That's me -- I'm not part of the "Twitter" generation where I have to convey everything in 140 characters or less or even worse - the Facebook stuff.
The whole point surely of The WRITTEN word is that it can be perused leisurely and re-read multiple times.
If people don't want to read that's their choice.
Actually I wonder if one could learn even something basic like simple arithmetic if they were restricted to "Twitter" like responses only.
Sometimes the enjoyment of a load of people's posts and threads is not purely just on the content - but the writing style / content / wit (or lack of it) and all sorts of intangibles.
Writing everything in a Machine like and boring way just IMO loses half the fun and spontaneity of the Forum.
Cheers
jimbo
I'm not suggesting Twitter like responses, but something a tad more concise.
In my past life, I've had to draft Ministerial Briefs for our Federal Government and, in doing so, you have to be able to convey often very complex issues into one A4 page in 14pt text, where almost a quarter of the page is taken up with headings and other non-informative text.
Anything that you write on a forum is not perused at leisure, as evidenced by the fact that so many posts are misread, where even short posts are scanned and assumptions made regarding content. Forums aren't a place for navel gazing and pontificating, concepts and ideas need to be conveyed clearly and succinctly.
Don't over-estimate the value of your dissertations.