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Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys
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.

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Reply #1 - 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.

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:12am Death to the one line spammers!
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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #3 - 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.
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Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:21am

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.

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".

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #5 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:24am 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 ...
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49231 At my desk.	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #6 - 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.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #7 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 8:58am 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?
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mantra Gold Member Offline ozpolitic.com Posts: 10750 Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #8 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 9:05am 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?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #9 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 9:08am mantra wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 9:05am: 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? Yays.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106008 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Threads being ruined by the one-liner jockeys Reply #10 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 9:19am Maybe the YaBB software has an option to stop multi-quoting? That way only the last quote would load.
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Reply #11 - 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..

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.

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Reply #12 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 10:53am

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.

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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.

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Reply #13 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 2:47pm

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

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.

it does change the topic though..if you are going to question someone at least read the whole thing.

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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.

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Reply #14 - Mar 10^th, 2014 at 2:57pm

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

well this topic if you like is about people doing something that irritates others.. Roll Eyes

or maybe that escaped you....

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. Tongue

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