Proust

Posted by Foolness
Sep 6, 2012 at 06:32 PM

Yes, it had nothing to do with book-organization theory but it partially had something to do with outlining of which all outliners must conform towards to before it can lay claim to being a software for an outline.

In that aspect then, and I’m not a mod/admin so I’m not saying this is gospel, it fits into the topic about software. Saying it isn’t would be akin to saying the file that your software created cannot belong in a forum about an outliner software. That would be silly. How can one debate outliners well if they are kept from debating the output of that software?

Which is the case here.

You are mistaking the mention of Proust as if it’s the header. It’s not. Proust is the sub-branch of a sub-branch if the discussion thread was shaped like an outline.

Think of it like:

-Workflowy
—Outliner
—-Associative Thinking
——Proust

Book organization theory on the other hand is a subject you yourself brought up.

True the branch could be “associated” with that but it isn’t about that except to serve as the weakest of weak metaphors to link the conversation back towards the more general branch of the conversation trail.

While we’re on the topic of blogs, in most forums I know, linking to blogs are not a sign of courtesy but a sign of blogspam.

True a long time forum member could be given the benefit of the doubt but in almost all cases, especially a blog article of which posters cannot empathize with, a blog link is seen as an insult.

In fact in most forums, even if you were to post a link with a proper title, many members would demand that you post a quoted summary of the blog article because many of them do not desire to click a link even on links that may interest them.

Plus, please remember the basis for your complaint. You are complaining about ONE forum topic. ONE. The Proust subject didn’t invade several topics in this forum. The appearance of the Proust statement when it finally appeared was made in such a a way that you are able to glimpse replies on Workflowy before you even read the Proust posts.