Only we are inside our own heads

Posted by ccbweb, December 9, 2008 at 9:28 AM

A plea for all of us who write topics and ask questions. Don't worry about brevity when it sacrifices clarity!

What I mean is that there are a bunch of posts/threads/questions that seem really interesting but are somewhat confusing or just don't seem to make sense (at least to me). It occurred to me that this might be because when we're writing a post, we know what we mean. Of course, no one else has any idea what we mean yet. Since this is the internet and people from different countries and cultures, different educational systems and backgrounds are all contributing to and reading the site we definitely can't expect everyone to understand things the same way. Heck, even if its my younger brother I sometimes have to explain what I'm trying to say 4 different ways before we're on the same page.

My point, I hope, is that since it is the internet we don't have to worry as much about space when writing a question or a post. Thus, I'm tossing out the idea of expanding a bit on your question when you ask it. Maybe write a little about what you think or what particular term means in your culinary world. I'm not proposing any rules or trying to tell anyone that should be writing 500 word posts! Mostly, I'm trying to learn to remember that no one else is in my head so I have to put enough information out there for people to work with.

It seems like posters often try to keep their posts really short for some reason. Sometimes that makes a lot of sense. But sometimes, it seems like it just leaves out a lot of really useful, interesting stuff. Thanks!

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