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| Thread ID: 83706 | 2007-10-10 08:12:00 | Please grow up | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 600015 | 2007-10-10 10:20:00 | This thread needs moar QQ imo. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 600016 | 2007-10-10 10:31:00 | moar Culprit found |
george12 (7) | ||
| 600017 | 2007-10-10 10:39:00 | Culprit found wat |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 600018 | 2007-10-10 10:42:00 | www.urbandictionary.com | george12 (7) | ||
| 600019 | 2007-10-10 10:43:00 | Why is it that some people expect internet forums to be exactly what they want them to be all of the time. It's very very simple. Just ignore what you don't like - and report posts that go beyond what's acceptable to the moderators. No, it's not simple. Ignoring posts with headers you know you're not interested in is simple. Following one you are interested in - only to find it deteriorates into rubbish - can be very annoying. You keep looking at new posts in case it gets back to the point - and if it doesn't improve, the annoyance grows. Smart-alec highjacks can't be predicted. Neither can the number of those posts there'll be in what started as a normal thread. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 600020 | 2007-10-10 11:13:00 | I'm actually a little surprised there's a complaint. Well, maybe that's because the last forum I was a part of is full of pretentious bafoons. They are insecure in their intellect. They want to talk about politics, religion, philosophy, etc to make themselves feel mature. As a result, the regular pedestrian threads that make up the bulk of any good forum are spammed and/or locked because they don't fulfill the need for false intellectualism. This alienates posters and when the vaunted intellectual threads pop up again, it's just the same 20 or so posters who've been there for years talking the same things they always have. Most of the time people in there feel they need to reassure themselves of their "superior morality and intelligence" by being condescending towards those with opposing views. The nice people? Bleh. Sure, there are the odd one or two genuinely kind peeps, but most of those 'nice' people just wants recognition in the form of rep and badges. :yuck: It's different here however. I actually feel most chaps' intelligence and personality are genuine instead of fancy words arranged in no particular order. I originally joined this forum only to bad-mouth Ihug about what they did to me (see my first thread). I eventually got involved around here, as most people are truly helpful and without having an immature rep system, these helpful people shine among the community without any number of rep showing under their avatar. There are the odd brats that I've seen so far - they've gone though I think. And one or two of the more foul-fingered man/woman are usually helpful, and often gives out good posts. Although sometimes he/she needs his/her fingers slapped with a 30cm steel ruler. Besides, the Monday jokes keeps me in check most Monday evenings. ;) |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 600021 | 2007-10-10 15:06:00 | As prolly the WORST hijacker here, let me say I am sorry on both of those occasions . I usually try to wait until the answer is posted . . . and I am very guilty of this next part: I will ask what I consider a sidebar question and try to keep the ball rolling because I feel the subject is still expanding when it may very well be considered complete and resolved . My bad: I keep on thinking that the question is a category, not a specific request . The sequence of a tech question-answer is that there seems to be a ritual that is for better or worse, somewhat now established . It goes like this a lot of times: 1) The question is posted 2) salient answers, sprinkled with "cute" phrases or insults are returned: sometimes, the answer is to "Google-it" . . . not kind! 3) the question gets re-stated for clarification, perhaps because the first question wasn't asked clearly or well or was in txtmssg . . . . 4) answers become "I told you so", "that's because you're stupid . . . " or "use X-system/hardware/distro" 5) retorts then become insults: gadflies gather 6) other peripheral experiences enter, good, bad and some insinuations about suspect genealogies . . at this point a MOD either pipes in and locks the post or just warns that things are getting out of hand . . . or the post just dies a lingering death . But . . . all in all, I find this forum is like a social club that is open to strangers who wander by and peek in, often times becoming members themselves because of the banter and good answers . There is a tremendous talent pool here . . . from sewing to SYSOPS, from plumbers to gynecologists . It's all good . Perhaps we should tighten up a little on the tech side, but I don't really think the chat side is TOO far out of control . . . but needs to be watched and perhaps a little less inflammatory . . . remembering of course that things here are mostly opinions and feelings and not always subject to actual laws or rules . Here's an idea: Like the "Report this post" icon, there might be an "OT" to click when the original post/thought is lost in the dust and a "Badmouth" icon to signify when someone feels insulted . I will try to stay on topic from now on . . . slap me when I wander . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 600022 | 2007-10-10 17:47:00 | Which comment? If the forum has been going downhill for the last twelve months because of people attacking and criticising each other, then how exactly is this critical and attacking post going to promote change? Like Marvin (the paranoid android) I ask merely for information.I wonder how any non-troll could deem Somebody's post as attacking? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 600023 | 2007-10-10 17:51:00 | A2) salient answers, sprinkled with "cute" phrases or insults are returned: sometimes, the answer is to "Google-it"...not kind! Google it sounds a lot better than RTFM (Read the F***ing Manual) as is seen often on IRC | Myth (110) | ||
| 600024 | 2007-10-10 18:01:00 | Thanks, somebody, for speaking up. Edit: And if you're not a "he," sorry Look at his avatar - he has...:( :waughh: :confused: :annoyed: :eek: With respect to this thread, let's all be reminded of the Netiquette (www.albion.com) that we should all have when communicating via the Internet. There are two ways we can grow up: 1) We grow up the normal way. 2) We be forced to grow up. Trust me, the second way is less pleasant than the first one. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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