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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'd wait until there's evidence of confusion before changing your "argot." I have a hard time imagining anyone (anyone capable of helping/contributing to the thread, that is) who wouldn't be easily capable of determining what you meant by "weight." No need to cater to pedantry on every occasion.  |
True, but its still a poor word choice for use on a forum such as MR where many users use the Search function to find threads that may help them with their own issues. When a non-standard term is used it's not likely that that same non-standard term will be included in part of the search criteria.
Using non-standard terms hinders other users from finding the information later and is effectively anti-social. Helpful members that reply to such initial posts should provide the proper "translation" as part of their response (e.g. "By 'weight' I presume you mean 'file size' ", ...) so that there is some hope that a later Search will find the post.