So, I want to learn how to not fluff-post

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This is going to be a really hard thing for me to learn to do, but I just noticed a pinned thread about nettiquette in here and it said that people should avoid fluff-posting. I want to learn how to not do this. The forums I've been to in the past, I've done this. I want to contribute so it comes out as one or two liners or in very small succinct paragraphs.

Ill be honest and say this forum makes my brain hurt, but that means that it is beyond my "level" of what I am normally used to reading for posts. So if I ever get used to the posts around here, the depth and be able to follow the logic within them, it'll mean I've gone up a "level". A level in what? Reading comprehension. Maybe attention span, maybe argument structure. It might be able to help me with writing papers since I got a paper back this morning with pencil marks all over it saying that my paragraphs were too short and lacked cohesiveness.

Anyways, I hope to learn not to fluff post anymore, even though at times I feel like certain threads require more knowledge than what I have to respond to. Maybe it sounds like I am a bit intimidated by this forum. Maybe I *am* intimidated. It'll be a challenge for sure.

[ElDinero]

Well...I wouldn't give too much thought to it, to be honest. As the Netiquette thread says, it's posting for the sake of posting without contributing anything. But we all do it from time to time, sometimes unknowingly. You already seem to know what it is you want to do, ie post concisely and reach your point quickly, so I'm sure you're able to. I haven't noticed you fluff-posting here anyway.

With regard to your aching brain, don't be intimidated. Some guys here are extremely well read, some are just opinionated. There's no shame in having less knowledge than someone else, and it doesn't mean you can't contribute. I find the more personal posts, rather than the scholarly ones, can tell us more in some cases anyway. You've got a moral compass, and you know if things feel right to you, and why, so just express yourself. If you think what you're going to say might be contentious and you want to avoid confrontation on it, just word it in the right way, or ask for clarification on things if you're not sure.

From what I've seen, you're doing fine. Don't panic!

[The Grand Nudger]

No worries you have exactly as much "knowledge" as the average poster here with regards to the most common subject matter...lol. Besides, it takes a little fluff to get the shiniez!

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Some guys here are extremely well read, some are just opinionated.

I'd like to be able to learn enough to be able to tell the difference between the two. Sometimes I think I can, but other times I don't think I know enough to be able to tell the difference. It's an important skill to learn because if you don't, then you might end up taking what people say at face-value instead of being able to assess it for what it really is.

I hope that makes sense.

People here are really smart, I like that.

[Cinjin]

Don't feel too bad. All I know how to DO is fluff-post.




yikes ... does that make me a fluffer?!!? hock:


yuck.

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Don't feel too bad. All I know how to DO is fluff-post.




yikes ... does that make me a fluffer?!!? hock:


yuck.

Please fluff my pillows Cinjin

[ElDinero]

Oh my goodness.

[Erinome]

[ElDinero]

alei is definitely an expert fluffer.

[fr0d0]

We had a time back then of bad fluff posting, where people posted to boost their post count whilst saying nothing. It was annoying as threads weren't just derailed, but trashed. The recent battle between Sae (Lilly Fart Bottom ) and Rhythm didn't do the same, as they both made readable posts.

So I think the rule really means: post if you have a point. We forgive the odd transgression.