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chatter: multiple voices, multiple styles
"I will not be using ..."
Glad to hear it. As per Ann above, Serendip's strength is the availability of many voices, many styles. It exists as a platform for chatter, with no presumption that there is an optimal "style." Indeed, the presumption is that the process of constructing both individual and group stories requires an openness to different styles, that "style" is as meaningful a difference between people as is "content" and so differences in style are no less important a contribution to chatter than differences in content. Is there a consensus "common language" that we should all aspire to? My guess is no such thing can exist, that all "styles" will be "off-putting" to some people some of the time. More importantly, the perspective of chatter as construction suggests we shouldn't in fact be looking for a style that appeals to all the people all the time.
That said, its also worth noting that the same person may use different styles at different times and for different purposes. Cf Not just my problem, friend. We can appreciate, make use of different voices not only of different people but within ourselves as well.