While many readers prefer long posts with substance, some would settle for short ones, if not just links. We have recently been thinking of having a links digest integrated into the Web site. While it is still under consideration, this will remain just a short post with a pointer to a Novell/Microsoft cartoon. To keep this sufficiently long, here's a SUSE rant as well.
If you have a moment, let us know which posting format and frequency you prefer. It is, after all, a site which ought to be reader-driven, rather than be run with stern editorial control.
Fact #1: over time slop gets worse (training set is like some blurry JPEG). Fact #2: People's "smell" for slop improves over time, as they 'train' on slop and can detect it based on prior encounters. Put 1 and 2 together.