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totoneila on February 21, 2006 - 10:52pm

No problem here condensing my post, but since I am a relative newbie--what are the tech or storage limitations of a single post so hopefully I won't oversize again. I thought the posting software editor would autosize limit a post-- clue me in please.

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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Leanan on February 21, 2006 - 11:00pm

I think it's more a matter of netiquette than physical limitations. If you have that much to say, you should probably have a blog of your own. Feel free to link to it, of course, but don't post the whole thing. It's not fair to hijack someone else's blog just because they have more visitors than you do. And it's not fair to the other commenters. Kind of like monopolizing the conversation.

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Prof. Goose on February 21, 2006 - 11:36pm

especially with the first comment of a new thread. just be more economical in the beginning until the post has some age on it, so you let other voices in and they don't get monopolized out. You actually made some good points in there, so keep it up...

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totoneila on February 21, 2006 - 11:44pm

Prof Goose,

What is good for the Goose, is good for the gander-- I promise to try my best to be concise.

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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DIYer on February 22, 2006 - 9:23am

Those of us with Attention Deficit ... thank you :)

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totoneila on February 21, 2006 - 11:39pm

Thxs, Leanan,

Good advice, but my posting was building on the topic heading, I was not purposely monopolizing or hijacking the conversation. I am a very fast reader [damn slow typist-LOL] and can scroll very quickly thru long texts, just hitting the highlights if required -- other members, I am sure, do the same. Since I was first to respond to this thread: I thought I had the luxury of going into greater detail and length as military geo-strategies can be difficult to condense, yet still retain coherency.

Still looking for size specs to prevent this from happening again, I am not wanting to make the busy website masters to have to police for silly things like posting length when I am capable of doing this myself. Thxs for responding.

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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Leanan on February 21, 2006 - 11:44pm

I am a very fast reader [damn slow typist-LOL] and can scroll very quickly thru long texts, just hitting the highlights if required -- other members, I am sure, do the same.

I suspect a lot of people wouldn't bother. They see that huge block of text, and surf elsewhere.

I tend toward verbosity myself, so I know where you're coming from. But I think you'll find more people wiil read your posts and respond to them if they are shorter.

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