Long posts

[martyr]

I understand that everybody on these boards are firm believers often zealously to their doctrinal beliefs, but is it necessary to post such long responses?  If anyone is trying to have a "conversation" about a topic, it makes it difficult when you have to scroll through a half a page of material before you can reply.  Wouldn't it be easier to post two or three points at a time, even leaving out some supporting evidence for a later post, so as to keep the boards in conversational tones?

[angels4u]

lol Martyr< I just mentioned in another post that I don't have time to read those looonnnggggg letters!!

By the way do you have a Messianic church in N Br.? Did you say you live in Moncton and do you go to the Glad tiding church?

Love in Christ, Angels.

[Guest]

I completely agree. Although I have learned from and enjoyed some of the rather long posts, I just don't have time to read them all. Plus I get the feeling that most posts can be condensed with the message in tack.

I usually just give up when the post is to long. How can you answer when it is like reading a small book?

And then I have noticed too, that people copy these long posts to there post, before they reply. A lot of scrolling going on, LOL.

Everyone can do what they want, but I think smaller posts are just more user friendly.......... :il:

[Bill]

I agree with you both, marytr and rafter.

It's hard to stay in tune with the issue at hand when you have to scroll thru what seems like a 30 page document just to get to the point of the matter.

Maybe these long articles can be hyperlinked in rather than pasted in, and we can read them more at our leisure...surely if they're being pasted in they can be web-referenced just as easily.  It also allows the source credibility too.

We had tons of problems with some users in regard to the former Catholic/Protestant thread doing this.  It became so voluminous that many who were discussing the issues (they were valid issues) decided "enough was enough" and quit posting.

[martyr]

Excellent point Rafter.  I forgot to mention there was no need to cut and paste.  I for one know what I have posted.  If someone simply types your name then a rebuttal, you know what they are talking about.  If you don't, then just scroll up or go back a few pages.

[Adstar]

I have no problems with long posts. But sometimes it seems that people make a point with 100 words that could be effectively made with 20. Also I like it when people keep to the issue in the thread I have seen some posts that expand the issues in the tread from 1 to 10 therefore if you wish to reply you need to cover more issues than the original post in the thread introduced. If people find that one issue causes then to bring up other related issues they should stop and start a new thread. I have seen some treads that have drifted from the original issue and have discussed a totally unrelated issue and then it changed again. So someone coming to a tread for the first time will read the first post and then go to the last posts and be totally confused.    that

[Work in Progress]

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I'm sorry brother Adstar!!! I am definately guilty of tangents!! I am SUCH a tangent person!!  :x:  :x:  :x:  I'll try to not do that!

To answer the POINT of this post - (ADSTAR!!!! Did you go off on a tangent???? LOL!   ) - I TOTALLY agree!! Posting some article that has been copied and pasted will not influence me to change my mind. We all can find anything on the net to support our debate. And, it is annoying to have to scroll through three feet of words. JMO.I am interested in discussion when I come to a discussion board.

[mazie]

I agree.  I gave up coming in here for that reason, posts were too long.  Tonight I am just checking in, to see what is new.

It is hard to keep on a subject when you can't find what the point is  :c2:

[godrulz]

I apologize for my longish posts and concur with the above. It takes more skill and preparation to be concise than verbose (I think the Prince of Preachers, Charles Spurgeon, told his students this). If we do get too long, it would be good to add or start with a brief point form summary with the gist and add meat to the skeleton for those who want it.

[angels4u]

I just realized after saying that I don't like the long post either, that I do it myself sometimes Oops!!! :x:  :x:  :x:

I guess I don't like them tooooo long!

Angels