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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5232720" data-attributes="member: 41321">In a way, each thread is its own enclosed semiprivate space... maybe not a house but perhaps a table in a cafeteria.Imagine if some stranger came over to your table where you were having a discussion with your friends and told you out of nowhere that the shirt you were wearing was too silly and that nobody would take you seriously in it.&nbsp; That's the equivalent to popping into a thread with an active discussion and saying nothing other than, &quot;Your post is too long.&quot;Don't pop into a thread and give criticism related to the presentation but not the content of a post.&nbsp; It's not helpful, and if that's all you have to say it comes across like you don't care about the poster or the thread and you were just trying to jab at someone.If you toss that in along with other discussion (instead of just saying, &quot;Your shirt is too silly,&quot; you can say, &quot;That's a good/bad/neutral point you said, but it's hard to take you seriously with that shirt&quot;) then it softens the blow a little and shows that you care about what's being said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5232720, member: 41321"] In a way, each thread is its own enclosed semiprivate space... maybe not a house but perhaps a table in a cafeteria. Imagine if some stranger came over to your table where you were having a discussion with your friends and told you out of nowhere that the shirt you were wearing was too silly and that nobody would take you seriously in it. That's the equivalent to popping into a thread with an active discussion and saying nothing other than, "Your post is too long." Don't pop into a thread and give criticism related to the presentation but not the content of a post. It's not helpful, and if that's all you have to say it comes across like you don't care about the poster or the thread and you were just trying to jab at someone. If you toss that in along with other discussion (instead of just saying, "Your shirt is too silly," you can say, "That's a good/bad/neutral point you said, but it's hard to take you seriously with that shirt") then it softens the blow a little and shows that you care about what's being said. [/QUOTE]

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