I have a personal request to all posters. My request is in reference to the practice of Cut & Paste Posting of "Interesting Articles."
Personally, I like it when my fellow members of this forum sharing interesting news stories or other similar items. I especially like it when you do certain things, such as:
- Include the TITLE of the article
- Include a link to the article
- Judiciously Cut & Paste a few key quotes, and then
- Include your own commentary and observations about the article
What I hate/detest/deplore and find incredibly annoying is when posters:
- Cut & Paste an entire article without any editing or commentary!
Seriously!
What's the point?
It's just lazy.
So you saw an interesting article on the internet and want to share it. Great!
Do us a favor. Just give us the most interesting points, include your own thoughts and provide us a link so, if we want to read more, we can.
But share YOUR THOUGHTS. We can all read the article. I want to know what YOU think about it, pro and con. Tell us WHY YOU think it's worthy of our consideration. Do it!
Many of you have apparently forgotten: this is A DISCUSSION FORUM, not a CUT & PASTE FORUM.
Rant over,
Oubliette