Re: jstevh@msn.com, starting threads but never replying? 8-D

jstevh_at_msn.com
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: 19 Feb 2005 06:20:29 -0800

Dave Turner wrote:
> James Harris (jstevh@msn.com),
> As a casual observer, one thing seems a bit strange ... you start a
lot of
> threads (and i do mean a lot!), but you dont seem to make any replies
to
> anyones posts? I don't know what to make of that, but it does seem a
bit
> strange! (just look at all the threads youve recently started, not a
single
> reply from you despite a lot of replies from everyone else)

That's part of the problem--LOTS of replies from other people.

There are people who have obsessively tracked my posts for years,
replying and replying and replying, and they clog up threads I create,
but notice, not all threads I create.

My analysis is that the clearer a thread is, in terms of presenting
facts and arguments that support me, the more likely certain posters
will reply a lot in that thread, basically to keep there from being
serious discussion in my work.

They work to break up any serious discussions.

But beyond that I create threads as I get ideas that I think are
interesting, that I want to talk out, which I don't feel I covered in a
previous thread, or can cover in a previous thread, which is part of
the brainstorming process.

And sometimes I create threads just to rant. Often I don't reply again
in those threads.

It's Usenet. People post on Usenet, and do so in many different ways.

I have my way, which works for me. Others can go their own way.

It's one of the wonders of the medium.

James Harris

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