[meteorite-list] LONG Posts that give us Arthritis to Scroll though

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:32:18 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CEACD3D8F4EBE3-1F04-E9C4_at_webmail-m006.sysops.aol.com>

Brian wrote:

"How about just a "Fresh email Post" without all the long trailing info
of many old posts. ... short on time, battery life and Increasingly Bad
Vision"

Hi Brian,

I think you have a good point and I've added to the carpal woes. It is
just convenient as mentioned not to have to open other screens and
toggle when trying to understand some of the more intense posts, or to
conveniently catch up on those ignored until the spirt move you to
catch up.

Still, the old practice of quoting what's relevant is sometimes lost
and far more efficient for everyone I think, when possible, so at least
I'll try to keep that in mind when participating in some of the whopper
threads - also because the archives are probably getting near critical
mass and may fragment into an alphabet soup nova.

I don't understand the comment about the scrolling and batteries,
though. At least on my phone, I can skip or delete messages once I am
satisfied I've read as far as I want, without having to go to the end,
I never get to the accumulated meteorite-list tags at the bottom and
it's never a big deal (though I imagine if you get the daily compendium
format it would be a major problem).

Other consciencious gestures could include always putting new content
at the top of the thread. One of my favorite people always puts their
comments at the end and that usually throws me for a loop just as
driving on the opposite sice of the road from convention. The other is
for people that don't reference at all what they are talking about and
there are orphan comments that leave one scratching their head .... and
finally, another meteorite institution from San Diego who I greatly
respect always starts his new threads out with a Re: Subject when he is
replying to no previous Subject, so it cues me to think I'm entering it
in mid thread ... kind of the concept some spammers use by sending you
a thread "Re: invoice" making you think you are already involved in an
email exchange with them if you have dozens to go through...and are
short on time to think.

Kindest wishes
Doug
Received on Sun 29 Jan 2012 02:32:18 PM PST