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November 16, 2022 28 Comments
I am getting too many long posts. I will simply delete some when the site is overburdened.
November 16, 2022 28 Comments
28 Comments
agricola November 16, 2022
Then stop posing complex problems. If you want one line responses ask one line questions. You may have noticed, todays problems are not trivial. Is it that you wish to preach at length to us for reactions like Yeah Man, so you can feel you have done your bit.
Mickey Taking November 16, 2022
If you don’t like complex problems to ponder and respond to, you could always exit the site for a day?
Peter November 16, 2022
Good luck with that Sir John.
We have been here before. Long posts get split into multiple smaller ones and there is little change.
Mike Wilson November 16, 2022
I am getting too many long posts.
And too many repetitive posts? Some posters say the same thing over and over and over again. Day in, day out. Regardless of the subject of the day.
Mickey Taking November 16, 2022
Well, Sir John’s posts do tend to be much the same in tone ie complaints about PM, Ministers and policies.
Perhaps he should confine his thoughts to emails to the above and not bother with telling us how he feels?
glen cullen November 16, 2022
Iām a bit guilty of that ā¦Iād propose a ālikeā or ādislikeā buttons
Nottingham Lad Himself November 16, 2022
Ah, the Safety In Numbers need of the Leave voter with not a single fact-based, positive reason for having done so eh?
Narrow Shoulders November 17, 2022
So says the opinionator
Mickey Taking November 17, 2022
We still remain to ever get any evidence from you on all manner of bizarre claims.
glen cullen November 17, 2022
What ?
Peter November 17, 2022
An āignoreā button would be useful too.
Clough November 16, 2022
Agreed, Mike. There would be no harm in SJR being a bit stricter when it comes to topic relevance. I know I may sometimes have transgressed myself, but in future I would cheerfully accept that that’s the policy. The benefit would be that with commenters’ different viewpoints all focused on a topic, we might learn more in depth about about it than we get from the legacy media, as Richard North calls them.
cynic November 17, 2022
I would like to second that there is too much repetition and deviation. Many comments do not refer to Sir John’s post, and appear to be individual Hobby Horses galloping off in all directions!
Margaret Brandreth November 16, 2022
Go for it.You pay for it.You moderate.You make the decisions when to publish..You can pick up complaints and we can all see your bias towards some bloggers. So what boss!
Fishknife November 17, 2022
Dear Sir John,
We all know the problems, LL lists them continuously.
What we need is a leader (Lord Frost?) to organise Independant Conservative candidates, outside the party machine, so we who believe in Brexit have someone to vote for. You’ve written the manefesto.
No Longer Anonymous November 16, 2022
Matt Hancock has loads of free time to help you out.
Maybe you could try to stipulate, say one post on any thread. Its not for me to say, but I have noticed that certain people post multiple times on one thread, and you have requested brevity before, which seems to fall on deaf ears.
Bloke November 16, 2022
SJRās Diary involves much care & effort to compose, moderate & maintain. We should be grateful for his high quality standards and assist.
Totally agree John . I left your site before for exactly the reason you have complained about today .
Regards , Bert .
Mark B November 17, 2022
Good morning.
Try deleting those who post multiple times or those who are always ‘off-topic’ and have various links that have nothing to do with the days topic. Not to mention all the trolls and flamers.
Do that and you will have half as many and would not have to delete posts like mine.
Mickey Taking November 17, 2022
Guilty as charged. However, I hope to draw attention to most serious events ‘making it into news items’ that don’t get covered otherwise. All this blame game about gilts may well bother some of you Ā£millionaires on here, but most of the electorate want to see the price of milk and eggs reduced! For most people gilt is what you see on tacky Christmas cards.
Donna November 17, 2022
Your blog, so we play by your rules š
Brian Cowling November 17, 2022
How about limiting the characters permitted if it is technically possible? Up to 280 characters is good for a tweet. An online form I completed recently allowed up to 1000 characters with a decreasing total shown.
a-tracy November 18, 2022
A blog isn’t twittering, it will die if contributions stop. Yours was 213 characters with-spaces.
a-tracy November 17, 2022
Ask your blog people if you can set a maximum word limit per reply. It could help to focus on the most essential point people want to make.
Very sorry if this is aimed at me; when I’m quiet at work, this blog is the only outlet for my frustration which is rising right now. I will try to resist.
Christopher H Sheldrake November 17, 2022
I quite agree.
I will return to my previous self-imposed maximum limit of 200 words per post.
But, as others have commented, why not restrict contributors to no more than two posts on each topic ?
a-tracy November 17, 2022
Christopher, I feel the best arguments develop when people question each other’s replies that span out from John’s crafted posts. I’ll try to give myself a self-imposed 250-word limit per day, I’m up to 74 words already!
November 16, 2022
Then stop posing complex problems. If you want one line responses ask one line questions. You may have noticed, todays problems are not trivial. Is it that you wish to preach at length to us for reactions like Yeah Man, so you can feel you have done your bit.
November 16, 2022
If you don’t like complex problems to ponder and respond to, you could always exit the site for a day?
November 16, 2022
Good luck with that Sir John.
We have been here before. Long posts get split into multiple smaller ones and there is little change.
November 16, 2022
And too many repetitive posts? Some posters say the same thing over and over and over again. Day in, day out. Regardless of the subject of the day.
November 16, 2022
Well, Sir John’s posts do tend to be much the same in tone ie complaints about PM, Ministers and policies.
Perhaps he should confine his thoughts to emails to the above and not bother with telling us how he feels?
November 16, 2022
Iām a bit guilty of that ā¦Iād propose a ālikeā or ādislikeā buttons
November 16, 2022
Ah, the Safety In Numbers need of the Leave voter with not a single fact-based, positive reason for having done so eh?
November 17, 2022
So says the opinionator
November 17, 2022
We still remain to ever get any evidence from you on all manner of bizarre claims.
November 17, 2022
What ?
November 17, 2022
An āignoreā button would be useful too.
November 16, 2022
Agreed, Mike. There would be no harm in SJR being a bit stricter when it comes to topic relevance. I know I may sometimes have transgressed myself, but in future I would cheerfully accept that that’s the policy. The benefit would be that with commenters’ different viewpoints all focused on a topic, we might learn more in depth about about it than we get from the legacy media, as Richard North calls them.
November 17, 2022
I would like to second that there is too much repetition and deviation. Many comments do not refer to Sir John’s post, and appear to be individual Hobby Horses galloping off in all directions!
November 16, 2022
Go for it.You pay for it.You moderate.You make the decisions when to publish..You can pick up complaints and we can all see your bias towards some bloggers. So what boss!
November 17, 2022
Dear Sir John,
We all know the problems, LL lists them continuously.
What we need is a leader (Lord Frost?) to organise Independant Conservative candidates, outside the party machine, so we who believe in Brexit have someone to vote for. You’ve written the manefesto.
November 16, 2022
Matt Hancock has loads of free time to help you out.
November 16, 2022
Sir
I don’t blame you.
November 16, 2022
Maybe you could try to stipulate, say one post on any thread. Its not for me to say, but I have noticed that certain people post multiple times on one thread, and you have requested brevity before, which seems to fall on deaf ears.
November 16, 2022
SJRās Diary involves much care & effort to compose, moderate & maintain. We should be grateful for his high quality standards and assist.
November 16, 2022
Totally agree John . I left your site before for exactly the reason you have complained about today .
Regards , Bert .
November 17, 2022
Good morning.
Try deleting those who post multiple times or those who are always ‘off-topic’ and have various links that have nothing to do with the days topic. Not to mention all the trolls and flamers.
Do that and you will have half as many and would not have to delete posts like mine.
November 17, 2022
Guilty as charged. However, I hope to draw attention to most serious events ‘making it into news items’ that don’t get covered otherwise. All this blame game about gilts may well bother some of you Ā£millionaires on here, but most of the electorate want to see the price of milk and eggs reduced! For most people gilt is what you see on tacky Christmas cards.
November 17, 2022
Your blog, so we play by your rules š
November 17, 2022
How about limiting the characters permitted if it is technically possible? Up to 280 characters is good for a tweet. An online form I completed recently allowed up to 1000 characters with a decreasing total shown.
November 18, 2022
A blog isn’t twittering, it will die if contributions stop. Yours was 213 characters with-spaces.
November 17, 2022
Ask your blog people if you can set a maximum word limit per reply. It could help to focus on the most essential point people want to make.
Very sorry if this is aimed at me; when I’m quiet at work, this blog is the only outlet for my frustration which is rising right now. I will try to resist.
November 17, 2022
I quite agree.
I will return to my previous self-imposed maximum limit of 200 words per post.
But, as others have commented, why not restrict contributors to no more than two posts on each topic ?
November 17, 2022
Christopher, I feel the best arguments develop when people question each other’s replies that span out from John’s crafted posts. I’ll try to give myself a self-imposed 250-word limit per day, I’m up to 74 words already!