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::Except that userboxes encourage labels rather than statements and explanations. I personally find it hard to explain what I believe in six words or less. -- '''<font color="navy">[[User talk:Dalbury|Donald Albury]]</font>''' 21:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
:::That's fine, but [[Dunbar's number]] comes into play at some point in large online communities like this. Bumper-stickers aren't inherently shallow. It's just that if you are stuck in traffic behind a guy with two paragraphs carved into his read-end, you're probably not going to read it or care. At least on wikipedia you can essentially wave the guy over and have a nice long discussion about whatever pithy/concise statement he may have chosen to make. -- [[User:Kendrick7|Kendrick7]]<sup>[[User_talk:Kendrick7|talk]]</sup> 21:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
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