Please. Who in the world is forced to click on a link or read an article?
I don’t want to click on a thread and have this huge article load before I’ve even decided FOR MYSELF if I want to read it or not.
Who cares WHO posts the article? If it’s worth reading and of interest to freepers, it will get read. If not, it won’t.
Apart from truly abusive posters (spam), we don’t need “rules” or “blog overlords” to protect us from links we don’t want to click on.
Then start your own forum and run it that way. In the meantime the owner of THIS forum disagrees with you and is not likely to change his mind just because you don't agree.
Anybody who opens a thread and finds a sentence exerpt instead of a whole blog entry.
"I don’t want to click on a thread and have this huge article load before I’ve even decided FOR MYSELF if I want to read it or not."
Oh my gosh ... if you're clunking along with a computer that has trouble loading a HUGE amount of text, as in several paragraphs, I can certainly understand your upset. Bless your heart ... if you save $1/week, Sam's has some nice little notebooks and you could have one in a year or so.
"Apart from truly abusive posters (spam), we don’t need “rules” or “blog overlords” to protect us from links we don’t want to click on."
Feel free to address your concerns to the owner of the site. Apparently he likes a rule here and there.