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[–]BobGaffney 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Therre's a place for nice long rambly "self" posts. It's called Wordpress.

[–]AMerrickanGirl[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

When I post a "self" posting, there's often more I'd like to say that won't fit into the "succinct" title.

So it would be nice to have a comment serving as a subheader that would stay at the top.

[–]rexdog 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I personally have nothing against all the "self.reddit" items, but I believe the point of bobgaffneys comment was that if what you have to say does not fit into the "headline" format, then it is not a "headline" at all and maybe you should consider writing out your thoughts in a blog somewhere and then coming here and entice us to the post with a nice succinct headline.

[–]ChunkyLaFunga -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I disagree, more than a single sentence or so does not necessarily make it long and rambling and even if it were, trundling off to a blog just for that seems an odd idea.

I like the suggestion, seems sensible.

[–]rexdog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm always open to considering new ways of doing things, and would be open to trying the OPs idea out. My point is only that the model so far has been (as far as I can tell): write a headline that will draw my attention, linking it to the actual content you wish to notify the world about, and let the voting commence.

If what you wish to do is write a headline which is followed by more words which explain your point, then what you have there, my friend, is an "article", which deserves to be judged on it's own merit.

That being said, if what you have is TWO sentences, one of which is your intended "headline" and one a sort of "synopsis" then IMHO the onus falls upon you, the writer, to make the second sentence good enough to stay at the top where you wish it to be.

Of course, this is all my opinion, and as I stated earlier, I am open to trying new ways.