08-21-2018, 10:29 AMztevans Wrote:

08-21-2018, 10:06 AMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote:

08-21-2018, 09:59 AMztevans Wrote:

08-21-2018, 09:46 AMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote: And come on now Zach, can you be a little less dramatic and hyperbolic please, this has been a good factual discussion so far and I'd like to keep it that way. I just checked those announcement threads in these other leagues that you claimed are full of people who are super excited and happy about this change, but all I found were a handful of one-liners and like 7 posts overall in each thread, no complex thoughts or in-depth discussions on the matter. If anything, it feels like this thread right here is the one were people are actually looking into this and trying to weigh the pro and cons and maybe you should accept that instead of trying to shut the other side up with your "could someone please think of the children/other leagues feelings" rhetoric, that's just a dick move.

Go back and read my original post. I didn't say anything about those threads overflowing with people celebrating. I said people expressed interest in coming over here. That is factual. If anyone is using rhetoric here to exaggerate my claim and silence opposition with 700 word dissertations, it's you, friend.

I just love how putting some thought into your posts and trying to lay out your arguments is offensive to so many people. This "lol long post" meme is really quite sad for everyone who uses it.

For some context in this regard, I've always been taught as a writer who has somehow tricked people to occasionally pay me for said writing is that it's best to say as much as possible in as few words as possible, to make yourself as accessible as possible to a wider audience. There's probably something to be said for different cultures, academic environments, etc, which would be a better (And maybe even fascinating) conversation for PMs.

Not sure if I mentioned it befoe but I have worked as a (paid) writer as well and have learned similar things, but that doesn't apply everywhere. And I don't know a lot of good analytical newspaper articles that just consist of two sentences. In-depth analysis and longer features can be much more valuable than catchy zingers and one-liners. But yeah, different cultures play a role here as well there of course and people might want to convey and emphasize different things and therefore talk past each other.