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[Clover29]

On 8/18/2014 faeriemoon said:

Generally not. If it lacks paragraphs and punctuation, definitely not. If I start to read and find it to be one of those stream-of-consiousness posts, I stop.

Don't have time to decipher someone's nonsense.

I don't read long threads either.

This ^.

No paragraphs? TL;DR.

And I won't read anything that's only punctuated with ellipses.

[stilltamn8r]

It is so hard to do paragraphs on an ipad....and I may well be the long winded poster you can't bear to read!!!!

[tansy]

On 8/18/2014 stilltamn8r said: It is so hard to do paragraphs on an ipad....and I may well be the long winded poster you can't bear to read!!!!

I finally figured out how to paragraph here thanks to dooB, Sids Mom and Montana.

The trick for making it easier is to make a shortcut for the paragraph code.

Try a search here or on the electronics forum.

[GCR18]

No

[stilltamn8r]

On 8/18/2014 tansy said:

On 8/18/2014 stilltamn8r said: It is so hard to do paragraphs on an ipad....and I may well be the long winded poster you can't bear to read!!!!

I finally figured out how to paragraph here thanks to dooB, Sids Mom and Montana.

The trick for making it easier is to make a shortcut for the paragraph code.

Try a search here or on the electronics forum.

Thanks, yes,I did do it successfully.....once....

[this is my nic]

Nope! If I see a post that is several long paragraphs and/or a cut and paste job, I skip it. I only read short and to the point posts.

[tansy]

On 8/18/2014 stilltamn8r said:

On 8/18/2014 tansy said:

On 8/18/2014 stilltamn8r said: It is so hard to do paragraphs on an ipad....and I may well be the long winded poster you can't bear to read!!!!

I finally figured out how to paragraph here thanks to dooB, Sids Mom and Montana.

The trick for making it easier is to make a shortcut for the paragraph code.

Try a search here or on the electronics forum.

Thanks, yes,I did do it successfully.....once....

LOL...I tried numerous times, too.

[occasionalrain]

On 8/18/2014 Clover29 said:

On 8/18/2014 faeriemoon said:

Generally not. If it lacks paragraphs and punctuation, definitely not. If I start to read and find it to be one of those stream-of-consiousness posts, I stop.

Don't have time to decipher someone's nonsense.

I don't read long threads either.

This ^.

No paragraphs? TL;DR.

And I won't read anything that's only punctuated with ellipses.

I always think posters who use ellipses instead of punctuation, don't know how to punctuate. I don't read those because I doubt anything they have to say is worth reading.

[scotttie]

I read those who use ellipses. The one person I think of who does it usually has very worthwhile things to say.

[occasionalrain]

On 8/18/2014 scotttie said:

I read those who use ellipses. The one person I think of who does it usually has very worthwhile things to say.

I wouldn't know about the poster you have in mind. There was a poster at one time who prattled on about her grandson and did so using the pesky ellipses. I took a genuine dislike of her; can't say if it was the prattle or the ellipses.