Readers mentally compress all your writings

[Hygro]

Some readers are taking it down to 240 res, jpg'd to oblivion. The less cachet you have with your reader, the more they will compress your points. Compression mostly leaves behind trigger words, and the rest of the post will be filled in with the reader's model of which side uses which trigger words.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Yep, that's 21rst century society in a nutshell....

 

[Synobun]

Well, OK. So what?

 

[Farm Boy]

Certain types of writing suffer more?

 

[Perfection]

Some readers compress your points.

I agree

 

[Hygro]

Well, OK. So what?

Up2U to be smart with that info if you wanna win Super Forum 64

 

[Synobun]

Up2U to be smart with that info if you wanna win Super Forum 64

It's also up to you to give us something to talk about. If this was just a passing observation, it should have gone into the Random Thoughts thread.

 

[BvBPL]

This is why I wear compression socks when I write. Having a secure sock layer is the future, an essential part of the human/technology convergence predicted as part of Web 5.0. Consumers will begin to demand socks that not only keep toes warm and reduce ankle swelling, but also protect against viruses. Weaving can learn a lot from digital technology. No longer will we need to struggle to squeeze our feet into compression socks; integration of digital compression into socks will allow the creation of socks with WinZip built right in. We’ll be able to zip up our socks!

Of course, there will be a learning curve. Younger people more readily adopt new technology. As such, a lot of grannies and older generations will feel left behind as socks integrate more and more technology. Grandchild will be drafted to help their grandparents learn the new future of sock technology. IT sock helpdesk jobs will increase to help those who remember a simpler time when socks didn’t come with instruction manuals.

Everything is cyclical, so we can expect a retro movement looking back at classic socks to develop. I’d say by 2025, wearing a classic sock, one without all the built-in technology of modern foot coverings, will be trendy. Buy wool futures now.

 

[Farm Boy]

Some readers are taking it down to 240 res, jpg'd to oblivion. The less cachet you have with your reader, the more they will compress your points. Compression mostly leaves behind trigger words,. and The rest of the post will be filled in with the reader's model of which side uses which trigger words.

Bv, the fashion cycle is closer to 30 than 10. Kick it out one more generation. Then the classic socks actually will also be compression socks. Varicose veins hurt! And aren't as much fun as those other weird huge ones that sometimes show up on the tops of really huge... tracts of land.

 

[Perfection]

I sock a lot of grannies.

You monster

 

[Hygro]

It's also up to you to give us something to talk about. If this was just a passing observation, it should have gone into the Random Thoughts thread.

I see a lot of folks frustrated that people aren't replying to what they are trying to say. This happens a lot when people include a lot of information and aren't diligent about putting together a post the recipient will work productively with.

This contributes to posting circles such as the one seen in the recent thread on whiteness. There were points made by OP that never got directly addressed and vice Versace because after compression those points got blurred into other ones, ones less interesting but more triggering.

A mini, different example in that thread: Luiz and I had a productive exchange discussing diversity and its forms, but he made clear to disagree with my statement about Europeans hating freedom. I wrote a two sentence but on Europeans not having the same freedom we believe in in america, indeed they don't even really believe in it. He compressed that to "Hygro thinks Europeans hate freedom".

In turn I could have compressed his musing questions on the nature of diversity into attributions to me and then sought to defend myself frim positions I don't have rather than advancing the actual conversation he was building.... although I got back to the thread a bit late.

 

[Farm Boy]

I thought that exchange about (flavors of) freedom with luiz managed to be the most interesting bit in the entire thread. I sorta wished the two of you had gone at each other more on it.

 

[Hygro]

The thread compressed to its most triggering content. :/

 

[Synobun]

I see a lot of folks frustrated that people aren't replying to what they are trying to say. This happens a lot when people include a lot of information and aren't diligent about putting together a post the recipient will work productively with.

This contributes to posting circles such as the one seen in the recent thread on whiteness. There were points made by OP that never got directly addressed and vice Versace because after compression those points got blurred into other ones, ones less interesting but more triggering.

A mini, different example in that thread: Luiz and I had a productive exchange discussing diversity and its forms, but he made clear to disagree with my statement about Europeans hating freedom. I wrote a two sentence but on Europeans not having the same freedom we believe in in america, indeed they don't even really believe in it. He compressed that to "Hygro thinks Europeans hate freedom".

In turn I could have compressed his musing questions on the nature of diversity into attributions to me and then sought to defend myself frim positions I don't have rather than advancing the actual conversation he was building.... although I got back to the thread a bit late.

Ahhhhh, okay. Yeah, I think you make some good points here. I'm largely in agreement too.

 

[BvBPL]

I see a lot of folks frustrated that people aren't replying to what they are trying to say. This happens a lot when people include a lot of information and aren't diligent about putting together a post the recipient will work productively with.

This contributes to posting circles such as the one seen in the recent thread on whiteness. There were points made by OP that never got directly addressed and vice Versace because after compression those points got blurred into other ones, ones less interesting but more triggering.

A mini, different example in that thread: Luiz and I had a productive exchange discussing diversity and its forms, but he made clear to disagree with my statement about Europeans hating freedom. I wrote a two sentence but on Europeans not having the same freedom we believe in in america, indeed they don't even really believe in it. He compressed that to "Hygro thinks Europeans hate freedom".

In turn I could have compressed his musing questions on the nature of diversity into attributions to me and then sought to defend myself frim positions I don't have rather than advancing the actual conversation he was building.... although I got back to the thread a bit late.

As a radical alternative, one could communicate in complete sentences and trust other people will read and understand them.

However, that requires editing. Which is work.

Would you be defending frim positions you don't have, firm positions you don’t have, or from positions you don’t have?

Edit: I'm a little tired and it might be making me a bit snarky.

 

[Farm Boy]

The thread compressed to its most triggering content. :/

Well, yes. I'm taking into account who was talking to who. I had a measure of hope for the exchange teaching me something. I find zeitgeists interesting and was largely in agreement, first glance, with your post. I wanted to see what he'd have responded with if he made you flesh it out.

 

[Hygro]

As a radical alternative, one could communicate in complete sentences and trust other people will read and understand them.

However, that requires editing. Which is work.

Would you be defending frim positions you don't have, firm positions you don’t have, or from positions you don’t have?

Edit: I'm a little tired and it might be making me a bit snarky.

Well, if you write and edit well and make your posts Post (as in, art that Arts, or games that Game, or more generally Make It Bang) your reader will trust the energy it takes to follow your words rather than watch casually from a distance.

It is, realistically, up to the writer to maximize attention. It's up to the reader if they want to read accurately.

 

[BvBPL]

The author is not merely limited to attracting attention, but is also the one capable of establishing the accuracy of any initial post. To that end, the author is responsible for ensuring that the initial post is accurate. Abrogating that responsibility to the reader is a cop out.
Also, if someone doesn’t read your post accurately, well then suck it up, cupcake. We run the risk of people reading our posts incorrectly. That’s part of the stakes you need to put up to be at the table; complaining about it only makes you a whiner.

 

[Borachio]

I thought this was maybe about some new version of Kindle that automatically knocks out a Reader's Digest version of a book.

Ah. How I miss those guys! I used to regularly get mail telling me I'd practically all but won £5 milllion.

But you see, it really doesn't matter what you do with any of my posts. Their meaning will still be elusive.

No. Don't argue with me. It's no use. Not even I know what I mean. And I write the things.

 

[Hygro]

@BvBPL Yes. People will misunderstand you, it's up to them to be better understanderers but as a practical matter you can make yourself understandable or you can complain about what others should do.... one of those will give you winning results and the other will give you ego protection.