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[Cloud No.9]

just a general question.

i've noticed that the forum with the most closed threads per thread is well...... this one.

is there any reason why this is? is it a problem? and is there a way to prevent it, like stricter regulations?

it was just point. *notes this thread will be closed just to spite him*

[Meat Puppet]

The reason is because it is the Feedback forum. It's something that just is.
(excluding archives)

[Garnie]

IF IM LUCKY ILL HAVE A THREAD WITH 20 REPLYS BEFOR ITS CLOSED......................

[Yamaneko]

The reason is because it is the Feedback forum. It's something that just is.
(excluding archives)

No, it isn't. It wasn't at all like this a year ago. The reason why there are so many closed threads in this forum is that people want to be heard about their personal problems that have nothing to do with the board as a whole. So, instead up PMing a mod or admin about their problem or concern, they make a topic here, which gets closed sooner than later because it doesn't give any feedback.

[Del Murder]

Feedback is different from most forums because there are a lot of topics that have a definite resolution. When the problem has been solved we'd just as soon let the thread die, but a lot of people like to spam it up and get it closed. It's the whole give a mouse a cookie principle at work here. Quite interesting to see if you are a casual observer who doesn't really care about the aesthetics of the Feedback Forum (unfortunately I am not that).

[Shlup]

its cause the cids knights are like shinra

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[TasteyPies]

It's the whole give a mouse a cookie principle at work here.

I have never heard that analogy. Please explain.

[Del Murder]

Give a mouse a cookie and he'll ask for a glass of milk. Meaning, give people an inch and they'll take a mile. In this case, allowing a relaxed attitude in the Feedback Forum where people can make the occasional joke has caused them to post whatever garbage that first comes to mind, with no real regard to what it is they are actually saying. Rather than making veiled off color jokes that reference the topic, as a fun treat for every once in a while, people are now going off on tangents and holding conversations that really only hold value for those directly involved, in every thread, as if this were now the norm or even expected reaction. This is even more interesting given the fact that we all communicate through text, making it all the more easy to respect the rules and intent of the forum by editing or erasing your statements.

See also: server switch days, threads named after members

[Psychotic]

The garbage that first came to my mind: Del, I don't think mice can talk.

[Shlup]

Goddamn you people, didn't your mothers ever read to you?

[TasteyPies]

The garbage that first came to my mind: Del, I don't think mice can talk.

He might scratch it into the wall. In that case I personaly would open up a can of whoop A for him scratching something into my precious walls.

[Psychotic]

Goddamn you people, didn't your mothers ever read to you?

My mum used to read me a story called Bears in Pairs. It had lots of bears. Like bears with spots and bears with dots, and bears with hearts and bears with tarts, and bears in planes and bears in trains, and there were tall bears and short bears, and there were hairy bears and scary bears. And it had pictures of all of the bears! The scary bear was dressed as a ghost Anyway, the end of the book said "Hurry bears! Hurry to..." "Emily's tea party!" And you see some girl with all the bears having a tea party. Greatest book ever.

[Del Murder]

My mother read to me every single night until I could read on my own.

EDIT: Oh I get it, you were referring to the book. Yeah, dorks. *includes self for not getting it*

[Shoeberto]

Probably because newbies take serious issues being discussed and spam them up. It's because of this that no one took my smilie prune idea seriously. Stupid noobs.

[Meat Puppet]

could've knocked me down a little gentler
there's my feeding you back