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Use the "reply with quote" feature. You can always delete the quote before posting, or, as I did year, snip out everything but the part that you are answering.
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However, I do feel the urge to defend "chaff"... It serves a very important role!
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As others have already said, participating here is a lot like the conversations we all have every day of our lives. Some stay more or less on topic, but many wander and go off on tangents. I don't see it as a good thing or a bad thing....it just is.
For my part, if I start a topic, I'm glad for the responses I get whether they're all strictly on point or not. It tells me that I at least had something to say that was worth responding to. Ever start a topic, then watch it slowly sink out of sight with zero responses? Doesn't it feel just a tiny bit embarrassing? |
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I've been around a long time and obviously don't contribute much but I rarely see pizza as an option anymore. The times they are a changin'.....
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There is no way for a new player or new forum poster to KNOW what someone like this thinks is a smart question. They come here to LEARN and get opinions. None of that is stupid. Yes, everyone should use a search engine to see if their question has been asked before, but even then, it may not have been well ANSWERED before, so they try again. It is not stupid to raise your hand in class, again, if the teacher didn't answer your question to your satisfaction. Now, back to Toby's post. I agree with him ! I wish MORE posters would answer their question rather than ignore their requirements and suggestion something that doesn't meet it. I think these three reasons come into play. 1) The person relying doesn't like the guitars the OP is asking about, so they ignore the requirements and tell them what THEY would buy instead. 2) The person replying believes that in the long run, the OP will end up buying something OTHER than the guitars they have questions about and are giving them a short cut to what THEY feel is a better purchase. Both thoughts are opinions and may have nothing to do with the OPs reality. 3) The person replying assumes the OP hasn't thought of one THEY have experience with, so they through it in the ring of choices. The posters that do #1 annoy me the most, because it's the most arrogent and least helpful way to respond. Posters who fall in the #2 and #3 camps are at least trying to be helpful, but are making assumptions about the OPs lack of knowledge or research or what they have been able to play in a store.
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Thanks Toby, for attempting to raise consciousness about the impact of digressive and tangential posts. I don't agree with those who claim that such posts are merely a reflection of "human nature", or that conversation naturally flows this way. So I think your thread has much potential value (though I recognize that some folks don't have enough mental focus or enough concern about their impact on "anonymous" others to consider changing their style of participation).
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I disagree. Pizza is clearly an option, but it is unspoken. Pizza. And donuts. Options.
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LOL ..... So you think people actually read the OPs! LOL
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There's an inherent problem with the premise here. If we complain about the quality of people's responses to threads, and look for a "solution",
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As long as people are well meaning and respectful, which the majority around here is, overwhelmingly so, then we shouldn't be so exacting of the replies they post. None of us is perfect, and our attention span is bound to falter once in a while, especially over the course of 4 or 5 pages of posts. It's not like we're being charged by the hour to read these threads.
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Tell that too my boss.
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I've been here long enough to know the answer is Yamaha, as good as a MARTIN for a fraction of the price.
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Ignorance or lack of concern about what one is putting into the world doesn't require "nerve". And, in this great country of ours, people are even free to be callous, ignorant, and reactive. They are even entitled to be self-defeating, or to undermine their own happiness. I fully understand that, and most of the time, it doesn't bother me when people misuse or fail to appreciate the true value of freedom.
You are free to mock me. . Even though mocking isnt really very nice. Last edited by buddyhu; 06-27-2017 at 07:03 AM. |