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Login/Join to ParticipateNYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Is anyone else finding non-descriptive subject lines annoying as well... We've been talking about it in the "events" section but it seems to be getting a bit out of hand. Newbies will be newbies but it would certainly be nice if old and midtimers could title stuff so that those of us who only sign on occationally don't have to sift through stuff that doesn't pertain to us...
"Hey" or "Read this" or "Oh my lord..." or any event listed without a city/state/country really tells me nothing as to whether or not it pertains to me. I usually try to only read posts that I think I'd be interested in so please, help me make that decision. Most of these posts are great posts, just ambiguously titled.
Can we try to title stuff so that we can make better HoP surfing decisions?
Trying not to be sarcastic or bitter, (except in my subject line which is self reflective sarcasm within intentional irony)
NYC
[ 09 November 2002, 08:53: Message edited by: NYC ]
Is anyone else finding non-descriptive subject lines annoying as well... We've been talking about it in the "events" section but it seems to be getting a bit out of hand. Newbies will be newbies but it would certainly be nice if old and midtimers could title stuff so that those of us who only sign on occationally don't have to sift through stuff that doesn't pertain to us...
"Hey" or "Read this" or "Oh my lord..." or any event listed without a city/state/country really tells me nothing as to whether or not it pertains to me. I usually try to only read posts that I think I'd be interested in so please, help me make that decision. Most of these posts are great posts, just ambiguously titled.
Can we try to title stuff so that we can make better HoP surfing decisions?
Trying not to be sarcastic or bitter, (except in my subject line which is self reflective sarcasm within intentional irony)
NYC
[ 09 November 2002, 08:53: Message edited by: NYC ]
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Pooh-Bah
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
Posted:
dude i'm jealous of your member number. punk.
dude i'm jealous of your member number. punk.
-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.
enthusiast
385 posts
Location: NorCal
385 posts
Location: NorCal
Posted:
Hey!!
Get back to work! You have waaay too much time on your hands!
Of course I only went to your topic here because I KNOW how those subject lines drive you nuts!
Maybe Malcolm should make you a mod...
Hey!!
Get back to work! You have waaay too much time on your hands!
Of course I only went to your topic here because I KNOW how those subject lines drive you nuts!
Maybe Malcolm should make you a mod...
"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals"
~Charles Baudelaire
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The Ministry of Manipulation
2,523 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
The Ministry of Manipulation
2,523 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
SURELY THAT SHOULD BE SAY:
THE OFFICIAL IMPORTANT READ THIS THREAD
What is all this crap about
"the Official blah blah blah thread"
rant rant rant.......
SURELY THAT SHOULD BE SAY:
THE OFFICIAL IMPORTANT READ THIS THREAD
What is all this crap about
"the Official blah blah blah thread"
rant rant rant.......
member
536 posts
Location: beneath a cloak of self-torture
536 posts
Location: beneath a cloak of self-torture
Posted:
i dunno but half the time i write down hey someone quick read this!!!
no one reads it....
i dunno but half the time i write down hey someone quick read this!!!
no one reads it....
-LuNcHbOx, Aka. Nathan...Give a man to fish, and that man knows where to come for more fish...Teach a man to fish and you have just destroyed your market base...
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yes Lunchbox, but that's cos you never say anything important.
Yes Lunchbox, but that's cos you never say anything important.
Meh
old hand
950 posts
Location: Nottingham UK
950 posts
Location: Nottingham UK
Posted:
Well done NYC for bringing this matter to the fore. I do find the lack of detail a bit annoying and it makes things soooo hard to search for.
As for anything which is posted with 'official' pretext on puts me right off reading it......and who has the right to make anything official around these boards anyhow? Other than our lovely Malcolm of course and the Mods
blah, blah, blah, critisise, complain, castigate!
Well done NYC for bringing this matter to the fore. I do find the lack of detail a bit annoying and it makes things soooo hard to search for.
As for anything which is posted with 'official' pretext on puts me right off reading it......and who has the right to make anything official around these boards anyhow? Other than our lovely Malcolm of course and the Mods
blah, blah, blah, critisise, complain, castigate!
Are we nearly there yet?
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
There was official Mug shot gallery and official Introductions (back in the day). and they were both started by Mistress Flash Fire.
They're the only ones I've ever considered as official.
I tend to ignore a lot of them.
I also (these days) ignore anything that mentions ice cream, Nutella or Marmite in the title.
There was official Mug shot gallery and official Introductions (back in the day). and they were both started by Mistress Flash Fire.
They're the only ones I've ever considered as official.
I tend to ignore a lot of them.
I also (these days) ignore anything that mentions ice cream, Nutella or Marmite in the title.
Meh
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Dunno Glass, I was thinkin' about starting two or three more identical threads (maybe under different categories) THEN bust out with the "Official" thread. You gotta make em WANT it.
THEN wait a week and bust out with the "Backlash against the Official thread" followed shortly by the "I have more testosterone than you thread" followed quickly by the "That's what's wrong with everyone from your country" thread.
Wait a day then:
"Why is everyone here a jerk?" thread and the "It used to be cool here until you all showed up" thread"
From there the posts pretty much go:
"Sparkly poi"
"Sparkly poi"
"Are there any hot guys here?"
"Colored flames"
"Coloured flames"
"Colered flames"
"Sparkly poi"
"CoLlErEd FlAmEs?!"
"What's a fountain?"
"Kewl new transition from forward weave to reverse weave"
"What's a fountain?!"
"What's wrong with America/Americans?"
"10 things I hate about America"
"George Bush Sucks"
"Iraq"
"Kool New Website!"
"Oh my GOD!"
"Help!"
"HELP!"
"WTF?!"
"WhErE CaN i BuY SoMe GlOwStIcKs?!?"
"Sparkly poi"
"Does anybody know where Rick from Brighton is?"
"Where are all of the old timers?"
But I don't want to give it all up... so the rest will be a surprise (hint: more sparkly poi)
[After rereading my post I have decided to go out and get a drink... probably a good idea. ]
Dunno Glass, I was thinkin' about starting two or three more identical threads (maybe under different categories) THEN bust out with the "Official" thread. You gotta make em WANT it.
THEN wait a week and bust out with the "Backlash against the Official thread" followed shortly by the "I have more testosterone than you thread" followed quickly by the "That's what's wrong with everyone from your country" thread.
Wait a day then:
"Why is everyone here a jerk?" thread and the "It used to be cool here until you all showed up" thread"
From there the posts pretty much go:
"Sparkly poi"
"Sparkly poi"
"Are there any hot guys here?"
"Colored flames"
"Coloured flames"
"Colered flames"
"Sparkly poi"
"CoLlErEd FlAmEs?!"
"What's a fountain?"
"Kewl new transition from forward weave to reverse weave"
"What's a fountain?!"
"What's wrong with America/Americans?"
"10 things I hate about America"
"George Bush Sucks"
"Iraq"
"Kool New Website!"
"Oh my GOD!"
"Help!"
"HELP!"
"WTF?!"
"WhErE CaN i BuY SoMe GlOwStIcKs?!?"
"Sparkly poi"
"Does anybody know where Rick from Brighton is?"
"Where are all of the old timers?"
But I don't want to give it all up... so the rest will be a surprise (hint: more sparkly poi)
[After rereading my post I have decided to go out and get a drink... probably a good idea. ]
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
he's in Brighton. That's how he got his name. Cept last year when he was known Rick currently abiding in Stoke. . . .
he's in Brighton. That's how he got his name. Cept last year when he was known Rick currently abiding in Stoke. . . .
Meh
member
536 posts
Location: beneath a cloak of self-torture
536 posts
Location: beneath a cloak of self-torture
Posted:
hey, i know that but that remark was uncalled for...
uhh...what were we talking about???
hey, i know that but that remark was uncalled for...
uhh...what were we talking about???
-LuNcHbOx, Aka. Nathan...Give a man to fish, and that man knows where to come for more fish...Teach a man to fish and you have just destroyed your market base...
BRONZE Member
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
hehee - NYC! You so funny, see I'd love to come out and give everyone a bit of a dig like you have, but I'm a mod and have to (try) be diplomatic.
I agree with everything you are saying. American glowsticker iraqi loving sparkly poi ignoramus immature fountain spewers wanna be r0xOR half wit slack jawed needy emotional unbalanced pommie old school newbie power crazed trolling Bush voting marine corps kung fu hard core members aggravate me too
(did I cover everyone?)
People just need to be reminded now and then of the preferred ettiquette of HoP.
What gets me is that you all like to have a whinge and moan now and then about the status quo, but whenever active moderation of the boards becomes really obvious, many of you like to jump up and yell about free speech and democracy and stuff.
Unless we have more controlling moderation, you just gonna have to get used to these cycles.
hehee - NYC! You so funny, see I'd love to come out and give everyone a bit of a dig like you have, but I'm a mod and have to (try) be diplomatic.
I agree with everything you are saying. American glowsticker iraqi loving sparkly poi ignoramus immature fountain spewers wanna be r0xOR half wit slack jawed needy emotional unbalanced pommie old school newbie power crazed trolling Bush voting marine corps kung fu hard core members aggravate me too
(did I cover everyone?)
People just need to be reminded now and then of the preferred ettiquette of HoP.
What gets me is that you all like to have a whinge and moan now and then about the status quo, but whenever active moderation of the boards becomes really obvious, many of you like to jump up and yell about free speech and democracy and stuff.
Unless we have more controlling moderation, you just gonna have to get used to these cycles.
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
People are tidal. They have to live in a cyclic fashion or they're going against their natural urges.
What we need to do is ban the full mooon. Then everyone would be fine. Just have a half moon all the while.
Problem solved. Nuff said.
People are tidal. They have to live in a cyclic fashion or they're going against their natural urges.
What we need to do is ban the full mooon. Then everyone would be fine. Just have a half moon all the while.
Problem solved. Nuff said.
Meh
member
750 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
750 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
NYC - that was some funny posting right there!
Summed up the reason I lurk more than post and read half of what I used to.
I love that there are heaps of new people here and welcome their input, but reading the same stuff all the time is getting old. I sometimes now just search for my name so that I can respond to people.
That said, I busted out my poi on the weekend and a friend and I were learnin' some new people how to play.
NYC - that was some funny posting right there!
Summed up the reason I lurk more than post and read half of what I used to.
I love that there are heaps of new people here and welcome their input, but reading the same stuff all the time is getting old. I sometimes now just search for my name so that I can respond to people.
That said, I busted out my poi on the weekend and a friend and I were learnin' some new people how to play.
Courage is the man who can stop after only one peanut
member
239 posts
Location: Laguna Beach, but i live in Denver, Colo, USA
239 posts
Location: Laguna Beach, but i live in Denver, Colo, USA
Posted:
quote:Hey! You forgot unemployed whiners!
Originally posted by flash fire:
[QB]American glowsticker iraqi loving sparkly poi ignoramus immature fountain spewers wanna be r0xOR half wit slack jawed needy emotional unbalanced pommie old school newbie power crazed trolling Bush voting marine corps kung fu hard core members aggravate me too
(did I cover everyone?)
QB]
We got the MikeZ in the house, woot!Glue the ham, hat baby!
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Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
yes, and those damn cricket loving australians.....
yes, and those damn cricket loving australians.....
Currently on the right side up of the world.
SILVER Member
member
60 posts
Location: the world at large (mainly UK)
member
60 posts
Location: the world at large (mainly UK)
Posted:
one of the things that you all forget is that once you were fresh faced and delighted at finding a new "COOL" website that dealt with the new toy that you had, poi staff, and you could ask all those questions that you wanted to know!
it is not new faces that have the problem but merly the fact that they need direction to the right place for there wants! with the borads changing so fast and HOP now having a redicusuous amount of achieved meterial on repeated topics maybe a section should be easily pointed out to the young and uninitiated to help nthem stream into the HOP site and note be looked on as minuor anoyences. maybe a search engine for privious topic headings?
going back though to the origanal point that NYC made though, you have to properly name the topic. maybe a few clear concise rules should be posted, or not rules so much as etikets that should be followed. they could be permently sowen around the site so that you are constantly reminded. because it is not just the new, but also the old that make the mistakes!!
one of the things that you all forget is that once you were fresh faced and delighted at finding a new "COOL" website that dealt with the new toy that you had, poi staff, and you could ask all those questions that you wanted to know!
it is not new faces that have the problem but merly the fact that they need direction to the right place for there wants! with the borads changing so fast and HOP now having a redicusuous amount of achieved meterial on repeated topics maybe a section should be easily pointed out to the young and uninitiated to help nthem stream into the HOP site and note be looked on as minuor anoyences. maybe a search engine for privious topic headings?
going back though to the origanal point that NYC made though, you have to properly name the topic. maybe a few clear concise rules should be posted, or not rules so much as etikets that should be followed. they could be permently sowen around the site so that you are constantly reminded. because it is not just the new, but also the old that make the mistakes!!
What you don't know won't hurt you? well i intend to get to know as much as possible so that i can make sure no one else has to so they carn't get hurt.
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Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
you mean like that little search button?
at the top right of the page?
the one next to profile?
quote:what.
. maybe a search engine for privious topic headings?
you mean like that little search button?
at the top right of the page?
the one next to profile?
Currently on the right side up of the world.
BRONZE Member
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
Or maybe the clear as day Site Guide which clearly states the how-to's and whatnot....
Or maybe the clear as day Site Guide which clearly states the how-to's and whatnot....
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Mistress Flash got out of the sarcastic side of bed this morning I see.
Mistress Flash got out of the sarcastic side of bed this morning I see.
Meh
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
*is only bitter cos she beat him to it*
*is only bitter cos she beat him to it*
Meh
BRONZE Member
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
Non-Https Image Link
maybe.
;p
[ 12. November 2002, 15:37: Message edited by: flash fire ]
Non-Https Image Link
maybe.
;p
[ 12. November 2002, 15:37: Message edited by: flash fire ]
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Can't full moon again surely?
Can't full moon again surely?
Meh
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
(Reason #24523 why I'm glad I live in New York: Furthest geographical location from Flash Fire. )
I don't know if I'd call the "Site Guide" as "Clear as Day" considering it's one of the smallest buttons on the front page.
I think in order to register you should have to pass a small pop quiz.
(YES, I WAS MAKING FUN OF MYSELF BEING A TEACHER! You sarcasticly inept jokesters...)
(Reason #24523 why I'm glad I live in New York: Furthest geographical location from Flash Fire. )
I don't know if I'd call the "Site Guide" as "Clear as Day" considering it's one of the smallest buttons on the front page.
I think in order to register you should have to pass a small pop quiz.
(YES, I WAS MAKING FUN OF MYSELF BEING A TEACHER! You sarcasticly inept jokesters...)
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
BRONZE Member
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
(Reason #1,300,268 for rolling my eyes at NYC)
Dude - it's the same size as EVERY OTHER BUTTON at the top of the page, including discussion group, pictures, lessons etc.
Want me to catch a plane over there and point it out to you?
(Reason #1,300,268 for rolling my eyes at NYC)
Dude - it's the same size as EVERY OTHER BUTTON at the top of the page, including discussion group, pictures, lessons etc.
Want me to catch a plane over there and point it out to you?
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The Ministry of Manipulation
2,523 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
The Ministry of Manipulation
2,523 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
yo flash, net here in the northern hemisphere it isnt, its in like a size 6-8pt font. its well tiny.
ok. cantus I'd prefer it if you didn't full moon, I'm not sure i need your hairy bottom this early in the morning. That sort of flash would not be so good in this thread....
yo flash, net here in the northern hemisphere it isnt, its in like a size 6-8pt font. its well tiny.
ok. cantus I'd prefer it if you didn't full moon, I'm not sure i need your hairy bottom this early in the morning. That sort of flash would not be so good in this thread....
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
Glass - you lookin' at my fraggle's bottom? grrr!
Glass - you lookin' at my fraggle's bottom? grrr!
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
just an amusing point.... i didn't read this at first b/c of the title. But then i thought, it's NYC.... you'd think he'd have something good to say
Peace & Love, Kyri
just an amusing point.... i didn't read this at first b/c of the title. But then i thought, it's NYC.... you'd think he'd have something good to say
Peace & Love, Kyri
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
You been drinking Kyrian?
You been drinking Kyrian?
Meh
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
not today, why'dya ask?
not today, why'dya ask?
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
A) Flash: Heck yeah I want you to catch a plane and point it out to me! But only after you've made me some pie. Preferably pecan. Actually, I'm kind of in the mood for a citrus/vodka drink, so that'll do if you can't bake me some pie... at least buy me a drink.
2) Why would a newbie EVER click on "site guide"? IF it ever becomes a problem, which I don't think it has, I think that perhaps hitting newbies when they register would help out.
c) By posting this post I think most of the vets who care got the point, which is all I could really hope for.
IV) Kyri: "you'd think he'd have something good to say"... You'd THINK right? Thanks for the sentiment anyway.
A) Flash: Heck yeah I want you to catch a plane and point it out to me! But only after you've made me some pie. Preferably pecan. Actually, I'm kind of in the mood for a citrus/vodka drink, so that'll do if you can't bake me some pie... at least buy me a drink.
2) Why would a newbie EVER click on "site guide"? IF it ever becomes a problem, which I don't think it has, I think that perhaps hitting newbies when they register would help out.
c) By posting this post I think most of the vets who care got the point, which is all I could really hope for.
IV) Kyri: "you'd think he'd have something good to say"... You'd THINK right? Thanks for the sentiment anyway.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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