[lit-ideas] Re: guidelines
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:26:12 -0500
DS :
3) Don't chat. That's for teens.
Oh, shit, I guess that means I'll have to unsubscribe.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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From: dsavory@xxxxxxxxx
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] guidelines
As someone who took over the chiding of posters to help moderate Phil-Lit, I
feel like it may be helpful to (re-)introduce some guidelines for posting.
1) Construct small posts. If you are responding to someone else's post,
remove everything that isn't relevant especially the headers and footers as
well as the indent marks. Wheat from the chaff please.
2) Construct interesting posts. Single throwaway quips are no better than
long-winded tales.
3) Don't chat. That's for teens.
4) Don't be pedantic. That's for bores.
5) Use your own material. No cutting and pasting to expand on a topic. No
name-dropping unless it's something juicy in accordance with stricture #6 below.
6) Be interesting. Did I say that already? Imagine we're sitting by the pool
and write in the way you'd converse if it turned out we were all really good
looking and people you'd want to engage with and impress.
David Savory
"blessed are the cheesemakers"
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