Re: Discussion meta-comment

On 14 Apr 2011, at 20:11, Kingsley Idehen wrote:

> On 4/14/11 2:55 PM, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>> On 14 Apr 2011, at 12:33, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/14/11 7:10 AM, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>>>> Hi Kingsley,
>>>> 
>>>> On 12 Apr 2011, at 22:33, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/12/11 4:33 PM, David. Huynh wrote:
>>>>>>>  I, as well as others I know, find the culture that has developed on this list of responses saying "Well this is how I do it" alienating, and thus sometimes a barrier to posting and genuine responses, and so actually stifles discussion.
>>>>> David/Hugh,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I get the point, but don't know the comment target, so I'll respond with regards to myself as one participant in today's extensive debate with Glenn.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope I haven't said or inferred "this is how we/I do it" without providing at the very least a link to what I am talking about etc?
>>>> I think that is true.
>>>> But that is exactly the issue I was raising.
>>>> As I said, I don't think this is usually the best way to respond to a post.
>>> Hugh,
>>> 
>>> I am a little confused.
>>> 
>>> The problem is providing a link to accentuate a point or not doing so?  Put differently you are talking about more text and fewer links or more links and fewer text?
>> Hi,
>> Essentially different text and no links.
> 
> Hugh,
> 
> In this thread lies a simple example. If you gave me a link to the thread in question I am just a click away from truly comprehending your point. This forum is about Linked Data, right ? :-)
> 
> Please (seriously now) give me a link that exemplifies your point. Context is inherently subjective, public forums accentuate this reality.
> 
> FWIW -- I prefer to show rather than tell, I am also an instinctive dog-fooder so I link. The power of hyperlinks (links) continue to exceed my personal imagination. The productively gains that I enjoy courtesy of links is something I still can't quite quantify. That's why I haven't made a movie, post, or presentation (yet) with regards to the utter power of links.
> 
> I await your link, I do want to be much clearer about your point.
> 
> Kingsley
Thanks for asking, Kingsley.
Yes, I don't really want to just repeat the posting.
So I looked at the latest thread on this list: "15 Ways to Think About Data Quality (Just for a Start)", to try to illustrate what I mean.
Briefly:
It started with a message with a proposal to try to quantify quality.
It was followed by 4 people who seemed very interested and engaged, and who began to discuss the details.
But that was quickly followed by a transition to an interaction that centred around discussing your demos, numbering more than 30 messages.
In my opinion, after the initial phase, the discussion then made little progress towards what might have resulted in an interesting consensus with a number of people contributing.
An opportunity lost.
Best
Hugh

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