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Topic: pointless threads
Posted By: The Miracle
Subject: pointless threads
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 01:18
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Ok... The forum is FLOODED with useless threads and polls. Some are sick and offencive. It was fun for a while, but this is just crossing the line. I think it's a good idea to close most, if not all, of them.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 01:43
Thank you, Ansen. ------------- 
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Posted By: ShW1
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 01:52
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Yeah, move them out. disgusting |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 07:49
Do Not close my Air-Freshener Thread!!!!   ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 10:35
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We need a Thread Police: Hello,Hello,Hello what do we have here a poll about Corn Flak..... ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 10:41
Close the air-fresh walrus thread 
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Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 11:10
At least we still have the Mariah & Walrus threads... *sighs* 
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 11:13
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Gettem outta here!
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 11:23
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Long Live To Useless Threads!!!!!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 12:51
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I would like to know who decides what is "useless" and what not. should there be a poll on threads, and would a two third or even a 75% majority of agreement be necessary for a thread to be branded "useless"? the point I want to make is that what may seem useless to one may not be useless for someone else. while I certainly understand some posts are in questionable taste and shouild perhaps not be subject of discussion, at least not in this forum, it is also very difficult to draw the line. I am generally of a rather permissive nature, but I certainly would not be pleased if, for example, someone advocated "rape" in here -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 12:59
I also believe removing "useless" threads do not give any kind of increase to the amount of "useful" threads. People just get offended, if the jokes they have composed whole day are deleted. Let's just ignore them, or enjoy them!  If there's something violating site rules, that's an another issue. (IMHO, nearly forgot that)
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Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 13:14
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A question: Who'll decide what's useless and what's not? YOU? Hahaha...
See, there
are several points of seeing a thing, you shouldn't be so radical. You
know what happens by doing something like openning a thread to complain
about other threads: You get attention to
something you consider useless, so why don't you just let it be
forgotten? You are overreacting... |
Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 13:26
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 13:38
I like the way it is now...Tony R. just goes in to the thread, writes a bit of justification, and then pulls the plug on it---yanks it real hard, like he's starting a lawn mower! This is the best way. Trying to get a majority opinion is completely impracticle. I support the idea of a philosopher king as leader of the website, someone who has overall power to guide it in a healthy way, keep it from degenerating into the usual South Park toilet-humor idiocy one finds all over the net, and sometimes here. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 16:02
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^thank You, Stalin... THAT was what bothered me most, sadly... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 16:17
A Pole calling me Stalin! Ouch! You really know how to hurt a guy! But seriously, Stalin was hardly a philospher king, more like a mafia kingpin with a bunch of goons armed with high powered weapons. But, look, someone's got to ensure this site is interesting and intriguing to a wide group of prog fans, not turn into a free-form bulletin board for someone who wants to indulge in scatological prog "humor." Also, re. your response, I'm not sure what "bothered you most sadly"...was it my reference to yanking? ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 19:38
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That's why the Mariah should be there! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 19:42
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^Indeed I didn't mean exactly "useless", more "pointless". Technically any thread is useless, you're not gonna eat it, right? Many members were annoyed by that, so this was supposed to be the place to express it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 19:45
^ Yea, if we would post a lot in the Mariah, we wouldn't create "Britney Spears" or the "Mariah Carey 2" 
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 19:45
Actually, I've been eating a few threads; hope nobody minds... ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 03:15
Maybe there should be a discussion area called "Discussions not related to anything"! 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 11:35
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This just shows how the site is degrading. The Mariah Carey thread was okay, but all these juvenile porno threads are crossing the lines by far! There are innocent adolesents visiting this site, and they probably dont even know what porn is. This site is for discussing music, and while its okay to have fun and make jokes, sometimes the line of decency is crossed. I'm dissaointed, and I think there should be a thread police.
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Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 15:59
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Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 17:34
------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 06:07
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I'm starting to find these which are best; Dream theater or Queen, Dream Theater or VdGG, Dream Theatre or Frank Sinatra, etc, etc somewhat monotonous. I'd almost rather look at pictures of a Walrus! What I don't get is why these threads are so popular while the polls I find interesting only get 5 or 6 replies. Is it me? Am I totally out of touch here or are these kind of peeing polls..useless and pointless? ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: yargh
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 15:33
| The gall of some people to tell other people what is or is not appropriate for them to discuss is what I consider offensive. Here's a clue: if you find a thread offensive or not interesting, DON'T READ IT! Does it get any more simple than that? Last I checked, there is still an area on this forum to discuss things non-music related. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 15:46
Sorry, I don't understand the concept... |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 18:46
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he means small children. But the youngest one here that I know of is Bj. He's 15 and he's sick minded as hell
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 20:15
It's only rumours!! Rumours I say!! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 20:19
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Yea, that would be a good one! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 15:24
I'm 14, and I know of younger people at least view the archives. -------------
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 17:44
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But in your post you talked of people who didn't know what pornography was... my parents were much stricter than anyone else's I've known (e.g. I wasn't allowed to play violent computer games while I was at home, and I remember my brother getting into trouble for some magazines many years ago and I find it difficult to believe any adolescent wouldn't know what pornography is...
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 23:31
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For the sake of continuity:
Seriously. That's a good idea.
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