Commons:Please consider being more concise so as not to confuse other parties in your intentions and to avoid misunderstandings as multiple remarks in a conversation typically are more fruitful than a single long post that will feel more like a monologue［…］

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Please consider being more concise.

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Please consider being more concise so as not to confuse other parties in your intentions and to avoid misunderstandings as multiple remarks in a conversation typically are more fruitful than a single long post that will feel more like a monologue. Monologues tend to discourage conversations and become more difficult to understand particularly if English is not the native language of the other party. The intention behind any remark should be to express your opinion in hopes of either convincing the other party or at the very least seek some sort of a compromise. Disagreements are bound to happen and we can only move forward if we reach some sort of an agreement over an extended discussion. In a disagreement objections from all parties over whatever the issue is probably over few specific points and not over every point.

Long posts can also feel more like a filibuster. A filibuster is a parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the proposal. This is an example of a tangent that sometimes happens with long posts where you explain something the reader either is not interested in or is not something that is very relevant to the on going discussion. The relevance may be clear to you but the intended connection can be lost in a long post that discusses multiple points. So as this paragraph is intended to demonstrate this can be particularly unhelpful if the audience loses interest. It is likely they will not read onward or get confused making the entire text incomprehensible to some.

Also consider that not all users are English native speakers and very long posts will be unintelligible to them and software such as Google Translate will spectacularly fail. This would as a consequence be a failure in communication. Ideally you want to reach out to as many users as possible. We are a multi-lingual community of communities and that naturally includes non-native English speakers and of course even those without any English skills. Simpler short sentences and statements are much easier to follow. Another problem with long statements is that you may end up repeating yourself unnecessarily. Hence you would be putting more effort than what would be sufficient. You may find it more pleasant to spend more time discussing issues in many short sentences with your peers than one long post that probably takes you a very long time to think and type.