burythehatchet
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:47 AM
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Can people PLEASE limit the number of threads they start |
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Edited on Sun Aug-15-04 08:59 AM by burythehatchet
Its getting ridiculous. Sometimes you look in a forum (other than the Lounge) and one person has started 10 threads.
Why is this a problem? Because every time a new thread is started it necessarily pushes another thread off the page.
Why is this a problem? Because there are some among you who put a lot of time and thought composing an original thought. Its not fair that their effort should disappear off the forum because 3 people start 20 threads in 10 minutes. And these posts are something like "John Doe said something on this show". No thought, no topic, just a one line statement.
I am not into censorship. But I feel like I am missing a lot of good, interesting thoughts that our fellow members are composing.
PLEASE DO NOT MOVE THIS TO ASK THE ADMINS. unless you want it to die a quick painless death.
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:51 AM
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1. That's only if you're looking at the "Latest" page |
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If you go to a forum, the last "kicked" thread is always at the top. I think limiting people is a horrible idea though.
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:53 AM
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2. I've changed my preferences |
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...so that Lounge threads don't appear on the "Latest..." screen. Makes a difference. If I understand you correctly, you'd like to have a "separate the serious from the frivolous" filter for the Lounge?
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burythehatchet
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:56 AM
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3. well in fact I don't have the same concern about the lounge |
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Edited on Sun Aug-15-04 08:56 AM by burythehatchet
its the other forums that I think are hurt by "mass" postings.
I just thought I would bring it up in the lounge as a way to keep it from getting locked.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:00 AM
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What gets me is people posting duplicate threads about something in the news without checking to see if it's been posted before.
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burythehatchet
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:03 AM
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8. oh yeah, something like "breaking news" that happened last week. |
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But my concern is that I know there are threads started by people who have a genuine and original thought and they want to discuss it. They get bumped off and it may not be totally fair.
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:56 AM
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4. so don't look at the Latest page |
burythehatchet
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Sun Aug-15-04 08:58 AM
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5. the latest page was just an example |
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obviously if the threads are being posted in GD, for example, the same problems arises. I don't care about it happening in the lounge because, for the most part, people aren't compsing serious subjects for debate here.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:01 AM
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7. then this either belongs in GD or ATA |
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:05 AM
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I feared it would get locked in another forum. Its definitely not a problem in the lounge.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:15 AM
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10. Shouldn't you start another thread to keep this |
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kicked? It's about to fade into cyber oblivion to those mortals that click on latest.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:58 AM
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11. how are you different? |
Deja Q
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:15 AM
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12. Simply click on the ignore button for the threads you could care less for |
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then the ones you want will pop back onto page 1.
Or contribute an answer, this will bring it back up to first page.
Everyone once in a while puts in a few too many posts. When I see I've more than 3 on page 1 with my name on it these days, I 'cool off' for a while. (I'm not perfect but I try...)
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:57 AM
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...we hang on your every word!
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:32 AM
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13. I might suggest hitting "ignore", one of the finest tools here at DU... |
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I too have seen many fine thoughts swept away into oblivion, some of them mine!...:)
People have the right to post, and I agree, that a quick search often shows that the subject has been brought up before. Unless it is "spamming", there are no specific rules that are violated.
Once again, I might suggest "ignore"....:)
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:50 AM
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14. Simply locking those pathetic |
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Won't-somebody-please-help-me-with-this-freeper-email-because-I'm-too-fucking-lazy-to-do-anything-myself threads from the get-go would be a good start.
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