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A Plea Regarding Goofballs
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Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Dec-31-2004 18:55

Engaging the conversation of people who post really off-topic and annoying things does not seem helpful and only brings their threads to the top.

I encourage everyone to ignore goofballs.

It may not stop them, but then they will have only themselves to talk to, which can't be nearly as much fun as needling others.



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SuraHobbs
SuraHobbs

Dec-31-2004 19:51

Excellent Idea

cfmdec
cfmdec

Dec-31-2004 23:34

Sorry Moonshh. I usually do try to refrain for your exact reasons. I just couldn't help myself this time.

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Jan-1-2005 04:04

cfmdec, your response was definitely justified. I am so sorry to hear about your dad.

cfmdec
cfmdec

Jan-1-2005 09:41

Thank you, Moonshh, that is kind of you. You are always a source of light around here. Thank you for all you do to make sleuth a better town. :)

Madame TBird
Madame TBird
Well-Connected

Jan-1-2005 12:46

What is going on? Are ya'll talking about all the bizarre posts? Ben needs to do something about it. I agree that if you correspond with such nonsense, you are encouraging thier immaturity.

sunny
sunny
Lady of Shadows

Jan-2-2005 14:34

well, the gumshoe lounge is for chit chat. what's off topic of chit chat?

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 01:37

Maybe off-topic isn't exactly the right term. But what I mean is, if you find someone's post annoying, posting on their thread to tell them so only brings that thread up, thereby emphasizing it, rather than de-emphasizing it.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 04:34

Unless, someone keeps creating a billion threads, and a billion posts, and keeps pushing them up themselves. :) :) :)



reda
reda
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 06:39

I understand what u mean. I do support not posting when someone is wildley accusing others or talking about stuff that should just be talked to ben privetly. But if u talk about the movie posts, I think the reaction of People here was very exagurated. The lounge is for chit chat and ppl can say what they want. I really didnt get why you would be offended by that. I also didnt get their conversation, but I just dont care. I think telling them not to do it is over the top and just palin bossy. If you dont get it or dont like it, just ignore it.
Telling someone to write their post in a different board is something else. Sometime you need to point newbies to the newbie board for example. Or ask them to search better. Thats totaly ok, everyones need to learn. But in the last weeks some of us "oldies" incl. me (sorry) are getting a bit too bossy. We shouldnt forget that althogh we were here long before we were also new once and we dont "own" this community.
I hope you understand what I mean, but feel free to shout back if I didnt get the point ;)

Faeryshan
Faeryshan
Old Shoe

Jan-3-2005 06:55

I agree that letting people talk about whatever they want to is the topic of this board. That's fine, I enjoy the off-topic threads here. Most of the time.
But when two people are having a conversation back and forth, and it turns into these messy and childish threads that we've seen A LOT of lately, don't we have to say something? I personally think it's getting out of hand. I think that we all jump all over a new person starting what appears to be a pointless thread because we see where it MIGHT go, which is jumping to negative conclusions on most of the old-timers' parts here.
Maybe we are getting too bossy. But maybe we're also trying to cut down on the b.s. that goes on around here. Yes, I could avoid reading all the threads that don't appeal to me, but how many threads are self-explanatory by the subject line? They start out as one thing and turn into something completely different, like the one about the newsletters.
So yes, a post about liking movies would have been fine if it had been presented in a different way. That's my (ever-vocal and critical) opinion.

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