... of news links with 0 replys and low view counts that clutter up the forum....aren't they annoying?
chad s thomas ... of news links with 0 replys and low view counts that clutter up the forum....aren't they annoying?
They are. I do think that post after post of the same topic, with a "yea but" added to the basic statement, are a bit more annoying.
An "expensive model collector"
Yes, but…
Getting in the last word, whether relevant or not, makes the “last poster typing” poster feel superior to the other posters.
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edblysard Yes, but… Getting in the last word, whether relevant or not, makes the “last poster typing” poster feel superior to the other posters.
I don’t see how anybody has the magic power to get the last word unless they post a lot of inflammatory nonsense to get the thread locked.
Until somebody else posts , this is the last word on this thread.
Johnny
It's a cost of being active in a group. There's no predicting what posts will go viral.
I don't see posts with zero replies as a problem. They drop out of sight quickly.
Link to thread about the thread. Or is it link to post about the post? I forget. http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/232059.aspx
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Euclid I don’t see how anybody has the magic power to get the last word unless they post a lot of inflammatory nonsense to get the thread locked.
Yes but ......
What annoys me to no ends are the absolutely inane amount of threads on the exact same topic.
What part of REDUNDANT don't some of these posters understand???
You must be easily annoyed.
Euclid You must be easily annoyed.
To no end..........
Murray What annoys me to no ends are the absolutely inane amount of threads on the exact same topic. What part of REDUNDANT don't some of these posters understand???
Well you do often seem annoyed, but I don't believe that it is because of the reason you cite. That would be a silly reason to be annoyed. No, I think it goes a little deeper.
Euclid Well you do often seem annoyed, but I don't believe that it is because of the reason you cite. That would be a silly reason to be annoyed. No, I think it goes a little deeper.
Forum psychology 101 with your professor, Dr. Bucky.
Only at trains.com.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Norm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ
Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ
Sheer magic. (You should post this in the other thread, too...)
I had almost forgotten how much fun Shari Lewis was.
(More seriously -- has anyone actually tried PMing the member who keeps posting the video links, and suggesting to him that he start a thread of 'interesting train views' or something like that, and then post often enough to keep that one thread near-current?)
Now that was freaking hilarious, and so fitting !!!!
You got it:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/232220.aspx?sort=ASC&pi332=5
dakotafred I don't see posts with zero replies as a problem. They drop out of sight quickly.
Number of posts is not necessarily the way to measure how good a thread is. For example, "Amtrak adds new service", maybe the 1st post says all anybody really needs to know about the subject. Of course that doesn't necessarily stop many people from adding meaningless posts to the thread, as I'm sure many feel most of the posts in this thread, including perhaps this post, are meaningless.
Patrick Boylan
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Well I just got into town about an hour ago. 'Took a look around, to see which way the wind blows.
Yep, it's been a long time since I've gone to page 2, but I don't think we have much need to do it. At least not the way chrome and firefox present threads. Mabye your setup's different. Threads with the most recent posts appear 1st, and ones I've already visited are grey unless there's a more recent post since I last visited, so I only need scroll down to the 1st grey font. That's pretty quick unless I've found something more worthwhile on which to waste my time than this.
and yep, cajonsummit has posted 6 times on each of the most recent 2 pages, but I don't see that they're generic. 5 of the 12, less than 50% are videos. Are you trying to say if you've seen one freight train video you've seen them all? 2 of them are in Austin Tx, but the titles say different railroads. The only ones I'd call generic, from title alone since I haven't watched the videos, are the 2 in Fontana Ca.
His other thread titles certainly seem varied enough to me. I can't swear that I've viewed each of those threads. Did you, and did you then determine they contained generic info other than what their titles suggested?
By the way, what's to stop a pushed to prior pages original poster from replying "folks, why hasn't anybody replied" if they want their thread back at the top of the list?
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She's got eyes of the bluest skies that if they thought of rain, I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain.
It is not unlike placing 15 or so posts regarding the same oil train disaster.
Murphy Siding Would you feel the same if I replied to the last 20 of his threads saying "Hi! how's it going'?" so the whole 1st page was overgrown with his threads?
Would you feel the same if I replied to the last 20 of his threads saying "Hi! how's it going'?" so the whole 1st page was overgrown with his threads?
I'm doing ok. How about yourself?
zugmann Murphy Siding Would you feel the same if I replied to the last 20 of his threads saying "Hi! how's it going'?" so the whole 1st page was overgrown with his threads? I'm doing ok. How about yourself?
I can't find a category to report this under.
Murray I can't find a category to report this under.
Potpourri for $500, Alex.
So the bigger question is: How is EVERYONE doing?????
I'll take forum etticut for $500 Alex.
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