Re: Relevancy - Was: If you can handle...

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > From:    jt@ee.net (jt)
>< VARIOUS SNIPS>

Seems I can't escape your posts even by transferring them directly to the
trash....

>I believe the most accurate measure of the signal/noise ratio of a post is
> > the number of words used divided by the number of concepts explored.

Agreed. The 15 posts with your address that filtered to my trash folder
attest to this.

 > 2) I made 2 replies to jte's (Mr. John Earl's) suggestion to make content
 > more relevant to the list

Making 2 replies to a request for more relevant content would seem
counter-intuitive.

> > 3) I have been singled out for criticism for doing what most everybody, on
> > this list, has done from time to time

Most of them don't do it repeatedly....

> > 6) I have attempted to make my replies briefer, in response to Mr. John
> > Earl's suggestion

Keep at it. There's a long way to go yet.

> > To be verbose about point #2, above, the point of my follow-up was to thank
> > Mr. John Earl for his post, which I had meant to do in the first one.

Re-read your point 6 above and then re-read my response.

 > "sound-bites".  I think I erred only in using this list as a forum for which
> > it is not ideally suited for.  I notice plenty of people make the same
> > mistake, and post what are essential op-ed pieces.  I won't make that same
> > mistake in the future.

Let's hope this is true

> > I appreciate the reply, Dave, because normally I don't get any.

This should tell you something about your posts

> > should just skip my posts, has apparently been lost on many.  The
> author and
> > size of my posts are both easily identifiable.

Agreed; My mailbox filter has found your posts easy to recognise.

 > Regardless, given the target audience, I don't think my posts are all that
> > bad.  That's clearly a judgment call...  But I think I have an unusally
> > objective view of the value of my posts...

I find this hard to believe.

> > It's a moot point, because I have too many irons in the fire to spend the
> > time writing.  As a matter of fact, I didn't really have the time to
> "waste"
> > (depending on POV) writing this "crap",

Agreed. Everyone's time is valuable; even the other subscribers on this list.

> >when I should be packing for a mini-vacation.

Godspeed.

>  I'm glad my Wife has more patience than some of y'all...

Bless her.

regards
Evan Harris