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Brevity (part 2) 9 months ago

While brevity is a strength of this blog, it is also unfortunately a weakness where the question form is concerned.
I made the last question I asked on a particular goal a little too short, so many who answered did not fully understand my intentions.

I am concerned, however, that part of this is because many readers skim through this site pretty quickly.

Feb 08, 07:55AM PST | 1 cheer

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jaklumen

No.

I seem to get this a lot in general irl anyways.

My point was not “oh no, the question didn’t link to my entry”, my point was “gee, the question box was so teeny tiny that I didn’t feel I had a lot of room to be specific”.

You just finely illustrated the other nuances of my post where readers miss the subtleties I failed to make blunt because they are reading rather quickly to begin with.

Or maybe again, it’s what people tell me—that I am inclined to begin in the middle of a thought, even the middle of a sentence, and work out to the ends :P

Feb 08, 11:23PM PST | Respond to this

TajLV is bracing for some hard times ahead

Yes, the question box

looks small, but you can write up to 250 characters (including spaces).

Even when I subscribe to a person, I still miss a lot of his/her posts. They may be buried in a thread or lost amid an avalanche of communication. I don’t think it’s a fault of the system. Those who sincerely want to help or be helped get a lot out of the question function, whether it’s compassion during hard times, suggestions on ways to quit a bad habit. Namaste. :)

Feb 09, 04:46PM PST | Respond to this

Comments:

No.

Yes, the question box

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