Re: Re: HELP! notes/tips on posting to this list-a response

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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:23:33 -0000

" kristenchavez " <kristenchavez@...> wrote:

>--- In , slethnobotanist@y...

>wrote:

>

>> I have a ton of posts from this list that I have yet to read, but as I

>> am perusing them I have noticed a few things that makes

>reading them

>> much more difficult. So below I have listed some suggestions

>that might

>> make handling the volume on this list much easier.

>

>------------, I had several different semi-neurotic reactions

>to your post on posting:

LOL!!

>

>1. " Oh no, I hope since my posting was only a few before this

>one that I wasn't the main inspiration for this criticism! " This

>response is based on my own overactive people-pleasing guilt

>complex! Any perceived scolding brings out this in me. Of

>course I checked my post to see which of your tenets I violated...

>a few, but to my relief I didn't think it was THAT bad.

Okay but I deliberately chose not to include any relevant examples, so

as not to pick on anyone personally. But I'm glad you were conscientious

enough to check your own posts.

>

>2. Relief and gratitude that I was finally being told what was

>expected of me. As a group newbie, I try to emulate others and

>not be a nuisance, but when you aren't sure what is irritating and

>what is not, this can create a low-level anxiety. ( " What if no one

>likes me? " " Am I doing this all wrong? " ) Your suggestions all

>seem like obvious common sense things, but when you're new

>you don't always notice things that might be glaring to the

>experienced.

<snip>

after reading your post, I agree with every

>suggestion you made. I think whenever a new person joins the

>group, a list of these suggestions should automatically be sent

>to them.

That is a very good idea

>

>3. Fresh anxiety when I realized I didn't understand what

>wrapping your text means. " Oh no! What if I'm doing something

>annoying and don't even know I'm doing it? " Are you referring to

>when the writing travels off the page to right in a long horizontal

>line instead of being contained in the parameters of the page?

>I've noticed a message or two like that in the past. My posts don't

>do that, so what are those people doing wrong? And how

>should they prevent that?

Yes that is exactly what I am referring too. At the bottom of the page

on the website you are given the option to check a box asking

should all text be wrapped. An emphatic yes! LOL!!

>

>4. Determination to follow the guidelines. I hope I'm doing so...

>check out my last post! Notice I slightly altered the subject

>heading on this post by adding " a response " ... (though obviously

>it's a response... so what I added is tautologous, redundant and

>makes me look like every kind of idiot... and saying both

>tautologous and redundant IS tautologous and redundant... and

>did I spell tautologous correctly? I don't want people on this list

>to think I'm stupid...)

Hey you agreed with my post, you *must* be smart <weg>