07-25-2003, 11:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Forum Posting Guidelines
http://www.unix-girl.com/blog/archives/000911.html
"We all read and use forums in one way or another.. sometimes to only research an answer, sometimes to ask a question, communicate with friends or cultivate inner psychosis by moderating the content. Personally, I think all moderators are either masochists or in early stages of mental illness. Not that there aren't exceptions.. of course there are. Some moderators are in late stages of mental illness."
She then proceeds to give some great examples of how to attract attention to your post without actually giving the person reading the forum listing a clue of what you are talking about:
� HELP ME!!!!
� Need Help NOW!@!@!@@@!!!!
� I HAVE A QUESTION!
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07-25-2003, 11:20 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 574
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That girl hits the nail right on the head. wo things are missing though:- the reponse of the community when you improve the post or try to make sense of it...........
- Forget about making the post readable by adding dots, comma's and returns.
Jaap
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07-26-2003, 12:35 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 173
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I'm a HUGE fan of the !!@!@!@!@!@!@!@
I'm gonna use it more often!!@!@!@!@!@
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07-26-2003, 05:13 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,043
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Another favourite:
You're Never Going To Believe What...
And who could fail to respond in a courteous and warm fashion to this, when posted to a PPC discussion site:
I think Pocket PC is a JOKE!!!
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Gerard Ivan Samija
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07-26-2003, 05:58 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,878
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Show of hands: how many people made a "help" post when they started to use forums and didn't know any better?
I know I did (and I was "corrected" for doing so)...
It happens, which is why I don't jump on newbies that do the same thing...
Live and learn...
Steve
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"My eyes are rolling back in my head so far I can see my grey matter bubbling and frothing from reading this thread....bleh." JD
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07-26-2003, 06:18 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,043
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It's not the noobs I get p.o.'d about doing this, but the guys with 1475 posts to their credit in only 2 months, who just keep on cranking out the useless and ill-named threads to boost their post count like it was a contest. I find that generally the new folks seem to at least try a little to post with meaningful titles, though of course some fail.
I lurked, for months, before I dared post a new thread. When I did, I think one of my first was about how to hack the registry to make files launch in a certain program when tapped. PHM didn't yet have his tweaks collection posted, so I was editing in the dark and making little progress. Well, either that, ot asking how to get some program or other to run on a MIPS machine when only an ARM version seemed to be available... okay, so maybe I was a dumb noob too. 
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Gerard Ivan Samija
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07-26-2003, 06:43 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Gerard
okay, so maybe I was a dumb noob too. |
We all were! (except the one's who are still dumb noobs, regardless of their post count. )
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07-26-2003, 09:21 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,396
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Re: Forum Posting Guidelines
I think this is a good time to remind you of Pony's Posting Proverbs. Please refer all newbies there. :-)
Steve
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07-26-2003, 09:23 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,396
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Boosting Post Counts
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Originally Posted by Gerard
It's not the noobs I get p.o.'d about doing this, but the guys with 1475 posts to their credit in only 2 months, who just keep on cranking out the useless and ill-named threads to boost their post count like it was a contest.
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Hey, I've got 2629 posts now. Get your facts straight. :rofl: :rotfl: :rofl:
Steve
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07-27-2003, 06:25 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 952
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All my nightmares in one place. I loved it!  Especially the page long sigs. 8O
Don't Panic!
Bobby
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