Pat, I would find it very useful if you could, as best as possible, indicate the full substance of a topic in the title so I can help determine if it is of interest to me without clicking on the link. Is this something you could do in future for me please?
Mark,
I'd like to, but doubt I can.
I've always had an independent streak and the thought of capitulating to whiners who have a history of contributing very little to this site is abhorrent to me.
I would think, based upon more than a dozen years of posting threads on this site, that the author's name would be sufficient to peek your interest and cause you to click on the thread.
I know that I'll click on any thread authored by Tom Doak, Jeff Brauer, Mike Young, Gib Papazian and others.
Hope you understand
not the approach i would follow and for what its worth i don't think its the right one for the greater good but i understand if thats who you are, thats who you are. at least you own it the fact you don't think you can but i would encourage you to still try.
i see the logic of you thinking your name is enough to get me to read your posts but if this msg board was a newspaper, i read an article based on a headline (subject) not the journalist (author). your posts might be great and some are of interest to me but if i don't know what i am clicking on and you can't give some detail/context, why should i read that post over any other when i only have a limited time to enjoy the site or am looking for a specific topic. as a result i gloss over it and move on rather than think "oh thats of interest i will come back to that next time or when i have found what i am looking for".
Also think of the new people who discover the site they don't know who you are and that they should read your posts. your message/input/thoughts, which without doubt are excellent would/could spread further afield if you give a bit more information upfront.
anyway i have made a request, you have declined to accomodate it, as is your right. so thats my 2 cents on the subject (pun intended) and we will leave it there.