I'm torn. Do I say "fine" and move along, or do I address the things you've said? Oh, what the heck...
Originally posted by murphy4trees
Glen,
As you and most here know, I work at being as tolerant as possible within our little on line arbo community....
I was unaware of that, thanks for telling me.
I pretty much accept people as they are (other than MB's tautline)....
I've read all the posts of yours about nettiquette that I care to...
Perhaps you're mistaking common-sense use of a computer for netiquette? Computers are vastly easier to use properly than are chainsaws. Most everyone here would claim proficiency with a chainsaw but there seems to be a fair number who don't quite "get" some of the finer basic points of the computer, which is the ultimate common element we all share here.
How polite is it to make all of the rest of us read your nit picky posts?
Maybe I do pick a nit once in a while. Most times I just try to do my best to do things right. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing right. From the other direction, if it's not worth doing right, it's not worth doing. I like to try to help others do things right, and I guess that's really what you find offensive. Sorry about that.
I wonder if you ever attempt to blow the dust off something; maybe even polish it when it has a dull surface? Is that picking nits or trying to help make the thing be better than it was and where you are a better place?
At any rate, you may find me annoying, but you'll note I don't pique your interest about something which I've attached, and then make it difficult for you to fetch and see it. Would that be "better" than "nit picking"? Wouldn't it actually be rather more than a nit if I did that? Quite more; and addressing it would not be nit picking.
I just read one where you asked the sender to post the time zone... Do I need to hear that from you? Do the rest of us?... couldn't you just PM the sender and leave the rest of us out...
I guess I could, except that's not what I did. I made no requests of Jim. I <i>did</i> flesh out what he'd said a little, for posterity.
We all don't need to hear your repeated requests and instructions for sizing pics... How much feedback do you need?
How much clue do <i>you</i> need? Being irresponsible with your (the "you" in that is plural) attachments places extra expense on Darin for both storage and bandwidth and places hardship on those who cannot have broadband connections yet would like to view them. Being irresponsible entails both grotesquely large (either way) images and/or duplicating them in other threads/posts instead of linking to the first instance. That's not netiquette, it's consideration of others. And I must repeat the requests/instructions <i>because</i> I'm polite and wish to be helpful to the entire community.
Right now I think I'll try something new... that ignore function rocky mentioned... be a shame though to miss something valuable... if you ever did get around to sharing something valuable
That would ultimately depend on what you might classify as valuable. I guess this brings me now to the "fine by me". Maybe you'll see this some time in the future, or sooner if someone you're not ignoring quotes it. I don't expect you to discuss it further; that's not your style.
Glen
