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To: sweetliberty
Maybe we should keep this thread for info only and not chat? When a thread gets too long it's impossible to find updates and correct info.
14 posted on 10/28/2003 10:46:42 PM PST by bonfire
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To: bonfire
Chatting is okay because there will be a new thread daily. That's the whole point...that way we can keep a lot of the discussion from being all over the board. Maybe there'll be less trolls this way too.
15 posted on 10/28/2003 10:49:15 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: bonfire; fml; JustPiper; sweetliberty; yonif; EternalVigilance; floriduh voter; Dustbunny; ...
Maybe we should keep this thread for info only and not chat? When a thread gets too long it's impossible to find updates and correct info.

There is good and bad in everything I guess. Some other concerns I have are that when a thread crosses 100 posts a great many casual passers-by don't bother following it any further. The remainder of the thread just becomes a 'chat site' for those who are truely dedicated.

And without any controversial catchy HEADLINE, the masses of casual visitors may never even see whatever information is posted inside.

Plus, sometimes there REALLY IS an important front page, or breaking news headline that deserves its own thread. Burying the story inside a 'daily-threads' at post #437 for example, will in my opinion limit the number of non-Terri-activists from noticing it to maybe 5% of those who'd see it as a stand-alone.

I certainly DO appreciate people's efforts here, yet I'm still undecided if I like the idea of all Terri's stuff posted in one huge daily bottomless pit.

Does anyone know if F.R. has a search function that searches THROUGHOUT all the text of a range of posts? I know that MANUALLY trying to search thru that mega-deep LKL thread the other day was very painful. I kind of like Terri threads being already pre-sorted by topic so that the search function works.

Another thing... I'm going to ping a number of friends and Terri fans for their opinions, and I believe without doing so, VERY FEW people would even notice this. I welcome other opinions on WHY one huge deep mega-post each day is better than what has been successful up until now, at helping Terri's cause.

I'd also be interested in seeing F.R. stats on visits per thread to study what works, and what doesn't.

Since it is now past midnight eastern time a new thread will replace this one soon. Please REPLY HERE regarding your PROS or CONS of ONE HUGE CONSOLIDATED Terri-thread instead of topic-specific individual ones.

362 posted on 10/29/2003 9:25:30 PM PST by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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