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06/13/05 11:35
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#94771 - SMS is disrespectful
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Many reasons have been given for rejecting SMS style messages, but in the end I think there is one basic reason:

SMS is disrespectful.

If somebody is asking for help, it is simply good manners to ask in a respectful way. Use of SMS in a question is simply lazy and suggests that the questioner's time is somehow more valuable than that of those being asked. The same goes for any question in which far too little infomation is given or which suggests that the questioner has made little effort to find an answer by his own efforts.

With this in mind, I think that Per Guldmann's suggestion is the best, that is: closing (but don't delete) post and inviting the poster to make a new post in plain english.

List of 48 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Revisiting the rules: SMS            01/01/70 00:00      
   RE:            01/01/70 00:00      
   re:SMS            01/01/70 00:00      
      Close thread instead of deleting            01/01/70 00:00      
      Warning before anything            01/01/70 00:00      
   Allow SMS only for limited browsers            01/01/70 00:00      
      Same rules for everybody.            01/01/70 00:00      
      The problem            01/01/70 00:00      
         Abbreviations            01/01/70 00:00      
            ABBR tag            01/01/70 00:00      
   I wish...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Voting system            01/01/70 00:00      
   I despair            01/01/70 00:00      
      Your despair            01/01/70 00:00      
         Erik is on holiday...!            01/01/70 00:00      
      I also despair            01/01/70 00:00      
   personal message            01/01/70 00:00      
      abbreviations            01/01/70 00:00      
      abbreviations            01/01/70 00:00      
   The thing is....            01/01/70 00:00      
   My 2 cents worth            01/01/70 00:00      
      My opinion            01/01/70 00:00      
         Re:Opinion            01/01/70 00:00      
            chicken and egg            01/01/70 00:00      
         Just ignore what you don't like            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks            01/01/70 00:00      
         [OT] Loud!!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Prevention better than cure?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Just let them by...            01/01/70 00:00      
      SMS fight            01/01/70 00:00      
      Agree            01/01/70 00:00      
      Who does it benefit?            01/01/70 00:00      
      The problem with that position            01/01/70 00:00      
      Freedom has a vast meaning            01/01/70 00:00      
      "costly time" or understanding at all            01/01/70 00:00      
         there is a "culture"            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hmmmmmmmmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
      SMS is disrespectful            01/01/70 00:00      
         closing but not deleting            01/01/70 00:00      
   no big deal, vote item 2 "-1 SMS" score            01/01/70 00:00      
   Death Valley            01/01/70 00:00      
      What caps allows the Death Valley?            01/01/70 00:00      
         caps            01/01/70 00:00      
            Electrolytic caps?            01/01/70 00:00      
               a reference to tantes            01/01/70 00:00      
   two questions            01/01/70 00:00      
      SMS            01/01/70 00:00      
      Nope            01/01/70 00:00      

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