Slide on slides -
I can tell in the first 5-10 words whether a post is something I want to make time for. So much information comes at us every single day by text, email, snail mail, web sites and apps that I suspect most people have learned to do that just to manage their free time well.
I’d guess that 25% of our posts on any thread are slides of some kind and I don’t think it’s hospitable to say some slides are welcome and others are not. Each slide is, by definition, completely off topic and superfluous, but there is someone enjoying every one of them. I don’t think any individual poster or collection of posters should judge which are allowed and which are forbidden, based on their own tastes. The slides don’t hurt anybody so we can afford to be kind and just ignore them if we’re not interested.
If personal issues take over entire pages of threads, it’s too much.
i think 25% is really low...and I am really not sure what this thread is about anymore.
We can disagree but I remain concerned over the issues I raised. Sure, be nice. Being nice also can mean not taking up all the band width for personal reasons. That is also courteous.