July 02, 2005
Breaking the rules - a personal note
Recently, I have been reading suggestions on how to improve readership of my blog. According to the conventional wisdom of blogging, most of my entries are much too long. However, I try to provide substance. Let me know what you think. Should I try to make them shorter, or do you think I need to keep them long to sufficiently back up my point?
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The Middle Way posted by Harold Thomas @ 8:49 AM
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Harold,
Please don't shorten your commentaries simply for the sake of brevity. I for one appreciate the thorough manner in which you present your comments (along with, of course, their clarity and objectivity).
Please don't shorten your commentaries simply for the sake of brevity. I for one appreciate the thorough manner in which you present your comments (along with, of course, their clarity and objectivity).
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: 7/05/2005 06:14:00 AM
: 7/05/2005 06:14:00 AM
Sometimes it is necessary to write a long comment, but not usually. If there is a way something can be said succinctly, it would probably be a good idea to do it that way.
When I am reading an opinion piece by someone,(even if I agree) if it is too long, I will oftentimes stop reading word for word and scan the rest of it to get the point, and then make my comments about the content, rarely the length.
Of course , that may just because of my impatience
When I am reading an opinion piece by someone,(even if I agree) if it is too long, I will oftentimes stop reading word for word and scan the rest of it to get the point, and then make my comments about the content, rarely the length.
Of course , that may just because of my impatience
Perhaps a good compromise would be for me to add some subheadings to longer posts, to enable readers to skip over parts that are not of interest.
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