Harmonicat
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This is something I've been noticing on these forums every now and then, and I just felt like taking a minute to point it out real quick.
When it comes to these forums, there's 3 kinds of posters.
1: People who are brand new, usually only make like 4 or 5 posts, and then are off the forums.
2: Casual posters who tend to post a lot on things like forum games and don't always construct opinions that well.
3: "Experienced" posters who post big long posts that are well constructed.
The reason I quoted "experienced" was because sometimes you see people who make long, giant posts when they really don't need to be. The way they see it sometimes, the longer the better. This isn't always true.
All I'm saying is, longer posts can be nice because they cover everything, but sometimes they go beyond what they need to and they just get boring or repetitive. If you're making a long post, just use my chemistry teacher's logic on science papers. "It's like dresses: have it short enough to keep it interesting, long enough to cover the subject."
If you have a solid idea that you want to express, try and condense. You'll get more people to read it (I read any post if it's in some kind of debate, but more than often you'll see a tl;dr)
When it comes to these forums, there's 3 kinds of posters.
1: People who are brand new, usually only make like 4 or 5 posts, and then are off the forums.
2: Casual posters who tend to post a lot on things like forum games and don't always construct opinions that well.
3: "Experienced" posters who post big long posts that are well constructed.
The reason I quoted "experienced" was because sometimes you see people who make long, giant posts when they really don't need to be. The way they see it sometimes, the longer the better. This isn't always true.
All I'm saying is, longer posts can be nice because they cover everything, but sometimes they go beyond what they need to and they just get boring or repetitive. If you're making a long post, just use my chemistry teacher's logic on science papers. "It's like dresses: have it short enough to keep it interesting, long enough to cover the subject."
If you have a solid idea that you want to express, try and condense. You'll get more people to read it (I read any post if it's in some kind of debate, but more than often you'll see a tl;dr)
