i'll just ask the question in the title so no one has to actually read the thread

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10-27-2005, 10:07 PM
Denmark

i'll just ask the question in the title so no one has to actually read the thread

do you think it's a good practice to place the thread topic in the thread title? or is it better to make people read the thread to find out? i know most of the threads HAVE the topic in the title, but is it really all that great? i know that personally I'm more likely to go to a thread if there's a title that makes me wonder what the topic is. discuss.
10-27-2005, 10:11 PM
Spiffing Cheese

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denmark

i know that personally I'm more likely to go to a thread if there's a title that makes me wonder what the topic is.

I agree, if the thread makes you wonder than you're more likely to want to know what it is.
10-27-2005, 10:12 PM
Reles

I just point my cursor over the title and read what it says when the first couple sentences come up. If It's remotely anything interesting I'll click, but if it isn't, I'll leave it alone.
10-27-2005, 10:12 PM
Yamaneko

Yes.
10-27-2005, 10:27 PM
Traitorfish

I'm an idiot, so I go by how funny/interesting/1337 the name is.
10-27-2005, 10:27 PM
Psychotic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reles With A Hat

I just point my cursor over the title and read what it says when the first couple sentences come up. If It's remotely anything interesting I'll click, but if it isn't, I'll leave it alone.

OMG YOU STOLE MY POST!!!!!
10-27-2005, 10:30 PM
Denmark

mine too
10-27-2005, 10:42 PM
Dignified Pauper

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reles With A Hat

I just point my cursor over the title and read what it says when the first couple sentences come up. If It's remotely anything interesting I'll click, but if it isn't, I'll leave it alone.
10-27-2005, 11:37 PM
Trumpet Thief

Rubedo: I like thread titles that have absolutely nothing to do with what the actual thread is about. For instance, a thread named "Mother-in-law" which asks you if you like tight jeans or night. That is my ideal thread. :cool:

chaos: :D
10-27-2005, 11:38 PM
RSL

I've been known to change thread titles if they are really stupidly vague. But I haven't done that in awhile.

So yeah, I think the title should have something to do with the thread. But that's just me. It's annoying to see a thread titled "Hippos are crazy!" and then open it up and the text be "Happy Birthday Big D!"
10-27-2005, 11:39 PM
Yamaneko

What if Big D got a hippo for his birthday?
10-27-2005, 11:41 PM
Yooniece

I like to see the topics in the title because I hate wasting my time and going to a really stupid thread with a bogus title to lure people into reading them.
10-27-2005, 11:57 PM
Trumpet Thief

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsl

So yeah, I think the title should have something to do with the thread. But that's just me. It's annoying to see a thread titled "Hippos are crazy!" and then open it up and the text be "Happy Birthday Big D!"

chaos: IMO, that's what makes the thread oh so more funner. :D
10-28-2005, 12:46 AM
fire_of_avalon

Reles is win.
10-28-2005, 12:46 AM
Rye

I like funny thread titles. :)
10-28-2005, 12:56 AM
Loony BoB

WesM 118: http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72742
WesM 118: what the hell
WesM 118: oh hahahaha
DanieLoony: What?
WesM 118: nevermind. :P
DanieLoony: You're an idiot. xD
WesM 118: The answer's in another thread
WesM 118: Hey, I DON'T READ EVERY THREAD IN GC
DanieLoony: xD
10-28-2005, 12:58 AM
Raistlin

DanieLoony: I am a flaming idiot.
10-28-2005, 01:01 AM
Madonna

I think that a good thread title should relate to the topic, but not necessarily be the question. Then why even bother to go into the thread and get its depth if you can skim it?
10-28-2005, 01:05 AM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raistlin

DanieLoony: I am a flaming idiot.

What's amusing is that I never said that, but I just said that I was stupid in a chat to you without knowing you'd posted this, so now you have something real to quote.
10-28-2005, 01:06 AM
Raistlin

*real quote*

WesM 118: Stupid people are funny
DanieLoony: Yes. It must be true, because some people think I'm pretty funny, too.
10-28-2005, 02:21 AM
eestlinc

I owed Raist a good laugh after banning him.
10-28-2005, 03:00 AM
rubah

Only if you accompany it with "n/t"
10-28-2005, 04:06 AM
Vyk

I do the mouse hover to get a tool-tip of the first post. On topics that interest me anyway. So it's gotta have a snazzy title. Then I peek at the first post. If I'm still interested, I'll click. Good luck keeping me entertained after that though. Group effort all! XD
10-28-2005, 04:56 AM
Shlup

This thread is stupid and I'm angry that I've wasted my precious clicky-finger energy to open it. I want yogurt.
10-28-2005, 05:31 AM
Meat Puppet

Yes.
10-28-2005, 07:08 AM
Primus Inter Pares

...you mean some people actually read the thread, instead of making a totally random reply based on the reply before it. (provided that reply is one line long)
10-28-2005, 11:20 AM
Sare

everything goes.
10-28-2005, 02:28 PM
Rusty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reles With A Hat

I just point my cursor over the title and read what it says when the first couple sentences come up. If It's remotely anything interesting I'll click, but if it isn't, I'll leave it alone.