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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Sep 6, 2012 at 07:34 PM
Foolness, are you Fredy with a different name? Seems like it.
Posted by Foolness
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:38 AM
No good will come of such a question aside from saying, No.
It won’t lend me to my credibility and if I were not traumatized by another forum also accusing me of being someone else and a mod believing them then I would try to defend myself but as my pleas fell on deaf ears then, I know my defense would most likely fail here so my answer here is simply No.
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 7, 2012 at 09:09 AM
My little observation is that whenever someone tried to chastise another member for being too verbose or off-topic, it ended up stopping discussion altogether and with members leaving. I think it is easy enough to just ignore topics and posts that one is not interested in and as long as there isn’t too many of them, they don’t do much harm (which doesn’t mean I don’t find them annoying sometimes but I prefer to have new discussions, rather than not having them at all).
Personally I like hyperlinks in the posts to external blog posts or software sites or other forum sites, as they have always been enlightening and save me the trouble of having to Google them. Steve in particular has been very conscientious in posting links to only relevant blog posts of his.
Posted by reverendmartian
Sep 7, 2012 at 01:06 PM
And the problem about outliers packing their bags and going elsewhere is ...what? You minimize the inconvenience they cause with their unselfconscious blather, for their posts are inserted in the midst of threads that are on topic, resulting in my endlessly scrolling down past their long posts to get to a forum member who has written something worth reading. I am also not complaining about length qua word count.On the contrary, I fondly recall an attorney on this forum writing an extensive and erudite post about using QRS software to work up a case for trial. The depth of the article caused me to think hard about features and limitations of QRS for my professional applications. To be sure, I read the posts on this forum to get a dose for my addiction to outliner software, but at the same time, I obtain essential information that enables me to work better.This attorney had lots to say; ergo the length of his post was appropriate.
Although I should think that I ought not have to expand on what I mean about “off-topic,” your post causes me to do so. On this forum, we have had extensive discussions about mind-mapping software, note-taking software, task-recording software, book-writing software, citation software, idea-generating software, bibliography software, spelling & grammar checking software, word processors, PIMs and other software related to thinking and writing. We have also had extensive discussions about the theories and principles underlying these products. We have also had some short tutorials about using this software. For example, I am awaiting your tutorial on using CT to code pdf files. Accordingly, a poster really has to move far afield to be off-topic on this forum.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 7, 2012 at 02:30 PM
Darlings, let’s not, after all, forget that all of us who post on these forums do so because we want to. The motivation for our little moments of self-publicity is correspondingly varied…
There are those who like to muse at length on the philosophical premises of outlining - indeed, of information management in its broadest form.
There are those seeking very specific advice on very specific, application-related issues.
There are those who’ve just discovered something amazing - or amusing, or annoying - about one of their favourite outliners and wish to share.
We are all free to ignore, or chastise, or reply to, or support, or otherwise interact with any and all posts. Or, as it may be, none of them.
So if you don’t like a particular topic, just start up another one of your own. If people like it, they’ll join in. If they don’t, they won’t. This is by far the most efficient way of getting useful feedback on specific applications you may be evaluating or interested in. Don’t read about Proust if you don’t want to. Just start up a new topic entitled something like “Whatever happened to InfoSelect?” (or UltraRecall, or MyInfo, or Ecco Pro, etc. etc. etc. etc.).
You’d be amazed at the swift, cogent and thoughtful responses you’ll get from the many very experienced outliner users on this forum!
So peace, love, concord and tranquillity to everybody.
Cheers,
Bill