Warnock's Dilemma

[trochee]

Found an interesting page on the not-so-old Warnock's Dilemma.

You post a comment or question to a forum. No one responds. Did no one respond (as Warnock considers) because:

1. The post is correct, well-written information that needs no follow-up commentary. There's nothing more to say except "Yeah, what he said."
2. The post is complete and utter nonsense, and no one wants to waste the energy or bandwidth to even point this out.
3. No one read the post, for whatever reason.
4. No one understood the post, but won't ask for clarification, for whatever reason.
5. No one cares about the post, for whatever reason.

- from Brian C. Warnock's post to Perl discussion group list.

Comments

[soliss.livejournal.com]

See, I really wanted to leave this post uncommented because it would be so goddamn appropriate, but...

Well, I often comment without content, on the assumption that this is *not* a message board, people like the attention, and it helps form friendships. If they indicate they don't want them anymore (content-free comments), I stop. Or rather, I would, but no one's really indicated that yet.

But like he said, it's a forum, not an LJ. What's fine in LJ is moronic in many forums. And vice versa, really...

[epanastatis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what he said.

;)