Thoughts about forum protocol

Posted by Mitchell Kastner
Nov 3, 2011 at 08:23 PM

I am glad that you agree that there is a forum protocol, and it is implict rather than explicit. The newcomer can readily deduce the protocol on the length of posts simply by reading posts on several topics. The average length of posts really does not vary that much, I guess. And I readily admit that from time to time a post might be longish when a software procedure has to be explained. But all writers, especially forum posters, should take into account the expectations of his/her audience, which, again, can be inferred from the length of the vast majority of posts. One 60’s heavy-metal guitar riff might be tolerable, but a series of them, strung together isn’t. It just takes too darn long to scroll past them to get to the post from a more considerate member.