Thread: X 2

**dobbo** · 5th March 2009, 07:08 PM

obviously this topic needs discussing in depth over few cleansing ales and a campfire.

**one_iota** · 5th March 2009, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

That raises another important point.

Indiscriminate use of the "X2" response can lead to problems if the previous post covers more than one point.

In that case does the "X2" mean " I completely agree with everything in the previous post" or "I agree with the key point made in the previous post" or "I agree with the important bit and like everyone else, I am just completely disregarding that idiotic comment at the end"?

Trapped by herd mentality, bamboozled and in fear of offending I resort to emoticons:

That convey absolutely anything and nothing except for this one:

**BigJon** · 5th March 2009, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

obviously this topic needs discussing in depth over few cleansing ales and a campfire.

This is a campfire chat. It says so at the top of the page.

General Chat Almost anything goes, have a look and drop in a few lines. Think of it as a campfire chat with the kids around.

**Sleepy** · 5th March 2009, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

obviously this topic needs discussing in depth over few cleansing ales

x6

Just thought I'd join the frivolity!

**rovercare** · 5th March 2009, 07:46 PM

I thought I'd flex my intellectual muscles here

**one_iota** · 5th March 2009, 07:57 PM

Never in public

**vnx205** · 5th March 2009, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by dobbo

obviously this topic needs discussing in depth over few cleansing ales and a campfire.

Originally Posted by BigJon

This is a campfire chat. It says so at the top of the page.

General Chat Almost anything goes, have a look and drop in a few lines. Think of it as a campfire chat with the kids around.

We are having the chat or discussion.

I had a glass of red with dinner and I imagine some of you might have enjoyed an ale after work.

Can't do much about the campfire just at the moment.

So Dobbo, would you accept two out of three?

**dobbo** · 5th March 2009, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

We are having the chat or discussion.

I had a glass of red with dinner and I imagine some of you might have enjoyed an ale after work.

Can't do much about the campfire just at the moment.

So Dobbo, would you accept two out of three?

You never know some of us may be laying naked on a bear skin rug next to an open fireplace, meeting some of you all I hope not but anything is possible

**Sleepy** · 5th March 2009, 08:23 PM

Did anyone see my firelighters - I left them somewhere here.... near the rug

McDisco · 5th March 2009, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

The subject raised by the last couple of posters prompts me to ask a question which I believe is also related to the concerns expressed by the original poster.

How many people can honestly say that as a general rule they start at the beginning of a thread and work their way though before adding a post at the end?

I have the feeling sometimes that some people are guilty of just joining in when a thread has become fairly popular. They read the last couple of posts and then post a comment, oblivious to what has gone before.

Sometimes that leaves them looking like a dill.

If we could be fairly sure that people generally took the trouble to read all the posts in a thread, wouldn't that sometimes reduce the need for such lengthy quotes, including photos?

However, I am conscious of the fact that it is possible for someone to selectively quote a previous post to make it appear that someone has said something quite different from what they actually meant. I don't know what the answer is to that.

I am also aware of the fact that I might be misjudging people. It might already be the case that the vast majority of people take the trouble to read all of a thread before contributing.

I was becoming worried that this thread was beginning to be dominated by very short posts which might give a casual reader the impression that we aren't able to come up with ideas of our own and tend to just agree with what has already been said. I thought we needed a long-winded post to balance things.

I think the balance has now been somewhat restored.

You think to much...

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