Please Change Your Ways Dallas-Mavs.com

[JamesVE]

Originally Posted by Underdog

So what's the solution - have the mods split a thread in half whenever "people with a life" deem it to be too long?

Nobody is stopping a new thread from being posted, but if the content of the thread is irrelevant, then you're going to hear about it from other posters. Don't waste my time with a stupid thread and I won't waste yours with a stupid response...

Well, if you think a thread is pointless/irrelevant, then don't respond to it. It'll die on its own very quickly..

Seems much easier than having 10 people rate every thread or bash ones they deem un-worthy or irrelevant. If a thread is irrelevant, then just don't respond

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by JamesVE

Well, if you think a thread is pointless/irrelevant, then don't respond to it. It'll die on its own very quickly..

Seems much easier than having 10 people rate every thread or bash ones they deem un-worthy or irrelevant. If a thread is irrelevant, then just don't respond

I don't want useless threads to die on their own - I want to be the Hand of God that buries them myself (after much gnashing and many tears).

Never underestimate the wrath of boredom...



fun fact: users who suffer the public outcry of posting a needless thread rarely make the same mistake twice.

[Dirkadirkastan]

Originally Posted by JamesVE

Well, if you think a thread is pointless/irrelevant, then don't respond to it. It'll die on its own very quickly..

Seems much easier than having 10 people rate every thread or bash ones they deem un-worthy or irrelevant. If a thread is irrelevant, then just don't respond

"Look at me" threads suck. Instead of ignoring them, I will tell the thread starter that I think they suck. What's wrong with that?

Sometimes, Flaco goes overboard with this and declares just about every new thread a "look at me" thread. But that's his right.

[Flacolaco]

Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan

"Look at me" threads suck. Instead of ignoring them, I will tell the thread starter that I think they suck. What's wrong with that?

Sometimes, Flaco goes overboard with this and declares just about every new thread a "look at me" thread. But that's his right.

Yes, it is.

Come on, folks. It's not hard.

Are there people already talking about what you want to post? Have you looked? Are you starting a thread because of laziness? (I don't have time to look)

No? Good.

Do you have an article/video/picture/blog posting that is newsworthy and generally interesting enough to include in your new thread to substantiate your supposedly-thread-worthy-thought, or be the subject of it?

Yes? Good.

Can you punctuate your sentences, find the shift key, and conjugate verbs?

Yeah? Awesome.

Then start the damn thread. I don't care.