Shambles: Speaking as an average poster, I have to say I really appreciate posts staying on topic. If you have something to say put it under a heading that will help filter\create your audience. I chose a subject I'm interested in and read the whole thread from the biginning before I comment. The threads can get very long and the last thing I want to see is complaints half way through when my enthusiasm is flagging. A subthread, a joke etc. are not going to kill me but the best posts are on topic. When I write something in a thread I try and remember that the post is firstly for the readers and not for myself. If you have not found an audience in the thread that first held your post it is cheap to simply copy it to another. In my view you should either: 1. Realize that people may not be interested in that point. This happens to everybody - not every post piques peoples' interest. Make a mental note of well received posts to remember when writing your own. Dont repost. 2. Do the work to reinterpret what you want to say and rewrite it to make it pertinent to a new thread. If it is pertinent it will be appreciated. If it feels like spam in the new thread it is sure to be ignored. Realize that everyone who posts here has a level of gratitude to Joe & all the mudcatters for the environment they create and the work they do. It's not perfect but its the best dam free lunch on the internet. I tend to think that good judgement and real life keep Joe from being too heavy handed. Joe is also in the unenviable position of generalizing what he thinks people want here and taking action to help us get along. Most every action will have detractors. Mudcatters tend to fold politely into the woodwork in his silent support after all he can take care of himself. If you have a problem or confusion over his judgements its not really fair to hide them in a random thread and assume he's going to read it anyway. S have to run
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