The Annoying Poll!

its still annoying

I like threads best where the topic starter remains an active participant in the discussion, and for fruitful discussion that tends to require patience, time, diplomacy and intelligence, none of which I have much of these days. Additionally, if such a topic were to be done, and I'm not saying that it should be, but I would be interested, I would rather such a topic be started by someone who is likely to come across as more neutral/agnostic on the matter, and is less passionate than I, and so is better able to respond in a thoughtful way to a diverse audience.

I should clarify to say that the cartoons themselves are often clever, and thee Build dat Wall image in response to my T-RUmp thing made me genuinely guffaw, but it's the incessant posting and re-posting of such stuff that can be irritating.

I would personally like a thread in Just for Fun dedicated to such stuff, and maybe a thread for more serious talk regarding Trump in General Discussions. Where it gets a little tough is that no matter how much we may loathe Trump, and find him ridiculous (and terrifying at the same time), turning this board into what looks like a hatefest on both Trump and his supporters is not really a direction that I think is good for having a welcome environment for Prog fans of different stripes.

Honestly, I'm more worried about eco and nuclear armageddon than the comfort of prog fans, and I do think that all beliefs should open to ridicule, and I am a free speech advocate, but it's a tough line.   One is either preaching, incorrectly phrased, to the converted with all of the anti-Trump stuff, or turning off people who do support him.   I don't think it's winning many people over, or changing minds. I think it's better to try to try to appeal to people's reason.... But we need humour too, especially as these are, for many, very dark times.

EddieRUKiddingVarese wrote: Logan wrote: Vompatti wrote: A necropost is a message that revives (as in necromancy) an arbitrarily old thread, causing it to appear above newer and more active threads. This practice is generally seen as a breach of netiquette on most forums. Necroposting can be very annoying, though I personally don't mind it provided that one has something interesting to say, or good reason to revive an old topic. Reviving an old topic can be better than duplicating the same topic. In this case, reviving an old poll with an "I don't care" comment does not, I think, really justify the necroposting. Rather than lock this thread, I think it better suited to Just for Fun and will move it there as that's commonly the better place for silliness. Gosh now that is really annoying

I'm tired of the silliness. I see no good reason for you to necropost here, and you have been posting the same type of silly Trump cartoons on multiple threads. It's spammy and actually can get in the way of having intelligent discussion. I do think that there can be a place for such stuff, but when it takes over a forum it becomes irritating.

I will say, though, that Trump's The Wall video is brilliant, and I am glad to have seen it.

Edited by Logan - February 02 2017 at 15:14

Thatfabulousalien wrote: Tillerman88 wrote: I dislike The T-Rapper Blonds T-Rump?

Vompatti wrote: A necropost is a message that revives (as in necromancy) an arbitrarily old thread, causing it to appear above newer and more active threads. This practice is generally seen as a breach of netiquette on most forums.

Necroposting can be very annoying, though I personally don't mind it provided that one has something interesting to say, or good reason to revive an old topic.
Reviving an old topic can be better than duplicating the same topic. In this case, reviving an old poll with an "I don't care" comment does not, I think, really justify the necroposting. Rather than lock this thread, I think it better suited to Just for Fun and will move it there as that's commonly the better place for silliness.

EddieRUKiddingVarese wrote: Thatfabulousalien wrote: Yeah, thats pretty Annoying...............

Thatfabulousalien wrote:

What about Disco Boys?

people who smell like berries