Re: [ox-en] remarks on posting styles
- From: Christian Siefkes <christian siefkes.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:55:36 +0200
Hi Stefan, all,
while I prefer inline replies myself, a disagreement on posting styles
doesn't seem to me a sufficiently important topic to drive people away or
create a schism.
And this:
Stefan Merten wrote:
So if you are caring about
the natural environment you should keep your signal-noise-ratio high.
The signal-noise-ratio of your post is also influenced by your
signature.
was probably just a kind a bad joke? You can't be seriously believing that a
long signature is bad for the environment??
Stefan, on a side note, maybe you could try to stick to on-topic discussions
in the future and avoid all meta-stuff, whenever possible. Your meta-mails,
while I'm sure they're well intended, seem to hurt more than they help.
Thanks
Christian (with a long sig)
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