Topic: Co-operative principle (Read 181 times)

The importance of communication can in no way be overemphasized, the main purpose of communication/communicating is to pass a message across and one of the most efficient and effective ways of communicating, interacting and cooperation between individuals is when language is used in such a way that all parties involved enjoy mutual understanding.
 This also is applicable on the forum, for your posts,threads,replies etc to effectively pass across a message, it must and should profer a novel(new) and vital information as well as should be presented orderly and sincerely which is what the Co-operative principle is all about.

The Co-operative principle was propounded by a philosopher named Paul Grice in the year 1975, and this principle advocates that discussions must be geared towards/follow the proper directions of that being discussed, it encourages "topic coherence',"understanding", and maintenance of the purpose of the ongoing discussion.
Many newbies(mostly)as well as member of other ranks delve into discussions which they have paltry knowledge on, and this should not be so, once you do not have sufficient knowledge of the ongoing discussion, it is pertinent you simply "read" and build your knowledge, so that when next such is discussed you'll have the requisite knowledge to contribute.
The principle for effective cooperation/communucation(co-operative principle)is hinged on four maxims which I think would be of great help to newbies and beginners, if they can adhere to it, in order to be useful on the forum as we as rank up better/easier.

1)Quantity:"Make your contribution as informative as is required, not more or less than is required"; long texts do not give merits, neither do short one's likewise, so just keep it informative whether long or short, do not in a bid to make it long, add irrelevances.This would only reduce the quality, if it's concise then let it contain all the useful information you can garner/gather
2)Quality:"Do not say that which is not true or for which you lack evidence'; If you do so you'll only be misleading others with little knowledge or those who seek to know or asked a question.if you do not know the answer to a question, ignore and allow another to answer, example:if someone asks "How can I purchase a hardware wallet",if you do not know, don't give an answer, you may end up misleading the person into getting that which is infected with malware and phshing virus.
3)Relative:"Be relevant"; always be relevant, never off topic or off-point.just as the forum says: Off-topic replies are not allowed"
4)manner:"Be clear and orderly"; coherence is vital,you may not have proper command of the English language, but as long as your replies and threads are clear and orderly then it's acceptable and you'll earn merits and rank up, adequate use of punctuation also aids clarity.

This basic principles can act as a guide to newbies as well as others, applying then can only be of good advantages as it'll brush up communication skills and Forster quality threads.