Why are you posting that thread? Do you have a question? Are you declaring something? What is your goal with the thread you are posting?

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD use the title of your thread to accurately describe why you are posting your thread.

If you can't take the time to formulate a title that describes why anyone should bother clicking on your thread, it is by default an inane and trivial waste of time and should be ignored.

Would you like responses to your thread that are accurate and relevant? The better you do at choosing a title, will help in tailoring those responses.

Seriously guys.

I know you aren't all mono or duosyllabic morons. Please make the effort to form a coherent title to your thread.

The discussion board is an increasingly antiquated format, I get it. This isn't Twatter or Faceballs.

If you're going to bother posting, bother posting. You're wasting everyone's time with vague, or overly general titles.

A thread title is meant as a summary of the contents of an OP. If you have a question about a P226, the thread title should contain a concise version of your question. Not just "P226."

If you can't be bothered to type a phrase or sentence in the title of your thread, it probably isn't important enough for anyone else to click on or respond to.

Let's try not to devolve, as digital technology evolves.

This is only my opinion. But I'm right.

“Faceballs” . I’m the least clever guy I know, so I don’t try to be clever with my thread titles. Seems to get better results that way.

Sometimes I think you guys should make a page of rules and sticky them to the top of every subforum.

^^ people would just ignore them

I love the discussion board format.

I like clear and concise titles as well...

It just isn't that hard.

When people are oblivious to posts by the owner of this site that show up one or two below their own in a thread, why would we expect them to pay any attention to a list of rules?

quote:

Originally posted by Orguss:
Sometimes I think you guys should make a page of rules and sticky them to the top of every subforum.

If I understand Para's feeling on that correctly, it's that he feels intelligent, reasonable adults shouldn't have to be told how to behave like intelligent, reasonable adults.

Along with the title being a summary, if you are asking for advice, some details would be nice in the opening post.

quote:

Originally posted by Orguss:
Sometimes I think you guys should make a page of rules and sticky them to the top of every subforum.

You'd get people who would ignore them, and then the people who would point to the list and go "there's not a rule against it," whatever "it" is at the time.

Naw, there are plenty of things that folks should just understand about how to operate as a decent human being on the internet.

As far as actually using the title of a thread for its intended purpose, this isn't a new "rule." It's just me pointing out that a well titled thread helps the OP get the information they seek, and it helps everyone else on the forum click into threads they're actually interested in. It is related, however, to the crackdown on vague and clickbaity titles.

Threads with poor or vague titles, are the equivalent of eating a Bertie Botts Every Flavor Jelly Bean. You have to eat it before you discover whether it's snot, or peach. Amusing in candy, not amusing in a place where the whole reason we're here is to share information.

Why waste someones time making them click into a thread to find out it's not relevant to them. Accurately describe the content of your thread in its title, and the forum as a whole benefits.

If you guys are going to type two words as the title of your thread, just skip posting, and type those two words into Google.

If you want to post a thread here, for other humans, put some effort into it.

How's about a one word title with a one word in the post?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/1020013554

If you're like me you're sick to fuckin' death of click bait. This is a wonderful and welcome idea.

Hats off to para and the mods.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
How's about a one word title with a one word in the post?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/1020013554

Mmm. Yeah. That's a great example of when to just not post, if that's all you're going to post. No one knows what the hell you're talking about, so people are just going to make nonsense replies to the thread until they get bored.

Make the effort guys, the board is all the better for it.

Bump

We had more than one drunk posting, too.

A lot of it, IMO, are members who just want to be clever with their thread titles. Rather than informative, straight to the point to avoid wasting time of other members.

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Originally posted by downtownv:
We had more than one drunk posting, too.

I'm drunk now, how's about that?

Well, can you present any evidence to support your claim of drunkeness?

Arc can vouch for me. We talked about games that were almost 30 years old, coworkers who may or may not be dykes who are kinda cute, Bernie Sanders, my new work schedule. Sorry, I don't have a breathalyzer on my video card. Probably help keep me from making an ass of myself though.

^ But where's the fun in that? Making an ass of ourselves is one of the few guaranteed freedoms in life. I'm one of the freest sumbitches you know.