@HenryX
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and other members who are visitors to, or may be interested in participating in this thread.
My concern, at the present time, is with regard to posts such as whether a person "is about to eat an apple", "go to bed", "I'm going to watch TV, now", "have breakfast" or "having a glass of water (or anything else)" and other similar types of observations and comments that may otherwise be unconnected with any other meaningful comment or post. There are plenty of threads, where members have the opportunity for that type of interchange, and where such interchange is not incongruous. I sometimes offer contributions, to other forum members, in those threads as well. Though, even there, I endeavour to make the contribution purposeful and meaningful. This is not a criticism of those threads, but simply noting, what I perceive to be a matter of differentiation between function and purpose of threads and their content.
There are many examples of short replies offered in posts in the "Hangar". They are generally, engaging, supportive, and informative in a variety of ways. So it is not necessarily brevity, per se, that is of concern to me, but content.
I believe that it is unfortunate, on the forum, that many threads lose their initial purpose and become cluttered and often, unclear about the connection between the purpose and the content, where the content of the thread often seems to wander aimlessly. What I would like to do with this thread is to retain and maintain some structure.
As suggested previously by me, this thread follows, apparently, a style that others, I hope, have found engaging, interesting, balanced, and stimulating This thread offers a theme which supports mutually and reciprocally beneficial, nurturing, supportive, and hopefully, often times, uplifting content.
The words proscriptive and prescriptive come to mind, and really, neither of those is what I would like, or is even what I think may be appropriate for a thread in an open forum, though the guidelines do involve, for safety, some proscription and prescription, in terms of content. However, I am keen to see this thread retain some structure and style in the way that people interact in the thread. If that is not allowed, then, as I have seen with some other threads, 'unrestrained expansion takes hold', and the content is often reduced to almost meaningless interactions.
I just hope that this thread may be allowed to continue in a way that allows for purposeful and meaningful conversation as may be distinguished between that and “post it note” type interactions.
Note: Unless minor greetings and observations, are at the commencement of a post, or complete or finish a post that has been more informative, self-caring, offering care to others in meaningful ways, or sharing with some-one about one's own or the other's particular situation, they offer very little to the conversation, and frankly, can very quickly lead to cluttering of a thread with what to me is reduced to almost meaningless banter and “post it note” type interaction.
Sincerely,
@HenryX
