Suggestion
One of the things I hate is when someone posts in a thread ask about something just to say they don't participate in that activity. For instance, if you asking "Who's your favorite rapper" and you post "I don't listen to rap", shouldn't that be considered spam? "What's your favorite type of meat?" "I don't eat meat" Yeah? I mean theoretically it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. It just pisses me off. So yeah. Could we like... start yelling at people about doing this?
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It answers the question, so its not spam.
What're you trying to do here? Shall we go around saying "That answer is not satisfactory, please proceed to thegas chambershowers"?
It's something I've noticed, too.
It just seems like a waste. It's kind of like replying to a thread with just a smilie or something like "heh." Which, last I heard (two years ago), was frowned upon.
It is kind of annoying, but I guess they're just "adding" to their "postcount"
As if that's necessary.
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
I don't see how its like just posting a smilie or saying "heh." Saying "I don't like rap" or "I don't eat meat" answers the question, and is a valid post.
Personally, I don't mind it at all.
I don't care about it either, but as a thread starter, I would prefer to see answers like "Yeah, I like "so-and-so" because "for some reason"" rather than "I don't like "so-and-so""
If they are answer "I don't like..." they better explain why instead of just leaving it as "I don't like..."
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
That's more of an issue with annoying people than something the staff really needs to get involved in. We can't police everyone to be sure they're answers are good enough for the thread starter.
Yeah, I don't like replying....
Sorry, that wasn't funny but its not really upto the post starter to decide whos right and wrong is it? Thats why they trick knights into sorting it. And I thought Postcounts were disabled to ordinary members, only knights could see them....
Well, since 90% of the threads in GC are pointless and wastes of space("what's your favorite type of meat?" is a perfect example), I think those kind of replies are rather appropriate.
Let's face it, the majority of those threads are created through utter boredom. No-one actually sets out to learn the favourite meats of others, they just start a random topic to create some activity. If nobody cares about the question, why should anybody care about the answer?
I never read those sorts of posts, unless there's a poll (Hint: compulsory polls in every thread), or an actual discussion going on. Sorting through 3 pages of single word replies isn't fun.
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Czanthor: that fits my definition of spam. If no one cares, if no one really reads it, then it shouldn't be there in the first place.
But I already had a big argument about that months ago. *shrugs*
I agree with Czanthor, I don't understand why people are so picky about what people post in their threads. I don't give a rats what people put in my threads. It's not like I own it or anything. It's not like I actually care how people respond. It's not like I actually remember starting the thread in the first place.
Actually come to think of it I do care, especially when it's in one of my threads about drinking and someone just replies with "I don't drink". About half the staff do that.
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As long as it relates to the topic, it shouldn't matter. As long as it's not spam, it shouldn't matter. If someone replies to a thread entitled "Your favourite alcoholic beverage" with a comment like "I don't drink, as I don't enjoy alcohol", why penalize them for it? The poster in question is simply expressing his/her opinion on the subject. If it's really off-topic, then fair enough, but people shouldn't let little things like this annoy them.
If people became annoyed with their friends/acquaintances in the offline world for replying to a conversation in this manner, they would be labelled as being uncaring and mean. The same should apply here. People who complain about short posts which are on topic are moaning about nonsensical matters.
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I agree with ShlupQuack, and Raistlin here, and I think Czanther just about summed it up with:
"Let's face it, the majority of those threads are created through utter boredom. No-one actually sets out to learn the favourite meats of others, they just start a random topic to create some activity. If nobody cares about the question, why should anybody care about the answer?"
In the end, is it really a big deal? If this forum starts becoming too strict and fussy about post quality, people won't want to come here =P If it's about the topic it is valid to the topic, in my opinion.
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