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Offline fohat.digs

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I Hate Meaningless Non-Descriptive Thread Titles
« on: Tue, 04 March 2014, 18:43:06 »
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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“All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating of these in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government. An ELECTIVE DESPOTISM was not the government we fought for; but one .... in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.” — Thomas Jefferson, commentary on Federalist 48

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Re: Irritating or Meaningless Thread Titles
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 04 March 2014, 18:44:16 »
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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Re: Irritating or Meaningless Thread Titles
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 04 March 2014, 19:17:52 »
**** 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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Re: Irritating or Meaningless Thread Titles
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 04 March 2014, 21:57:39 »
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 04 March 2014, 18:44:16
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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Re: Irritating or Meaningless Thread Titles
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 04 March 2014, 22:01:32 »
This thread was nothing like I thought it was going to be from the title.  Now I'm mad.
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Re: Irritating or Meaningless Thread Titles
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 March 2014, 04:40:44 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Tue, 04 March 2014, 21:57:39
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 04 March 2014, 18:44:16
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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Re: I Hate Meaningless Non-Descriptive Thread Titles
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 March 2014, 07:20:19 »
Quote from: iri on Wed, 05 March 2014, 04:40:44

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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Re: I Hate Meaningless Non-Descriptive Thread Titles
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 March 2014, 07:33:31 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 March 2014, 07:20:19
Quote from: iri on Wed, 05 March 2014, 04:40:44

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. :))
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