12-30-2004, 10:55 AM
Hi,
That's exactly the reason I don't like posts without proper punctuation, or missing blanks after punctuations, or all-low-caps-posts: It takes more time for me to understand them. Effectively, the laziness of the poster forces me to invest more energy. Or, more exactly, one person (the poster) saves time, but many others (the readers) have to invest more time.
I don't like it when work is forced upon me by others. I find it very rude if I have to invest more time than necessary just because a poster is lazy.
Yes, content is more important than form. But the form sets the tone of a conversation, and can be seen as a measure of respect someone shows for his conversational partners.
-Kylearan
Abramelin,Dec 30 2004, 02:19 AM Wrote:well, i had no problem to understand your post
it takes more time to understand it without punctuation,however it's not that hard for me
That's exactly the reason I don't like posts without proper punctuation, or missing blanks after punctuations, or all-low-caps-posts: It takes more time for me to understand them. Effectively, the laziness of the poster forces me to invest more energy. Or, more exactly, one person (the poster) saves time, but many others (the readers) have to invest more time.
I don't like it when work is forced upon me by others. I find it very rude if I have to invest more time than necessary just because a poster is lazy.
Abramelin,Dec 30 2004, 02:19 AM Wrote:what i meant,is that punctuation/capital letters can be unnecessary when common sense is used;and i meant that content is more important than form;
Yes, content is more important than form. But the form sets the tone of a conversation, and can be seen as a measure of respect someone shows for his conversational partners.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider