean that we are incapable of getting our news ourselves that we
> need be helped like this?
>
> There are no points to be gained by simply posting something/anything.
I agree partially.
Speaking for myself, I sometimes post articles entire for two reasons:
1. To spark discussion among those who read the text, keeping in mind
that some significant number of listmembers will NOT click on the link.
I also perform some value addition of collating the text and stripping
out the ads.
2. Many URLs are not persistent, so I want some place where I can go
back later and still find the text.
3. Often (but not always) I send them along with a line or two of
commentary to place it into context.
Having said that (and putting the admin cap on), I agree that merely
forwarding all the interesting links that come one's way is not a great
way to enhance the SNR ratio on the list.
Udhay
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Thank you.
Impeccable timing, as always.
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