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On 19.10.2018 13:14, Martijn Verburg wrote:
> A message like - "Hey thanks for wanting to contribute, the link below 
> will tell you how to communicate with the right folks to about 
> your suggested contribution" as opposed to "you need to be an author - 
> go read a doc".  You can hopefully see that if we use the first style of 
> communication, people are far more likely to follow through and stick 
> around.

Sure - I agree in general.

Also in general, different people prefer different styles ...

So when I see a brief and clear three line e-mail with a simple goal 
statement, I assume that the sender prefers to receive brief and clear 
communication in return on how to get to the next step.

But when I see that someone prefers a different style, then I also try 
to match it, as it can be quite awkward and confusing otherwise.

Consider this scene with Polonius in Hamlet:

"My liege, and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is,
What day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time;
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief. Your noble son is mad …"

where he on one hand claims a preference for brevity, but on the other 
is anything but. He goes on for a bit, and then Gertrude answers briefly 
with

"More matter, with less art."

This mismatch in style results in Polonius going down a side path to 
discuss not using art while playing with words:

"Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, ’tis true. Tis true, ’tis pity,
And pity ’tis ’tis true—a foolish figure,
But farewell it, for I will use no art.
Mad let us grant him then. And now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect,
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause.
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus. Perpend."

In short, by briefly announcing her desire for brevity, she achieved the 
opposite effect. Had Gertrude instead answered in kind, and repeated 
that desire multiple times in different ways, as is Polonius' style, she 
might have been more successful communicating with him.

cheers,
dalibor topic
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