Friends, All this banter about half steps, percentages, and clever comments on other's writing clarity reminds me of a couple points Andrew Rudoff made when he helped rebalance the list in the wake of the heated political commentaries a month ago. Among his suggestions were: On Nov 17, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Andrew Rudoff wrote: > - Before sending a post, ask yourself if it should be sent to an > individual > instead of the entire list. Really stop and think about it. Many > replies > are meant for an individual, so why post them to the list? Decide > if the > post adds value to the discussion viewed by almost 600 people and a > zillion > search engines looking at our archives before posting. > and > - If you're posting a one-liner. Something clever, but not really > adding to > the discussion. Or perhaps you are making fun of a spelling error. > Maybe > the post just says "I don't know" or "Me too". Consider just not > posting > it, or sending it privately at a minimum. The rest of us will be > forever > in your debt. Happy Holidays, Patrick
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