Official Threads Killed This Website

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

why do you keep saying that? It's still not all about starting new threads. It would be easier to participate in ongoing topics if they were threaded.

So what's stopping YOU from threading individual topics? Why is this everyone else's responsibility?

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

what? Do you think everyone who doesn't agree with you about something has a problem with free will?

You're complaining about how other people use this site as if there's some solution to your complaint...

The only solution I can see is taking away everyone's free will to lump everything into one thread, otherwise your only solution is to live with it and stop bitching. You can't change how everyone else uses this site, but you can change how you deal with it.

If you want new threads for a topic, then make new threads, but quit crying about how everyone else conducts themselves... This is a message board, we're going to get off-topic and talk about things as they pop into our mind, regardless of which thread we're in (you know, the same way you chose to talk about better uses for the DUST Chip in the Tyson Chandler thread when there's already another thread dedicated to the DUST Chip... How will anyone know where to look for that conversation???)

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

who said anything about anyone being superior to you? You are being defensive and irrational.

You're the one implying that old members stopped posting here because of "official threads" and "attitudes like mine" (as if the "move the f*ck on" attitude wasn't a regular fixture on this site back in the Good Ol' Days...)

I know the world sucks and it's everyone's fault but yours, but did you ever think that maybe lack of participation by older members has more to do with a 1st-round loss to Golden State, a 1st-round loss to New Orleans, a 2nd-round loss to Denver and a 1st-round loss to San Antonio than it has to do with anything that anyone around here has done in the last 4 years?

Who's being irrational here?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

You're complaining ... stop bitching. ..., but quit crying about how everyone else conducts themselves...

I'm not complaining, bitching, or crying. I'm just saying that I think a discussion board works better with threaded discussions. You are getting emotional and personal.

The only solution I can see is taking away everyone's free will to lump everything into one thread,

I'd rather have a rational discussion about the benefits and drawbacks of threading topics.

You're the one implying that old members stopped posting here

my implication is that you are purposefully chasing off people who might otherwise be productive posters - and I'm starting to think it's because you've got some weird personal attachment to the official threads thing.

know the world sucks and it's everyone's fault but yours, but did you ever think that maybe lack of participation by older members. . .

When people say that the single thread for multiple topics thing is too hard for them to deal with, then I take them at their word.