bumping of old threads and personal chit chat in the threads

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

question..   i've noticed a lot of bumping up of threads that are months old
some resulting in further contribution to the thread topic...
but some just were pointless...    why bump a thread just to say its a dumb thread?  dumb threads die... so why bring 'em back to life just to say they're dumb?!
anyhow... what are the rules, if any...   about bumping old threads

thanks


i believe there is a rule about staying on topic and i understand there is a lot of flexibility on this... but  i've noticed a lot of chatting in threads that contributes nothing towards the thread - and the posts which were on topic are buried beneath the chit chat or in some cases wisecracks and jokes being fired back and forth for no reason other than to amuse the poster or the other poster who is going at it with them

i know we can all come here to have fun and everyone doesn't have fun the same way....
but it just seems plain wrong to ruin threads... to shit on the flow of a discussion for the sake of a one liner
i'm not saying a 'one iner' is wrong in and of itself.. . i've enjoyed quite a few here on the boards...
but seems that some posters don't have a proper sense of when to let it go... and further responses just build up until the thread is basically broken..  after threads turn to sillyness no one wants to bother with it anymore

anyhow, what's up with this also?

[D]

Since I am one of the people u are referring too Ill say this.

We do the silly shit BECAUSE a thread is either pointless or finished.

u will never see joking or silliness in a hotly debated serious,important thread.


Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

[Izzy]

Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

I dunno...maybe somethings wrong and people have noticed?

....or maybe its a plot by the enemies of the free world!

[Pandora]

As far as I'm concerned, bumping old threads shouldn't be allowed unless you've got something really important to add to the conversation.

And as for the chit chat, I'm sure you know what my position is. But hey, when we ask people to stay on topic, we get called humourless dictators, so I guess not everyone is ever happy 

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

i kinda feel the same way. people keep being agressive. mods fight backs and are agressive too.
it's crazy.
we've all gone mad or what
ahaha
it's like in Big Brother, we've been in the same house for too long waiting for that damn album, we'll end up killing everybody ?

[Pandora]

i kinda feel the same way. people keep being agressive. mods fight backs and are agressive too.
it's crazy.

If enforcing very simple rules is being aggressive, then I guess we're being aggressive.

Believe me, if those rules didn't exist or if no one respected them, you wouldn't even want to visit this forum because it would be a total dump. That's what we're trying to avoid.

I admit the level of insults has reached an all-time high lately, and we're trying to solve that situation. 

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

i kinda feel the same way. people keep being agressive. mods fight backs and are agressive too.
it's crazy.

If enforcing very simple rules is being aggressive, then I guess we're being aggressive.

Believe me, if those rules didn't exist or if no one respected them, you wouldn't even want to visit this forum because it would be a total dump. That's what we're trying to avoid.

I admit the level of insults has reached an all-time high lately, and we're trying to solve that situation. 

yes, i understand. i'm sorry if i particaped in this all-time high, i guess i was stressed out like everybody here
it's just that mods shouldnt respond to "attacks" like members do. they should be the "adult one" you know ....
overall, you're all doing a good job.
except for you, i hate you

[Jim]

urm...Hang about.

Define bumping? Posting merely to get a thread back to the main page, or; posting in an old thread? Both definitions I feel come under the term 'bumping'...

...In my experiecne, surely the latter is only encouraged?

[ppbebe]

Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

I dunno...maybe somethings wrong and people have noticed?

....or maybe its a plot by the enemies of the free world!

I think its a bit of both. Bad money is trying to drive out good.

I don't think eva is reffering to the ppl like D as far as D is not Disgust 15.

[MCT]

Since I am one of the people u are referring too Ill say this.

We do the silly shit BECAUSE a thread is either pointless or finished.

u will never see joking or silliness in a hotly debated serious,important thread.


Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

Donnie, I think you're safe here. So why you feel compelled to defend yourself in a situation where board unity (core members) gives you protection, I don't quite understand.

Besides, you're adding fuel to a fire (certain people propagating doom & gloom as of late) that would be way less of a pain in the arse if left to burn out on its own.

[D]

People have made a big deal about rehashing existing threads and people have stated:

Why didnt you use this thread etc etc etc

So if people are using the search engine and finding the existing topics and bringing em back why do we have a thread like this?

I personally havent seen much joking around here lately either.

I just dont want this board to turn into an uptight stuffy monotonous soulless lifeless board.

This board is great cause like a Stephen King novel you get to know all the characters so well they feel like family.

most other boards you dont get that personal connection with which is a big reason this board is so many's favorite.

Just dont change what has worked is all Im saying.

[Railantics]

This board is great cause like a Stephen King novel you get to know all the characters so well they feel like family.

I suppose it is, ha, I like it, a mate of mine is called Stephen King.

[Kujo]

This board is great cause like a Stephen King novel you get to know all the characters so well they feel like family.

Thanks, D. "I'm your #1 Fan!"

[MCT]

Point taken Donald. But I don't think anything is gonna change. So just keep truckin'...

EDIT - D = Fingercuffs? I thought Alyssa was Fingercuffs...

[D]

This board is great cause like a Stephen King novel you get to know all the characters so well they feel like family.

Thanks, D. "I'm your #1 Fan!"

No Annie Wilkes!!!!!!!!!! Im your number 1 fan like that fat bitch from misery!

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

Since I am one of the people u are referring too Ill say this.

We do the silly shit BECAUSE a thread is either pointless or finished.

u will never see joking or silliness in a hotly debated serious,important thread.


Whats with everyone complaining here lately anyway?

:lol...   i wasn't referring to you in particular... not at all.  nope. 
but, thanks for proving my point. 

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

People have made a big deal about rehashing existing threads and people have stated:

Why didnt you use this thread etc etc etc

So if people are using the search engine and finding the existing topics and bringing em back why do we have a thread like this?

I personally havent seen much joking around here lately either.

I just dont want this board to turn into an uptight stuffy monotonous soulless lifeless board.

This board is great cause like a Stephen King novel you get to know all the characters so well they feel like family.

most other boards you dont get that personal connection with which is a big reason this board is so many's favorite.

Just dont change what has worked is all Im saying.

D...     I totally thought of that - people bumping old topics because they searched them.   I actually have NO problem with the bumping when someone has something to ADD to the coversation - what i specifically referred to was bumping a topic just to say it was dumb.... or post a smiley only post.

and one of the reasons I have always liked this board is because the topics for discussion usually don't turn into chats and complete sillyness.... not until recently IMO.
different strokes for different folks.

[D]

I just dont know why people are complaining.

I personally have been doing the same shit for the last year or so, When a thread breaks down or is just stupid to begin with, I insult my cat loving friend Kujo and the lovely beautiful cross dressing SLC punk.

Its kinda like the gong show.

when a thread is pointless or has ran its course, it gets the big ole gong and we start doing whatever to entertain ourselves and whoever else gets our humor.

I dont see anything drastically different on the board as opposed to when I first joined it.

people are just starting to get their feathers ruffled all of a sudden.

I just wish people would relax, chill out, have a good time, go post in one of the 8 war threads we have and just realize that nothing much has changed.

Jarmo and the mods are a little slower on the Ban trigger, u dont see people getting banned as much anymore, but thats not a bad thing.

this board is still the best and ran very efficiently, I just think everyone is overreacting.

[jarmo]

Jarmo and the mods are a little slower on the Ban trigger, u dont see people getting banned as much anymore, but thats not a bad thing.

That's because it's more quiet now. So instead of maybe having to band one person per day, it's down to maybe one in two weeks...

As soon as Axl does something, we'll get a bunch of people here that'll call us asskisssers, stupid and sad. Those are usually the ones that get banned quickly. Since Axl hasn't really done anything lately, we get less of those people....



/jarmo

[ppbebe]

- people bumping old topics because they searched them.   I actually have NO problem with the bumping when someone has something to ADD to the coversation - what i specifically referred to was bumping a topic just to say it was dumb...

is dump n nasty.
Yep, The search is a handy function to find info. but I think that Dude didn't need to make a search for the oldest page.  That thread was the last one.

Whatever the intention, bumping the innocent topic of a year and half ago to dump on it is not friendly.