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<blockquote data-quote="conceptualclarity" data-source="post: 805476" data-attributes="member: 11916">I make it clear in my original post that I am not out to ban acronyms. (In fact, I have been known to use them myself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />) What I&#039;m saying is it would be good to establish a norm of adhering to the typical practice in good writing in which the first use of the acronym is accompanied by the full designation spelled out. I haven&#039;t run a website, so I&#039;m not in a good position to advise the best way to promote such a norm.I think we need to do something because this wonderful, valuable website is Acronym City, which as I said bewilders newcomers and thus is not the best way to promote the growth and health of the website. For those of who love the website so much that we would be greatly pained to lose it, it makes sense for us to cultivate a consciousness of doing our best to make the website as appealing as possible to non-members. It&#039;s vital that we grab a whole lot of the new people who land on this website from search engine results.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="conceptualclarity, post: 805476, member: 11916"] I make it clear in my original post that I am not out to ban acronyms. (In fact, I have been known to use them myself. :D) What I'm saying is it would be good to establish a norm of adhering to the typical practice in good writing in which the first use of the acronym is accompanied by the full designation spelled out. I haven't run a website, so I'm not in a good position to advise the best way to promote such a norm. I think we need to do something because this wonderful, valuable website is Acronym City, which as I said bewilders newcomers and thus is not the best way to promote the growth and health of the website. For those of who love the website so much that we would be greatly pained to lose it, it makes sense for us to cultivate a consciousness of doing our best to make the website as appealing as possible to non-members. It's vital that we grab a whole lot of the new people who land on this website from search engine results. [/QUOTE]

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