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Zen and the art of posting
1787 sats \ 6 comments \ @chaoticalHeavy 11h culture
In most cases we should not make a post or comment on one.
In some cases we can improve things for everyone by making a post or commenting.
When we post or comment we should realize we are asking others to expend some attention or energy to comprehend our words.1
My point:
Spend some time composing and reviewing what you post and remove as many words as possible in order to magnify the effect of the actual point you are making.

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  1. This post started out with the idea that posts and comments should qualify as poetry but I scaled it back in order to be brief :-). ↩
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 10h
Does paying to post affect this reasoning at all?
How about if the payment went directly to the reader?
My desire to use the surgeon's knife on my posts and comments is tempered by the fact that my model for effective internet writing is GameKyuubi's "I AM HODLING" post. -- a post which I suspect escaped from the editorial ward without a scratch.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked 10h
true.
still i think the length here is important to its meme-ability. op talked about paring down.
How about if the payment went directly to the reader?
i sort of see where you're getting at, but im having a hard time imagining a world where this happens willingly.
readers seem to be paid by writers on sn only when they engage with what's been written, not by merely reading.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 6h
Wow, friend... I didn't even know where the story of that phrase came from...!!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy OP 7h
if the payment went directly to the reader
I don't understand this.
Does paying to post affect this reasoning at all?
Yes I paid a premium to post this in Culture.
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked 11h
nice distillation. i reflect on this too. its part of the reason that i encourage short(er) posts while others argue that compression culture is killing us. the truth is likely somewhere in between.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @RamPl 5h outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.