The reason i did this poll is that i'm on a few other Forums: air guns, cigars, whiskey, golf, stereo/audio. Rarely if ever does any post on those forums go more than 6-7 sentences. The reallly long ones, to me anyway, are bad enough but the ones with zero punctuation are even worse. At the moment its about 50/50 which is about what i expected. Replies so far have been great btw.
Longgggg posts..................
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I like to learn from other's experience. I don't mind reading a long post if it is coherent and I am interested in the topic. There are some posts, and posters that I have learned to skip as soon as I see their Avatar.
As far as new or seasoned members, doesn't matter. Same rules apply to me.
As for locking threads soon after answer; some of the best learning for me here has been after several pages. If the topic is of interest, I read to see what I can learn.
Is that short enough GZ? I'm trying to do better LOL
As far as new or seasoned members, doesn't matter. Same rules apply to me.
As for locking threads soon after answer; some of the best learning for me here has been after several pages. If the topic is of interest, I read to see what I can learn.
Is that short enough GZ? I'm trying to do better LOL
No clue actually. Did you vote yes or no? Your answer is pretty vague.
Like Mark Twain said:”if I had more time I’d have written a shorter letter.”I type pretty quickly on a computer keyboard (I HATE those confounded keyboards on my phone), so I can get quite a few words down in a very short period of time. When I was working, I'd write an email, then go back and edit it. I'd remove irrelevant statements, get rid of flowery, conversational language, and bare it down to its purest form. Usually, it would end up 1/2 to 1/3 shorter than as I originally typed it. Only then would I send it.
Case, in point, let me try it on the longish paragraph I wrote above. Here's my edited version:
I edit for brevity.
Brother i'm 62 and still have a flip-phone. I post from a home computer. No ADHD here.I read em. I guess those cell phones have really zapped you young un's attention span. This comes from a 42 year old with adhd.
I guess maybe I should play more 1P if most don't have enough attention span to read for 30 seconds.
If the thread title interests me, I'll usually read at least the first few sentences of even the longest post. If I find it's poorly written or poorly reasoned, I might stop reading it before reaching the end, but most of the time, I'll read the whole post as long as it is relevant to the thread.
Of course, who wrote the post is also a consideration. There are many posters whose content I'll always read. Actually, one of them started this thread.
I voted no.
Of course, who wrote the post is also a consideration. There are many posters whose content I'll always read. Actually, one of them started this thread.
I voted no.
It's been a long time since I cared about fine audio. Any sites to recommend?
If we are talking about audio gear, here is one that uses objective measurements to compare what is good.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?reviews/
Yeah this is good. Reviews and comparisons of affordable gear and the odd "latest thing" is what I'm craving. Thanks.
I agree with you…I’ve been thinking of resurrecting those.…..a few people complained because they didn’t realize it was fictional…
…and entertaining.
…to me, long posts are for readers…skimmers can look elsewhere.….
Doesn‘t mean I don’t give up on some long posts…some can’t write well enough…and some are just haranguing.
Elmore Leonard said he always went back over his finished manuscripts and deleted much.I type pretty quickly on a computer keyboard (I HATE those confounded keyboards on my phone), so I can get quite a few words down in a very short period of time. When I was working, I'd write an email, then go back and edit it. I'd remove irrelevant statements, get rid of flowery, conversational language, and bare it down to its purest form. Usually, it would end up 1/2 to 1/3 shorter than as I originally typed it. Only then would I send it.
Case, in point, let me try it on the longish paragraph I wrote above. Here's my edited version:
I edit for brevity.
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Oooh, we can start a whole separate conversation in NPR about audio snobs. Example: people who claim tgey can hear a a difference with new interconnects or speaker cable after a break-in period.
As a survivor of the Aiming Sub-forum, I have developed a coping system for long winded posts. I generally employ a speed reading technique wherein I only read the first two sentences of a paragraph. From those two sentences you can generally determine if the rest of the body will contain any merit.
The metal crystals have to align properly. This is best done by going through the entire Mozart repertoire in chronological order a minimum of 5 times.
They got measurements of bunch of that stuff, 5000k for cable and so on.
Yeah, no better than the cheap ones.Come on, get with the program. You can't measure the audio warmth of specialty cables... Audiophiles could teach the aiming forum nut jobs the right way to drink their own koolaid.They got measurements of bunch of that stuff, 5000k for cable and so on.