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In reply to the discussion: Please use real names at least once in your posts, and provide some context. [View all]orthoclad
(2,910 posts)44. And posts that consist of "Link to tweet"
A lot of us have web hygiene that blocks the linked content, so all we see is the phrase "Link to tweet", and a lot of white space. Is it really that hard to actually tell us something about the post?
It's disturbing. A large fraction of the posts here are completely dependent on the services of a Bond villain.
I really appreciate the folks who take the trouble to quote or otherwise give context to the links (which are blank to many) they post.
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Please use real names at least once in your posts, and provide some context. [View all]
Ms. Toad
Dec 2022
OP
Really. Some very self-centered people think everyone should be as super-cool and clued-in as them
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#2
You'd think after 53 years of Internet & 29 years of the Web, adults would have figured this out. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#6
Sure. Names and contexts is pretty basic stuff. It's about being social-savvy, not computer-savvy
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#12
I DO consider myself to be fairly computer savvy, but that doesn't mean I can read minds! 😆
ShazzieB
Dec 2022
#38
32 years of the web. The 1st website went up on December 20, 1990 (so was in the 1980s for 12 days)
Celerity
Dec 2022
#88
I just call'em on it.. "ok WTF does xyz mean?" Sometimes it works, sometimes .....crickets....nt.
mitch96
Dec 2022
#16
Come on! Everyone knows who Packard, Skank, Rughead, Gutterboy, Minty and Oggie are!
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2022
#45
and please if you are posting something about weather give us a clue where you are
rurallib
Dec 2022
#20
I'm guessing a fair amount of this is not real people posting how they really think.
erronis
Dec 2022
#21
I read a book about the TV show Seinfeld. It tells how a lot of the story lines got written.
spike jones
Dec 2022
#37
Festivus was conceived by author and editor Daniel O'Keefe, the father of television writer Dan
Celerity
Dec 2022
#91
States, as well as cities, would be helpful, too. There are a lot of Springfields...
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2022
#34
Sometimes checking profiles helps if a state is mentioned there. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#70
I can't tell you how many actual news articles never identify the state or even give hints.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2022
#55
That's an argument for posting in the state forums - or adding the state in the subject line
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2022
#57
Yeah, let's be a little specific about place names: "P-ville Judge throws out brutality case!"
NBachers
Dec 2022
#36
That makes at least as much sense as one of the posts which triggered this thread. n/t
Ms. Toad
Dec 2022
#64
Google is a misspelling of a specific very large number. And twitter has a been a word for centuries
mathematic
Dec 2022
#76
Yes. A few seconds writer time saves thousands of seconds reader time in total. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2022
#71
I agree. A little snark or humor is fun, but let's make sure we provide meaningful content and
Martin68
Dec 2022
#77
I have aphasia so it is hard enough for me to understand what is written even when precise.
Dysfunctional
Dec 2022
#105
I have to agree, I have tremors in my hands. It takes me very long to write and even though I proof
debm55
Dec 2022
#107
Ms. Toad, for some of us it does take longer than a few seconds. I know it because it happens
debm55
Dec 2022
#119