metrognome...
i get the intent behind your post
but putting a meter on my posts would definately take some of the fun and effectiveness out of this forum for me:(
i post when i need to take a break...
so some days that might mean that i am at the computer every hour on the hour and others that i don't check in till nightfall or first thing in the morning before i start my day...
or heaven forbid.. not at all.
some days there is plenty of interaction and plenty to post.
some days i log on and off without anyone ever noticing.
I know, i know.. it isn't all about me :(
unless of course it is ;->
on a more general level,
limiting posts would inhibit conversation.
can you imagine a conversation where you had to wait 12 hours to counter the counter someone else made to your point or to respond to an interesting idea simply because you had used up your turns?
You can't because that conversation wouldn't exist... or if it did, it wouldn't be very interesting.
we log on here because although sometimes heated, the conversation here is interesting.
in some ways we are our own mini occupy wall street movement :)
trading ideas and attempting to move towards consensus.
on good days we manage.
but even on bad days we challenge what even those who agree with us think they know.
yes, it gets out of hand at times.
Yes, people can react badly when challenged.
and yes.. all of us can take it personally when someone crosses that line between calling an idea stupid and calling a person stupid.
but on the whole, it works.
i would like to see more curiosity than bombast here..
but here i go being all suzy Q again...
sometimes challenging bombast leads to curiosity ...
OK.. it's less effective for those who enter the fray and participate in the exchange than for those who silently read and ponder our many points and counterpoints and links and ...
but sometimes even one of us dim egocentric posting bulbs is enlightened...
and admits it.
oh joy!
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