Thread after thread is being turned into walls for graffiti taggers with their one-liner tit-for-tats.

Subjects that could be explored are simply being trashed to the point where it's pointless submitting a thoughtful post because the Usual Suspects are far more interested in continuing to sledge each other.

There's a desperate need for a Flaming thread. When a freight carriage catches fire they shunt it into a siding and let it burn. That's what's needed here.   

Worse than just a one liner is a quote of a dozen or so posts followed by a one liner. By the time you scroll through these massive quotes to find the new post - there's only a few insulting words.

What a waste of cyber space. It's laziness on the part of the poster not to sift out the post they're actually responding to and only quote that.

Death to the one line spammers!

They are annoying, but that's the idea.

If no one responds they might slink off to some other forum.

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:01am:

Worse than just a one liner is a quote of a dozen or so posts followed by a one liner.

Yes. I mentioned this weeks ago. It's irritating to look at, and it's just bone-bloody-laziness that they can't be bothered to isolate the latest quote.


mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:01am:

By the time you scroll through these massive quotes to find the new post - there's only a few insulting words.

;D ;D ;D

I shouldn't laugh. It's like the birthday presents my elder brothers used to give me ~ 10 minutes of Sellotaped unwrappable wrapping paper to undo, only to find a small bag of peanuts in the middle of it all ...


mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:01am:

What a waste of cyber space. It's laziness on the part of the poster not to sift out the post they're actually responding to and only quote that.

How about we have a SHAME! thread here ~ like stocks in the market place in medieval times?

Any one of us can enter a name in the file with their latest offence. (Yes, I know, I'll be there for some of my erraticisms, but that's democracy for you).

"John Doe in the stocks for committing more than two one-liner graffitis in a row".

:)

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:14am:

They are annoying, but that's the idea. If no one responds they might slink off to some other forum.

Have a look at Lady Mantra's avatar ...

There will be no "flame war" threads.

The member run boards are supposed to take care of this, by allowing members to set higher standards for debate.

freediver wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:44am:

There will be no "flame war" threads. The member run boards are supposed to take care of this, by allowing members to set higher standards for debate.

Are members allowed to have more than one dedicated subject?

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:58am:

Are members allowed to have more than one dedicated subject?

Do you mean like Cats, Critters and Curses?

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 9:05am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:58am: Are members allowed to have more than one dedicated subject? Do you mean like Cats, Critters and Curses?

Yays. 

Maybe the YaBB software has an option to stop multi-quoting?

That way only the last quote would load.

I have noticed people selectively picking out a line of a post... so when you read it you think its the whole post..if you get my drift..

it irks me when I get challenged to answer why did I say this or that...and its obvious they havent read the whole thing..so everything gets twisted and changed..in a way it wasnt meant too.. and can cause trouble..

either way it comes down to good manners.. somethin g we seem to be losing in the progressive world we live in.. no one has time for good manners.

cods wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 10:41am:

I have noticed people selectively picking out a line of a post... so when you read it you think its the whole post..if you get my drift.. it irks me when I get challenged to answer why did I say this or that...and its obvious they havent read the whole thing..so everything gets twisted and changed..in a way it wasnt meant too.. and can cause trouble..

I'm one of those culprits, but it's not meant to offend anyone. Often only a line in a post needs responding to and anything else is just clutter. Some people might do it out of spite.


Quote:

either way it comes down to good manners.. somethin g we seem to be losing in the progressive world we live in.. no one has time for good manners.

Most of the members here have good manners Cods. There are a few exceptions of course who just like upsetting people to get a bite out of them. I fall victim to that regularly, but you get used to it.

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 10:53am:

cods wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 10:41am: I have noticed people selectively picking out a line of a post... so when you read it you think its the whole post..if you get my drift.. it irks me when I get challenged to answer why did I say this or that...and its obvious they havent read the whole thing..so everything gets twisted and changed..in a way it wasnt meant too.. and can cause trouble.. I'm one of those culprits, but it's not meant to offend anyone. Often only a line in a post needs responding to and anything else is just clutter. Some people might do it out of spite. it does change the topic though..if you are going to question someone at least read the whole thing. Quote: either way it comes down to good manners.. somethin g we seem to be losing in the progressive world we live in.. no one has time for good manners. Most of the members here have good manners Cods. There are a few exceptions of course who just like upsetting people to get a bite out of them. I fall victim to that regularly, but you get used to it.

well this topic if you like is about people doing something that irritates others.. ::) ::)

or maybe that escaped you.... people only writing one line.. or in my case people who only select one line.....

i just happen to think  it bad manners..

does that mean I think everyone on on here has bad manners..

no it doesnt.. just the FEW.

cods wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 2:47pm:

well this topic if you like is about people doing something that irritates others.. ::) ::) or maybe that escaped you....

;D ;D ;D

Oh Nooooooo .... cods! ... do we have to have *biffo* in this thread too ... ?


cods wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 2:47pm:

... does that mean I think everyone on on here has bad manners.. no it doesnt.. just the FEW.[/b]

Well, thank God for that! I think we can all breathe easy for at least a few more hours.  :P

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 2:57pm:

cods wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 2:47pm: well this topic if you like is about people doing something that irritates others.. ::) ::) or maybe that escaped you.... ;D ;D ;D Oh Nooooooo .... cods! ... do we have to have *biffo* in this thread too ... ? cods wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 2:47pm: ... does that mean I think everyone on on here has bad manners.. no it doesnt.. just the FEW.[/b] Well, thank God for that! I think we can all breathe easy for at least a few more hours.  :P

THOMMO    OBEID

Are absolutely ridiculous and misleading thread titles included in the "one-liner jockeys" category, because sometimes one line responses are all that's required when people post dross, or start threads with stupid titles?

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:01am:

Worse than just a one liner is a quote of a dozen or so posts followed by a one liner. By the time you scroll through these massive quotes to find the new post - there's only a few insulting words. What a waste of cyber space. It's laziness on the part of the poster not to sift out the post they're actually responding to and only quote that.

You can reverse the order in options so the latest post appears on top.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:21am:

Yes. I mentioned this weeks ago. It's irritating to look at, and it's just bone-bloody-laziness that they can't be bothered to isolate the latest quote.

Is there an easier way to do that than manually deleting the unnecessary text? I only attempt that when the allowed number of characters runs out, but it can be a frustrating exercise. If you mess it up by a single character, the entire thing becomes gibberish. :(

viewpoint wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:24pm:

Are absolutely ridiculous and misleading thread titles included in the "one-liner jockeys" category, because sometimes one line responses are all that's required when people post dross, or start threads with stupid titles?

The problem I see with one-liners is that they begin a whole subsequent series of nothing but tit-for-tat one-liner responses.

There's nothing wrong with 'one-liners', per se, as long as these don't dog-whistle a whole pack of graffiti artists to arrive at the thread to continue this trend ad infinitum.

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:29pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:21am: Yes. I mentioned this weeks ago. It's irritating to look at, and it's just bone-bloody-laziness that they can't be bothered to isolate the latest quote. Is there an easier way to do that than manually deleting the unnecessary text? I only attempt that when the allowed number of characters runs out, but it can be a frustrating exercise. If you mess it up by a single character, the entire thing becomes gibberish. :(

It's blissfully simply if you start the deleting process from the bottom of the quotes ~ and work upwards.

If you're having a problem with this ~ then no worries, Winston. Just Carry on Regardless.

Lady Mantra and I will register your name in our 'Special Exemptions File'.  :) 

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:27pm:

You can reverse the order in options so the latest post appears on top.

I did this, and oddly enough I found it a bit off-putting. I've gone back to the default setting.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:54pm:

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 3:29pm: Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:21am: Yes. I mentioned this weeks ago. It's irritating to look at, and it's just bone-bloody-laziness that they can't be bothered to isolate the latest quote. Is there an easier way to do that than manually deleting the unnecessary text? I only attempt that when the allowed number of characters runs out, but it can be a frustrating exercise. If you mess it up by a single character, the entire thing becomes gibberish. :( It's blissfully simply if you start the deleting process from the bottom of the quotes ~ and work upwards. If you're having a problem with this ~ then no worries, Winston. Just Carry on Regardless. Lady Mantra and I will register your name in our 'Special Exemptions File'.  :)

There's no way I'm doing that manually to satisfy your OCD sensitivities. Technology should be intuitive and serve the user, life is not here to imitate art. :)

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:57pm:

There's no way I'm doing that manually to satisfy your OCD sensitivities. Technology should be intuitive and serve the user, life is not here to imitate art. :)

Stand at EASE! Private Winston. It was only a suggestion.

Dismissed.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 4:04pm:

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 3:57pm: There's no way I'm doing that manually to satisfy your OCD sensitivities. Technology should be intuitive and serve the user, life is not here to imitate art. :) Stand at EASE! Private Winston. It was only a suggestion. Dismissed.

Don't you agree it should be easier to use though? This is my beef with science and technology, it never makes things easier for people. It makes it easier for people to make things hard for you, unless you pay them a fee to mitigate the artificial barriers.

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:29pm:

Is there an easier way to do that than manually deleting the unnecessary text? I only attempt that when the allowed number of characters runs out, but it can be a frustrating exercise. If you mess it up by a single character, the entire thing becomes gibberish. :(

Yes - there's a very easy way to do it. When you reply to a thread and the Post Reply box comes up - scroll down the page to the post you want to reply to.

Highlight the whole or part of the post you want to quote and then click on the little box called "mark and quote" on the top left hand side of the same post. You'll see it next to the poster's nick 

It will then appear in the Post Reply without all the accompanying rubbish.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 6:36am:

Thread after thread is being turned into walls for graffiti taggers with their one-liner tit-for-tats. Subjects that could be explored are simply being trashed to the point where it's pointless submitting a thoughtful post because the Usual Suspects are far more interested in continuing to sledge each other. There's a desperate need for a Flaming thread. When a freight carriage catches fire they shunt it into a siding and let it burn. That's what's needed here.

Increasing regulation isn't going to solve anything
- some people leave one liners
- some people use text speak
- some people post rambling nonsense
- some people post rubbish to deliberately irritate others

We have to accept that the membership of this forum is diverse and some people are going to annoy us.

Suck it up princess  ;)

The_Barnacle wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 4:34pm:

Increasing regulation isn't going to solve anything - some people leave one liners - some people use text speak - some people post rambling nonsense - some people post rubbish to deliberately irritate others

Where's the ...

- some groups serialise one-liners to the point of ruining otherwise good threads. ?


The_Barnacle wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 4:34pm:

We have to accept that the membership of this forum is diverse and some people are going to annoy us.

Comprehension problem, I see. Irrelevant to my above complaint, sweet-cheeks.

Where do you mention one-liners in series ruining otherwise good threads?

Get back to us when you know what you're talking about.

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 4:31pm:

Yes - there's a very easy way to do it.

I've copied this for future reference, Lady Mantra. Thank you.  :)

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 5:05pm:

The_Barnacle wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 4:34pm: We have to accept that the membership of this forum is diverse and some people are going to annoy us. Comprehension problem, I see. Irrelevant to my above complaint, sweet-cheeks. Where do you mention one-liners in series ruining otherwise good threads? Get back to us when you know what you're talking about.

see above

Vic wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 3:03pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 2:57pm: cods wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 2:47pm: well this topic if you like is about people doing something that irritates others.. ::) ::) or maybe that escaped you.... ;D ;D ;D Oh Nooooooo .... cods! ... do we have to have *biffo* in this thread too ... ? cods wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 2:47pm: ... does that mean I think everyone on on here has bad manners.. no it doesnt.. just the FEW.[/b] Well, thank God for that! I think we can all breathe easy for at least a few more hours.  :P THOMMO    OBEID

oh look its the get cods wank%$... what a shame his mates must have taken the day off..

what a shame some cannot stick to the topic..I guess its all about comprehension in the end..


this is a tough one.... people having more than one line to contribute...

and doing it without abuse is another problem for some. :D :D

have you noticed herb .. I do believe you have made the most one liners on this thread

and some even with the odd insult... ::)

mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 4:31pm:

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 3:29pm: Is there an easier way to do that than manually deleting the unnecessary text? I only attempt that when the allowed number of characters runs out, but it can be a frustrating exercise. If you mess it up by a single character, the entire thing becomes gibberish. :( Yes - there's a very easy way to do it. When you reply to a thread and the Post Reply box comes up - scroll down the page to the post you want to reply to. Highlight the whole or part of the post you want to quote and then click on the little box called "mark and quote" on the top left hand side of the same post. You'll see it next to the poster's nick  It will then appear in the Post Reply without all the accompanying rubbish.

Thanks. :)

There are some whose posts only warrant and/or deserve a one-liner in response, if that.

And that's all they'll continue to get, from me anyway.

I prefer simplicity, if calling you a dickhead requires one line, I'm going to use one line. Would you prefer me be I am the light, who uses 20 lines but says zero of any intellectual substance?

There's nothing wrong with a one-line comment as long as it doesn't turn into a serial one-liner contest of insults and abuse.

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 10:56am:

There's nothing wrong with a one-line comment as long as it doesn't turn into a serial one-liner contest of insults and abuse.

So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D

Neferti wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 2:12pm:

So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D

You just wait til freediver gets back from the fish market. He'll scale and gut you ready for the frying pan.

Neferti wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 2:12pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 10:56am: There's nothing wrong with a one-line comment as long as it doesn't turn into a serial one-liner contest of insults and abuse. So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D

herb is just having one of his laments...lusting for the good old days.. when everyone had something of substance to say..

since the 7th.. some on here have had such a melt down

they can only repeat.repeat.repeat.repeat.zzzzz

usually something offensive repeat.zzzzzzzzzzz.

nothing original...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

shuddup

... wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 3:40pm:

shuddup

Huh?

Neferti wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 5:27pm:

... wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 3:40pm: shuddup Huh?

That's the most intelligent post I've seen from you yet Neferti. Good work!

mantra wrote on Mar 12^th, 2014 at 12:32pm:

Neferti wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 5:27pm: ... wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 3:40pm: shuddup Huh? That's the most intelligent post I've seen from you yet Neferti. Good work!

Your trolling and flaming needs more practice!  ;)

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:21am:

mantra wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:01am: Worse than just a one liner is a quote of a dozen or so posts followed by a one liner. Yes. I mentioned this weeks ago. It's irritating to look at, and it's just bone-bloody-laziness that they can't be bothered to isolate the latest quote. mantra wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:01am: By the time you scroll through these massive quotes to find the new post - there's only a few insulting words. ;D ;D ;D I shouldn't laugh. It's like the birthday presents my elder brothers used to give me ~ 10 minutes of Sellotaped unwrappable wrapping paper to undo, only to find a small bag of peanuts in the middle of it all ... mantra wrote on Mar 10th, 2014 at 8:01am: What a waste of cyber space. It's laziness on the part of the poster not to sift out the post they're actually responding to and only quote that. How about we have a SHAME! thread here ~ like stocks in the market place in medieval times? Any one of us can enter a name in the file with their latest offence. (Yes, I know, I'll be there for some of my erraticisms, but that's democracy for you). "John Doe in the stocks for committing more than two one-liner graffitis in a row". :)

I second the motion  ;)

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 3:26pm:

Neferti wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 2:12pm: So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D You just wait til freediver gets back from the fish market. He'll scale and gut you ready for the frying pan.

No he won't

time to lock the thread and throw away the key/

Really?

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 10:51am:

I prefer simplicity, if calling you a dickhead requires one line, I'm going to use one line. Would you prefer me be I am the light, who uses 20 lines but says zero of any intellectual substance?

True Too True!!

LOL

Is that guy on dope or something?

Seems obsessed with that missing plane!

LOL!!!

cods wrote on Mar 13^th, 2014 at 8:11am:

time to lock the thread and throw away the key/

Seriously? What is your problem?

SOB

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 13^th, 2014 at 6:57am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 3:26pm: Neferti wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 2:12pm: So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D You just wait til freediver gets back from the fish market. He'll scale and gut you ready for the frying pan. No he won't

You mean there's a .. love-interest there ... ?  :-* :o

cods wrote on Mar 13^th, 2014 at 8:11am:

time to lock the thread and throw away the key/

We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::)

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 13^th, 2014 at 9:30am:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 6:57am: Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 3:26pm: Neferti wrote on Mar 11th, 2014 at 2:12pm: So? You're a stupid old fart is acceptable? ;D You just wait til freediver gets back from the fish market. He'll scale and gut you ready for the frying pan. No he won't You mean there's a .. love-interest there ... ?  :-* :o

No i mean freediver leaves the forum to work its own issues out largely.. hey, why not!??  Stress is a killer!

Bias is worth whingeing about but a hands off approach would lessen the probability of that one would imagine!!

Now i'm getting out of line however  ;D

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 9:57am:

cods wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 8:11am: time to lock the thread and throw away the key/ We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::)

I thought cods was a gurl?

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 1:19pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 9:57am: cods wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 8:11am: time to lock the thread and throw away the key/ We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::) I thought cods was a gurl?

Oh yeh imagine trying to have fun with that  ::)

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 1:19pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 9:57am: cods wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 8:11am: time to lock the thread and throw away the key/ We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::) I thought cods was a gurl?

I think DRAH is a girl as well.

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 2:12pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:19pm: BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 9:57am: cods wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 8:11am: time to lock the thread and throw away the key/ We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::) I thought cods was a gurl? I think DRAH is a girl as well.

Wow, what an insult to your own intelligence you have become!  :-*

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14^th, 2014 at 3:05pm:

Winston Smith wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 2:12pm: Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 1:19pm: BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Mar 14th, 2014 at 9:57am: cods wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 8:11am: time to lock the thread and throw away the key/ We all know you love a good circle party buddy  ::) I thought cods was a gurl? I think DRAH is a girl as well. Wow, what an insult to your own intelligence you have become!  :-*

How is my uncertaintly over your gender an insult to my intelligence?