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- Subject: Re: PEOPLE! Why do you have to leave every FREAKIN' line in a FOLLO
- Message-ID: <mPuyTB5w165w@amigans.gen.nz>
- From: batman@amigans.gen.nz (Kerry Emerson)
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 09:54:33 GMT+1
- References: <1992Nov7.184248.18250@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Wanganui Amigans, Wanganui, New Zealand
- Lines: 39
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- wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner) writes:
-
- > I have had it up to "HERE!" with all of the (F)ollow-ups that I've seen latel
- > that use every *FREAKING* line from the previous post (80 or 90 lines long),
- > just to make a comment on the previous poster's .sig or something!
- >
- > If you've got one particular point/argument to make, please delete all of the
- > unnecessary lines. If you don't know what I'm referring to, then look at som
- > of the recent "stop me from buying a PC" posts. It seem like everyone and
- > their brother decided to not only include the original post, but his damn .si
- > as well! I get tired of scrolling through pages of those:
- > >>>>> (original post, 80 lines)
- > >>> (3 line followup, now 86 lines incl. .sig)
- > >> (1 line comment on last guy's sig, now 90 lines incl. his .sig too)
- > > (etc.,etc.........)
- >
- > Get the picture?
- > I end up seeing the original post as many times as someone follows-up!
- > That's not only ridiculous, but also a waste of BW/storage space, and my time
- >
- > I do understand the case where the new argument involves the context in which
- > something said previously is pertinent.
- > So please, no flame wars.
- > --
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > William "Art" Warner (317-497-1946) //\
- > ex Amiga Student On-Campus Consultant \X/--\miga makes it happen!
- > wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu IBM, Apple, Sun, & Next make it expensi
- Sorry! :(
-
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