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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Tue, 04 March 2014, 18:43:06
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Why do people make up meaningless thread titles?
(and I won't bother to list any except "simple questions and simple answers")
There are so many threads about so many subjects here, I have little choice except to ignore most of the threads with titles that do not stir some particular interest in me.
Occasionally, I later discover that something which I was truly interested in was being discussed under a doggerel title that I dismissed in a nanosecond.
Also, it is better to start new threads than to bury important information in a mountain of TL DR.
That is my opinion, anyway.
Thanks.
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Oh lord I see this all the time. Constantly trawling stack-overflow and other programming forums, the way people pose questions boggles my mind sometimes.
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**** all these threads. If I can't gather everything I need in the title, then **** it. Why should I bother reading the body? In fact, let's remove bodies from posts. Only titles.
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Oh lord I see this all the time. Constantly trawling stack-overflow and other programming forums, the way people pose questions boggles my mind sometimes.
That's because programmers and geeks generally are tech, math and hands on people. They aren't writers, lawyers, or anybody who is versed with the use of language.
I am actually very impressed that Soarer speaks English. I can comprehend 95% of what he says!
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This thread was nothing like I thought it was going to be from the title. Now I'm mad.
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Oh lord I see this all the time. Constantly trawling stack-overflow and other programming forums, the way people pose questions boggles my mind sometimes.
That's because programmers and geeks generally are tech, math and hands on people. They aren't writers, lawyers, or anybody who is versed with the use of language.
this has nothing to do with "help pls" thread titles.
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this has nothing to do with "help pls" thread titles.
Help Please !
Is a completely valid title as long as it also mentions the type of help needed.
Help with dog grooming or help with DVD burning? Don't make me dig through crap to find out.
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this has nothing to do with "help pls" thread titles.
Help Please !
Is a completely valid title as long as it also mentions the type of help needed.
Help with dog grooming or help with DVD burning? Don't make me dig through crap to find out.
OK, if it said Fohat, Help Pls! I would assume that somebody's Model F has problems.
Everytime I write to Soarer, he knows I have a problem with a teensy. And everytime I write to Ivan, it's about some Cherry-related issue. :))