lj-cuts?

[mattlistener]

Quick poll: is anyone off-put by my not using lj-cuts on long posts such as yesterday's? My theory has been that since I post infrequently, and write long posts even more infrequently, I've got more leeway to take up space in peoples' friends list when I do post. But still, if a few people say they'd rather I use lj-cuts on posts beyond a customary length, I will.

Also, if you appreciated my post from yesterday about the overturning of sodomy laws, please let me know? My research binges come effortlessly, but writing them up takes some effort, so your feedback matters. (I do realize that I may be writing this before you've read said message.)

Thanks!

Comments

[tcb.livejournal.com]

personally, I think the more often one posts really long entries, the more lj-cuts are useful things.

a well-written, occasional, long entry I think is ok..

on the other hand, if there is a sensical place to put a cut (like in my last post, where I cut most of the results from selectsmart), it should be used.

[queue.livejournal.com]

I definitely appreciated the writeup yesterday. I was a little fuzzy on a few points after having read a news article on ruling, and your post helped clarify those.

And I have no problem with the non-cut post. I'm actually less likely to click past a cut to read something, so I'm glad the post was not cut.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I agree with tcb and queue.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

I liked your post, and I'm fine with you not LJ-cutting it.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

I rarely follow cut-tags. But then, that's me.


(which is my way of saying i don't mind if you don't use 'em.)

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I was fine with the no cut. A lot of friends were posting about the supreme court ruling.

It's your journal. cut or no cut, you decide.

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

It was such a high-quality post, I didn't mind the length.

[volta]

I don't mind when people don't cut long text posts like yours, it only really bothers me when people post wide images; vertical space is cheap, horizontal space isn't.

I found your post interesting.

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

I really appreciate when friends put long posts behind lj-cuts and just summarize the major concept outside the cut.. regardless of how often you do or don't post long things. It's basically good LJ etiquette, IMHO.

Yes, I appreciated the article. Virtually 90% of my lj friends (over 100 of them) posted about the sodomy law revokation, so I didn't comment on all of the posts.

[golux-org.livejournal.com]

I like having your long posts not cut.

Conversation takes different forms depending on the circumstance. Many LJ posts are the equivalent of casual banter -- here's what I did today, or saw today, etc. But some LJ posts are the equivalent of more serious conversation, of the type where someone needs to be verbose to express the full scope of an idea. In conversation, these are the times when the listener will typically give focused attention. Coming across a post like this on LJ has the same effect, and that feels like part of the natural pattern of conversation. It helps that your posts, although verbose, also feel denser than ordinary LJ posts.

The low frequency of such posts also helps. If they were so common that it became hard to find other content, that could be an issue simply from the perspective of being able to still hear others. But that is evidently not the case here.

Finally, when reading your page directly (e.g. not the friends list, but going to your weblog), non-cut allows for more fluid reading.

Oh, as for the content of the research, that was good too :)

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That goes beyond answering my questions to helping explain my own tendency here. Much appreciated.