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Chan790

(20,176 posts)
11. Not really.
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 11:02 PM
Jun 2012

Take my word for it, I get paid a lot of money P/T to write copy for social media content for NPOs and political campaigns. You're doing little more than annoying your audience. If you were tweeting your DU posts...you'd do better to find and remove extraneous words rather than spaces. If your content is so annoying that it makes reading the rest of the site harder, (and in this case it does because it's too wide for the table and the absence of spaces is preventing it from line-breaking) all you're going to do is motivate people to hide your threads and eventually your posts. Likewise, if your formatting makes it impossible to read your post (and in this case it does) then people are not going to read what you wrote.

If there is a prime rule of social media, it's "don't format your content in annoying ways."

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Why, may I ask, do you present actual content is the style of gibberish spam? RZM Jun 2012 #1
CANmakeMOREcontentFITintoTWEETorSUBJECTline. supraTruth Jun 2012 #3
Psssst... Twitter's over there --------> cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #5
Well two possible scenarios then. Either I'm the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz RZM Jun 2012 #7
It's a set of scrabble tiles straight out of a nightmare tkmorris Jun 2012 #17
if U hav a brain U no DU not twitter. Iggo Jun 2012 #30
Thisistoohardtoread proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #2
MAYBEaLITTLE,but ItHasPURPOSEinLimitedTWEETspace. supraTruth Jun 2012 #4
TwEetsHavespAces proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #8
Not really. Chan790 Jun 2012 #11
"If there is a prime rule of social media, it's "don't format your content in annoying ways."" fishwax Jun 2012 #16
Odd LACarMan Jun 2012 #33
HIdEtHreAD Gold Metal Flake Jun 2012 #6
. longship Jun 2012 #9
before I hide your thread RainDog Jun 2012 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Son of Gob Jun 2012 #12
I weep for the future of communication. nt Codeine Jun 2012 #13
No, this is actually a return to the style of a thousand years ago muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #19
Having studied Classical Greek and Latin, SC annoyed me for years. Chan790 Jun 2012 #20
OK, if you say so HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #14
I believe this is a powerful argument against marijuana legalization. boppers Jun 2012 #15
Damn! Jamastiene Jun 2012 #18
How did you do that? n/t Chan790 Jun 2012 #21
try this site LACarMan Jun 2012 #22
Too much fun to be had there madokie Jun 2012 #24
Lol Jamastiene Jun 2012 #32
I used this site: Jamastiene Jun 2012 #31
Hey, I like it! Iggo Jun 2012 #36
Practicing a ransom note? Lars39 Jun 2012 #23
Yep. Iggo Jun 2012 #28
Immoral I can at least understand and sympathize with. But...'unconstitutional'? randome Jun 2012 #25
wwhatthefuckisthisfuckingbullshit? Iggo Jun 2012 #26
Next time, have a little snack and drink some water before you start typing. Chorophyll Jun 2012 #27
Beckel, 4 Cons & 1 moderate democrat on FOX: Pot too strong these days Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #29
Ah I get it now RZM Jun 2012 #34
Poster has left the building for remedial formatting class RZM Jun 2012 #35
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