[ppml] Proposed Policy: IPv6 HD ratio/ Really public involvment

[Jeff Williams]

Chip and all,

  I am amazed that such a trivial thing would even be mentioned
on this forum.  If you have a problem with following a thread
Chip, take a class on Forum list comprehension...

Chip Mefford wrote:

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> Glenn Wiltse wrote:
> |   Oh, come on... please don't get started on a debate of top or bottom
> | posting... or posting in between for that matter. It's trivial attacks
> | of this nature that detur some more timid folks from posting.
> |
> | Glenn Wiltse
>
> Glenn,
>
> It was neither an attack, nor trivial. It was a declarative
> statement. Such things make threads difficult to follow, and discourge
> interjection.
>
> It is difficult to avoid being misconstrued if context
> is not kept.
>
> This is a pretty intimidating list as it is. There was
> a statement made that implied that things might move
> along better if there were more input. I made my
> observation.
>
> It seems pretty clear to me, that /right here/ is a good
> enough example of me at least, wanting back into lurk
> mode most desperately.
>
> I know this is true for me, I can fairly intuit it
> is for others also.
>
> This is a high traffic list, I have a day job. I try to read
> as much of this list as I can, some threads might go on
> for a week or so before I even begin on them.
> I'm sure I am not alone.
> - --
>
> |
> | On Fri, 13 May 2005, Chip Mefford wrote:
> |
> |
> | Azinger, Marla wrote:
> | |>From my experience I have found there are a large number of people
> | within the Internet Community that read about 75% of these postings.
> | They also form an opinion.  However, they refrain from commenting.  Why?
> |   I have been told by many..."because you already said what I was
> | thinking" or "because I dont like speaking or commenting in public forum
> | so I just wait until someone else says what I'm thinking."
> |
> |
> | There are also those of us who might interject something, but since the
> | format is a top-posted, jeaporday style thread, it's difficult
> | to contribute without being misconstrued.
> |
> | Please don't top post.
>
> !DSPAM:4284cc0e2341125504042!
>
> | Just so your clear on my posistion, I'll post on both top and bottom.
>
> |   Oh, come on... please don't get started on a debate of top or bottom
> | posting... or posting in between for that matter. It's trivial attacks
> | of this nature that detur some more timid folks from posting.
>
> | Glenn Wiltse
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