Letters to the Editor
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Idollies...
Another question: What is the proper procedure if you want to engage in a dialogue with another reader but not necessarily subject everyone else to it? There's no way to engage that person except to post another letter to the editor. I've seen those "dialogues" run into 20 or 30 posts. But I understand the desire to ask and answer questions or to clarify previous posts.
It's called starting your own blog... for yourself or for a group. Lots of people do it. I know of a couple of women who met in a comment thread on a knitting blog, decided to take it off-line (maybe via email at first), and then started their own blog. Oh, and they ended up with a book deal.
I, for one, would appreciate not being subjected to these one-on-one or -two or -three dialogues. They are more than tiresome. And, as alternate threads were one of the suggestions on the 600+ comment thread, I am still hoping that will happen.
Another blog I frequent will sometimes use an IM site as an alternate when traffic is very heavy. That might be another possibility.