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They should only lock extreme threads? 3 33.33%
 
Lock whatever. 6 66.67%
 
They shouldn't lock anything. 0 0%
 
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spaceguy on 22 June 2012

 

spaceguy said:
man-bear-pig said:
spaceguy said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
If a thread is pointless/shit meaning it lacks any decent content or all the discussion there has devolved into arguments and bashing then it should be locked. This is so it doesn't keep getting booted to the front page or hot topics page.



it was not pointless, it was about morphing the thread. Post in it when other threads where boring as sh-t. So you could look in there and see if the conversation had hit your fancy. If the thread sucked then it would die it's own death. This is something I think this site needs to be more leanient on. I see this place has a low capacity of fans. This is why. People don't like being locked and pushed around about pointless rules. I agree with the bashing and arguments but it seems most article's have arguments, actually all the time. So what the dif?

If you remake your thread and call it 'the random discussion thread' or something then it would probably be allowed. The name you had for it directly clashed with the rules regarding spamming, but a new title and you should be fine.


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Andrespetmonkey on 22 June 2012
spaceguy said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
If a thread is pointless/shit meaning it lacks any decent content or all the discussion there has devolved into arguments and bashing then it should be locked. This is so it doesn't keep getting booted to the front page or hot topics page.



it was not pointless, it was about morphing the thread. Post in it when other threads where boring as sh-t. So you could look in there and see if the conversation had hit your fancy. If the thread sucked then it would die it's own death. This is something I think this site needs to be more leanient on. I see this place has a low capacity of fans. This is why. People don't like being locked and pushed around about pointless rules. I agree with the bashing and arguments but it seems most article's have arguments, actually all the time. So what the dif?

A "push up your posts" thread is generally seen as pointless and rightly so imo. Has no direction, it's just there for getting a higher post count and more points. And besides, we already have one of those that the mods leave alone, it's called the "let's play the word game" thread.

Not many threads get locked, can you send me just 3 threads that were locked without good reason? I don't think you could. 

@underlined Not true, sometimes shitty arguments will be the only thing giving a thread life, or off-topic discussion will take over the thread, they can take ages to die off.

@bolded The difference is some people can have civil arguments and others cannot, if a thread is full of civil arguments, then it's good discussion and the thread should continue, if the arguments are bitter or get personal or whatever than it isn't good discussion, and if all the discussion has turned into these kind of arguments, it should be locked so that BS doesn't keep getting on the front page and hot topics.

This site probably has the best gaming forum out there, it has plenty of fans, including me.



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mysticwolf on 22 June 2012

just, like, if stuff gets out of hand, or if the conversations are counterproductive. That would make sense to me



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wfz on 23 June 2012

I just wanted to come in here to give you some advice that, throughout my years in life and now having a job, the number one key to success in life with human interaction under ANY circumstance is... *drum roll*

Presentation.



Chris Hu on 23 June 2012

Nothing last forever.



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spaceguy on 23 June 2012
Chris Hu said:
Nothing last forever.



Actually in physics, Information does last forever. The information may change but you could technically speaking, always go back and extract the exact information. So for instance, if I punch the wall, that information is stored for infinity. Major law of physics. Sorry I had to.



spaceguy on 23 June 2012
Andrespetmonkey said:
spaceguy said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
If a thread is pointless/shit meaning it lacks any decent content or all the discussion there has devolved into arguments and bashing then it should be locked. This is so it doesn't keep getting booted to the front page or hot topics page.



it was not pointless, it was about morphing the thread. Post in it when other threads where boring as sh-t. So you could look in there and see if the conversation had hit your fancy. If the thread sucked then it would die it's own death. This is something I think this site needs to be more leanient on. I see this place has a low capacity of fans. This is why. People don't like being locked and pushed around about pointless rules. I agree with the bashing and arguments but it seems most article's have arguments, actually all the time. So what the dif?

A "push up your posts" thread is generally seen as pointless and rightly so imo. Has no direction, it's just there for getting a higher post count and more points. And besides, we already have one of those that the mods leave alone, it's called the "let's play the word game" thread.

Not many threads get locked, can you send me just 3 threads that were locked without good reason? I don't think you could. 

@underlined Not true, sometimes shitty arguments will be the only thing giving a thread life, or off-topic discussion will take over the thread, they can take ages to die off.

@bolded The difference is some people can have civil arguments and others cannot, if a thread is full of civil arguments, then it's good discussion and the thread should continue, if the arguments are bitter or get personal or whatever than it isn't good discussion, and if all the discussion has turned into these kind of arguments, it should be locked so that BS doesn't keep getting on the front page and hot topics.

This site probably has the best gaming forum out there, it has plenty of fans, including me.

Ok then I will admit I was just being a sally. You could have just stated that but I do agree with you, My bad. I was tired and cranky. LOL