When you read a post....

[Stopdps]

When you read a post, do idiotic things/memes stand out to you?

So I'd just like to draw attention to how annoying these things are:

1) Cool story, Bro!
2) /thread
3) anything using similar sentence syntax: Obvious rant thread is obvious.
4) quoting posts but adding nothing else. much more annoying when combined with points 1-3.
5) FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
6) Using a picture instead of a valid argument
7) kthxbai
8) rating a thread with x/10
9) typing in all caps, and increasing font and bolding it
10) claiming someone is a troll because something he said a) was incorrect b) made you mad or c) wasn't popular opinion.

These things are the product of a lack of creativity and intelligent conversation. I hope you're proud, community, that you've allowed them to become so common on the forums.


I've noticed a rise of a--holes and jerks, and if we keep bein asses to each other, we'll all end up quitting WoW and playing another game. I don't know about yall, but I like WoW and I like not reading idiotic fads that people use to bolster their arguments in addition to infuriating someone else enough so they can't defend themselves.

I'd like to see the concept of sportsmanlike conduct applied to WoW (and the internet in general). Call me idealistic, but heroics go faster when ppl aren't an ass.

[Beroendet]

1) Cool story, Bro!

[Stopdps]

Irony detected.

[Beroendet]

But what can I say? People do it their way, it's not that we can do anything about it, really. if they want to be a--holes, then let them be that.

nuff said.

[Shadowysaint]

you had to expect people quoting and doing the things you said you don't like. A wise man will never announce his pet peeves. Regardless. yes it gets old, when i quote someone i always comment on it.

[Sethbob]

0/10

[Pandush]

[Fuzzzie]

So I'd just like to draw attention to how cool these things are:

1) Cool story, Bro!
2) /thread
3) anything using similar sentence syntax: Obvious rant thread is obvious.
4) quoting posts but adding nothing else. much more annoying when combined with points 1-3.
5) FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
6) Using a picture instead of a valid argument
7) kthxbai
8) rating a thread with x/10
9) typing in all caps, and increasing font and bolding it
10) claiming someone is a troll because something he said a) was incorrect b) made you mad or c) wasn't popular opinion.

fixt

[septor]

You have to take into consideration that a vast majority of any large internet community is composed of drooling, self-important, lemmings. Once something is made popular, it will be used to death. Then it will be used more.

It's going to happen, regardless of what anyone does to prevent it, that's the cycle of the internet. Your best bet is to just overlook the crap and focus on the real content of the thread (which may never exist, especially in a thread like this).

[Seregon]

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE OP!

[Wulfon]

yes it is annoying.

usually when i read things like those listed in the ops post i just dismiss those people as children or bitter 40 year old virgins who still live with their mother.

perhaps im just getting too old for this shit.

[Screwtape]

My biggest peeve is when people make terrible Subject lines. The purpose of the subject line is to tell the reader what the topic is about. Yet somehow people fail hardcore at this shit sometimes. Some examples of bad Subject lines:

Subject: Don't you just hate it when....

Body: People ninja?

Seriously, you couldn't put that last part in the Subject so that people who are totally uninterested would not have to click on it to see what it's about?

Subject: WTF Seriously

That is so incredibly vague. You literally have conveyed no information other than that you are pissed.

Come to think of it, this thread has good example of the first type. I'll think of more examples later.

[MushroomBomb]

1 through 9 will generally just be deleted by the mods if they bring nothing else to the table (which they often do not). That said, we don't really moderate trolling threads. We just delete them, much more convenient

[muffinboy]

1) Cool story, Bro!

[septor]

My biggest peeve is when people make terrible Subject lines. The purpose of the subject line is to tell the reader what the topic is about. Yet somehow people fail hardcore at this shit sometimes. Some examples of bad Subject lines:

Subject: Don't you just hate it when....

Body: People ninja?

Seriously, you couldn't put that last part in the Subject so that people who are totally uninterested would not have to click on it to see what it's about?

Subject: WTF Seriously

That is so incredibly vague. You literally have conveyed no information other than that you are pissed.

Come to think of it, this thread has good example of the first type. I'll think of more examples later.

A title is meant to grab your attention and judging by your reaction, I would say all of those titles did just that.

[Dentoid]

6) Using a picture instead of a valid argument

i used a valid picture as argument and it got me banned as you can see in the quote in my signature :<

[Stopdps]

Thank you all very much for your replies. Honestly, I'm surprised that I had constructive feedback, what with the original post and all.

[dancingbaby]

tbh don't want shit replies stop using the internet
fixt!

[Eastn]

I personally like #10, never heard of people calling another person a troll because they made you mad :
[successful troll is successful]

[Deleted]

No I don't, I freaking hate internet memes.