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Re: Obscure Topic Titles
Posted: September 21st, 2021, 6:22 pm
by Itsallaguess
XFool wrote:
Now I may have got this wrong, but I seem to recollect the old UK TMF posting guidelines included a recommendation: "Assume good faith on the part of other posters."
Perhaps it is time to incorporate something similar into TLF rules and guidelines?
A good motto that's in great need of an update for these more modern times...
'
In the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, users should try to assume good faith on the part of other posters.'
:
O)
Itsallaguess
Re: Obscure Topic Titles
Posted: September 21st, 2021, 6:24 pm
by XFool
...Perhaps some need to try harder?
Re: Obscure Topic Titles
Posted: September 21st, 2021, 6:27 pm
by Itsallaguess
Oh, I'm afraid it was 'case-closed' some time ago now...
Itsallaguess
Re: Obscure Topic Titles
Posted: September 21st, 2021, 6:44 pm
by XFool
...That's what I was thinking, too.
Re: Obscure Topic Titles
Posted: September 22nd, 2021, 10:43 am
by 88V8
Gengulphus wrote:88V8 wrote:It takes 2 seconds to click on a topic, and decide that it's not of interest.
That's how much time it takes
you. It may take others considerably longer, if e.g. they're accessing this site over a slow connection, or reading the post on a small mobile screen and their eyesight isn't good enough to deal with making the font size very small.
Fair point.
I dare say opticians do pretty well out of people who try to navigate their lives through the tiny screen of a mobile.
Not me....
Mind you, I must admit that nowadays I need specs to read my 19" monitor
V8