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[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I think it would be an interesting experiment to have a "News You Might Have Missed" thread.

Aka, Current Events?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Aka, Current Events?

No.
I am suggesting a separate area where people post entire articles that they think people might like to read. Current Events would then be used for threads where people give their opinion on current events, only linking where clarification or back up of facts is required.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

No.
I am suggesting a separate area where people post entire articles that they think people might like to read. Current Events would then be used for threads where people give their opinion on current events, only linking where clarification or back up of facts is required.

I don't really see the difference. I post articles. I post them because I hope that some people who have similar interests about the subject (current event) will read them and comment. The article itself is the starting point for discussion. What you are proposing is I go on and start commenting "hey did you hear about Astor's son stealing all that money?", and you say "WTF are you talking about?". I don't think that would work because an assumption is made that we are all reading, thinking, viewing the same stuff; we are not. I like the Brit papers because they are written above a 5th grade reading level and tend to have a more worldly view. I have subscriptions to The Atlantic, The Economist, among a bunch of other hunting, outdoor, and travel rags. So I doubt many on here have the same interests in me, in fact I count on the fact that they do not.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Without putting words into LJ's mouth I really didn't read his suggestion as "STFU RK" - it was a question re the way the Cellar is laid out, surely?

Yeah...like a suggestion of a nomination for a user forum....without coming right out and saying it. I'll learn to be less subtle in the future, and just come right out and say what the fuck it is that i'm thinking about. which reminds me.......

I think skysidhe wants me.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I think skysidhe wants me.

Well, there's no accounting for taste.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Well, there's no accounting for taste.

How do you know how he tastes?

[lumberjim]

you want me too.....take a number

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

How do you know how he tastes?

Hey, that sounds like one of Sheldon's double entendres!

Originally Posted by lumberjim

you want me too.....take a number

Yeah, but I want everyone...I have no taste either, and I"m extremely mentally ill and desperate.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Yeah, but I want everyone...I have no taste either, and I"m extremely mentally ill and desperate.

You mean I might have a chance?

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

You mean I might have a chance?

Darling, you're at the top of my desperate and ill list of crushes! heheeee

[Sundae]

No.

My suggestion for a post in the Current Events thread would be a recognisable title ("Astor Millions Stolen by Son" or similar) which links into the point you are making by posting, or the interest you have in the article ("Rich Woman Ends Days Sat in Pee") etc etc

The a precis of the article - or the most relevant quotes, with a link to the whole article. Then your point, opinion, take on the matter.

I am not saying this is the best way to do it, or the correct way to do it, or that anyone should consider it as any more than my opinion. That's what I expect to see in Current Events, and in a News topic I'd expect to see articles offered with perhaps a sentence or two at the end.

I love the fact that the Cellar points me in the direction of different news from around the world. I'll take it any way it comes. Just clarifying what I meant.

[TheMercenary]

The problem with snips of the article is that people tend to think you did not read the whole thing or that you are misleading/misreading the discussion because they may or may not agree with your take on the info. I prefer to post the whole article and bold the points I see as relevent to the point I want to highlight. Then either comment or join the discussioin as people post opinions.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The problem with snips of the article is that people tend to think you did not read the whole thing or that you are misleading/misreading the discussion because they may or may not agree with your take on the info. I prefer to post the whole article and bold the points I see as relevent to the point I want to highlight. Then either comment or join the discussioin as people post opinions.

I used to do this... I was asked to stop.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

people tend to think

Yeah.... let'em. That is *the whole point*.

Let people read and think for themselves. I can distinguish between the poster's words and the quoted text. How is that a problem?

[DanaC]

I used to do this... I was asked to stop.

I really don't understand why.