context is everything
Maybe I'm mistaken, but my guess is that a post written like that will be less effective in collecting useful replies than one where the author obviously took the time to try to communicate clearly. I tend to surf blogs sometimes when I get bored - when I run into one written in such a way that it almost needs a translator, I move on. Same thing with forum posts like the one you quoted. If I'd run into it in a forum instead of your editorial piece, I would have stopped reading about half way through.
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