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Title: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:41:49: Seriously, why do morons start meaningless threads with meaningless titles?

Usually, when I see something like "just a random thought" I ignore it because I assume that it is an arrogant idiot wasting other people's time, or an exhibitionist who had a brain fart.

But, occasionally, there might be some snippet of value buried in there somewhere.

Please - create thread titles that have some sort of meaning and relevance, or else call it "another retarded thread that means nothing".

Thank you.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:50:29: I blame reddit.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:51:46: seems like something dumb to complain about
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:53:46: Quote from: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:51:46
seems like something dumb to complain about

Precisely!

I am complaining about something dumb that annoys me and wastes my time.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:56:18: yeah but you're still going to click these vague titles.

which a huge chunk of them come from tp anyway.. just block him like everybody else does. it'll save you a ton of time
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:58:08: Jelly of my Sheer POWAH ?

(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/pretty-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862516)
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: dante on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:59:40: If my sauce can turn out salty, so can yours!
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 25 December 2014, 20:10:28: This thread's just chock full o iron(y)
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 20:15:08: Quote from: noisyturtle on Thu, 25 December 2014, 20:10:28
This thread's just chock full o iron(y)

FE(y) ??
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: Coreda on Thu, 25 December 2014, 21:49:36: I agree. Would never fly on most other large forums, but then again GH is a fairly small community so I'm not overly fussed :)

Quote from: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:56:18
yeah but you're still going to click these vague titles. which a huge chunk of them come from tp anyway.. just block him like everybody else does. it'll save you a ton of time

They're made vague enough you have to click them to find out what the topic is. Put it in the title and it makes it easier.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 25 December 2014, 23:16:46: Mods should just start manually changing bad titles everywhere but the off topic section.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 25 December 2014, 23:42:15: It's like email subject lines that bear no relevance to the content.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 26 December 2014, 08:24:29: The type of thread title I hate the most often reads something like this:

SOMEBODY PLEASE HEEEEELP ME!!!!

With the body often being something like this:

i really really need a new gaming keyboard it must have pbt keycaps and cherry mx topre switches have a usb hub backlighting and headphone jack and cost no more than thirty dollars and i need it tomorrow somebody please tell me where can i buy it
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 26 December 2014, 09:11:00: Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:53:46
Quote from: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:51:46
seems like something dumb to complain about

Precisely!

I am complaining about something dumb that annoys me and wastes my time.

Fohat, if it makes you any happier, I look at the author first. If you hadn't authored this thread, I would avoid it.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: paicrai on Sat, 27 December 2014, 03:04:26: Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:58:08
Jelly of my Sheer POWAH ?

Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/pretty-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862516)

sounds like house of cards
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 27 December 2014, 08:43:54: Quote from: berserkfan on Fri, 26 December 2014, 09:11:00
I would avoid it.

But you knew what it was about, in advance of making your decision.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 28 December 2014, 08:29:02: Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 27 December 2014, 08:43:54
Quote from: berserkfan on Fri, 26 December 2014, 09:11:00
I would avoid it.

But you knew what it was about, in advance of making your decision.

I knew it was a rant by a notorious curmudgeon. And since I am no different, I happily joined the thread to throw in some meaningless lines.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: Coreda on Tue, 30 December 2014, 17:15:01: Add titles like 'A question about <keyboard>' when the question could be added to the title. Means there are hundreds of similar titles and harder to identify which are which.

'Can the Pn key be moved on a Poker II?' is a good title, whereas 'Poker II question' doesn't tell us much and shares the same title as others. Same for many titles.
Title: Re: I really hate meaningless thread titles
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 01 January 2015, 19:45:54: Quote from: berserkfan on Fri, 26 December 2014, 09:11:00
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:53:46
Quote from: demik on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:51:46
seems like something dumb to complain about

Precisely!

I am complaining about something dumb that annoys me and wastes my time.

Fohat, if it makes you any happier, I look at the author first. If you hadn't authored this thread, I would avoid it.

I do this too. Unless it's in my preferred forum, I look at author first.

Quote from: paicrai on Sat, 27 December 2014, 03:04:26

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 December 2014, 19:58:08
Jelly of my Sheer POWAH ?

Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/pretty-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862516)

sounds like house of cards
Guren lagann
"row row fight the powah"