Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
I actually have to disagree with your first point. Posting a few teaser pictures and saying in essence "stay tuned while I actually write the report" is to me the same exact thing as advertising a future report. Please, don't do it!
Why is it so important amongst some of our report writers or photographers that we all become aware of their activities NOW when their report
hasn't even been started or even gotten off to a decent start? Why can't they wait for a week or two in order to present us with a decent effort?
Is the gratification received in the form of positive comments from our readers THAT important to them that they need to start getting it as soon as possible?
Before they've even earned it?
Maybe the key factor is time between substantive additions to the report. I am far more likely to come back to a thread if the trip has already been taken and the report is in progress than I am if the trip hasn't even begun yet. I don't think that *every* pre-report teaser needs to be deleted. Many people post teasers and then dutifully begin the report within 24 hours. Perhaps, at the mods' discretion, there should be a maximum one-week lag time between the teaser post and the first installment of the TR itself. After that, the thread should be deleted.
BTW,
Seat 2A, might I just add (apropos of nothing) that based on your reports, you have to be the coolest dude on this site.
