Thank you, Chris.
My thinking stems from doing topic maps for most of the last decade;
one topic per page, that sort of thing. The point I'd like to make is
that it becomes much easier to tag messages with specific subjects,
keep those subjects well organized. The same goes for "nodes in a
conversation". An ideal situation would be to think in terms of a trim
ontology of node types and simple axioms that dictate how those nodes
are used: questions, answers, and pro or con arguments with
explanations (justifications). (01)
Jack (02)
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Christopher Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Jack Park wrote:
<snip>
> I think the mashups we've been seeing, esp. from John Sowa, are an attempt to
>adhere to the (also arbitrary) one post per day rule. I appreciated John's
>effort but I myself, like you it appears, would prefer multiple posts on
>different topics than a lengthy mashup, since it is too much effort to sift
>through the mashup if you're only interested in one topic.
>
> <soapbox>
> One practice that is to my mind inexcusable on a mailing list (which you also
>nicely illustrated to make the point) is to top-post in response to a point or
>two in a message and then leave the entire message (often complete with
>earlier top-posted replies of its own) containing those points hanging
>unedited at the bottom of one's own contribution. It is frankly rude to force
>one's readers to look through all of that cruft to figure out for themselves
>what one is responding to -- not to mention the fact that it is simply not in
>one's interest to do so, as top-posting can easily lead to errors of
>interpretation. It takes very little effort to edit out the irrelevant parts
>of a message and interleave one's comments into the relevant bits that remain
>so that one's post actually takes the form of a coherent conversation.
> </soapbox>
>
> -chris
>
>
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