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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 21:34:18 GMT
I've notice for some years, on places like PFM & Wigwam etc. You sometimes come across 'unintelligent' threads that serves no useful purpose. It's nothing, but wasting good potential thread space! For example like this - pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/is-it-just-me.229343/#post-3701804Why do some people do this? Are they dumb?, bored? or a combination of both? I don't get it. S. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 21:49:16 GMT
I see what you did there....
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 25, 2019 21:55:15 GMT
My least fave threads are “what should I buy” ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 22:00:16 GMT
My least fave threads are “what should I buy” ones. I can forgive a clueless 16 year old asking that question. But full grown ups, lol. S. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2019 9:40:56 GMT
What should I buy threads are almost always 'I want to buy this, please tell me i'm right' threads in disguise. The coffee forum i use has plenty of them too.
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Post by sq225917 on Jun 26, 2019 15:38:00 GMT
I beleive it's because people like strarting threads to have A WHINGE.....
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Post by macca on Jun 26, 2019 17:00:26 GMT
I know I do.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 26, 2019 19:07:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 19:00:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 19:05:42 GMT
Two years after the event Shane, but still valid, I agree. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 20:50:15 GMT
Two years after the event Shane, but still valid, I agree. Age don't matter S. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 27, 2019 22:18:27 GMT
Two years after the event Shane, but still valid, I agree. Age don't matter S. Remember Shane said this, Geoff! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 9:16:37 GMT
The only non-pointless subjects are:
1) Person A has component B with problem C. Person D has had exactly the same problem and is able to explain how to fix it.
2) Person A is doing DIY project B and wants to know where to obtain component C. Person D is able to give him exact information about where to find that component. Better still, has a spare component that he can let person A have for the price of postage.
Everything else is just waffle and hot air.
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Post by macca on Jun 28, 2019 9:24:25 GMT
You could argue that all the waffle and hot air is what develops the camaraderie to get people to help each other out in the first place. The intangibles are often more important than the tangibles. It's why accountants almost always run businesses into the ground if they get control. No intangibles on a spreadsheet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 15:51:26 GMT
You could argue that all the waffle and hot air is what develops the camaraderie to get people to help each other out in the first place. The intangibles are often more important than the tangibles. It's why accountants almost always run businesses into the ground if they get control. No intangibles on a spreadsheet. Which is also why videoconferenced meetings aren't as good as face-to-face meetings. All the real business is conducted in informal conversations between attendees rather than round the meeting table, where everyone has a 'line to take'. But purely in the context of hifi forum discussions about hifi, these mostly boil down to 'what should I buy?' to which the only sensible answer is 'it depends'. |
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Post by pauld on Jul 1, 2019 12:03:34 GMT
Why would the thread highlighted be considering unintelligent?, they are asking a simple question of others on a forum about whether they hide purchases from their partners/spouses etc. which appears to be quite a common occurrence.
Also, if you don't like a thread, just ignore it and move on, why do you really care?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2019 13:48:05 GMT
Well, quite. The line always used to be 'it's a waste of bandwidth', but that's not been a problem for a decade or more.
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Post by macca on Jul 1, 2019 13:54:41 GMT
You see threads with 100 responses and someone will pop up and say 'This is boring/pointless'. Well the other 99 commenters didn't think so!
One of the reasons I stopped buying the mags was there was to much space devoted to computer audio and idiotic cable reviews. But it's a pisser to pay four quid for a mag and find there's only a few pages worth reading. That's a valid cause for complaint. But the same rules don't apply on line.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2019 14:05:09 GMT
You see threads with 100 responses and someone will pop up and say 'This is boring/pointless'. Well the other 99 commenters didn't think so! One of the reasons I stopped buying the mags was there was to much space devoted to computer audio and idiotic cable reviews. But it's a pisser to pay four quid for a mag and find there's only a few pages worth reading. That's a valid cause for complaint. But the same rules don't apply on line. Indeed. What's more, it's fairly obvious after a little time spent on forums who's got interesting/amusing things to say, and who hasn't. That makes for quick skim-reading, and saves time reading the thoughts of people who shouldn't be allowed out unaccompanied by a responsible adult (actually, the same goes for the mags as well) |
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Post by macca on Jul 1, 2019 14:10:25 GMT
You see threads with 100 responses and someone will pop up and say 'This is boring/pointless'. Well the other 99 commenters didn't think so! One of the reasons I stopped buying the mags was there was to much space devoted to computer audio and idiotic cable reviews. But it's a pisser to pay four quid for a mag and find there's only a few pages worth reading. That's a valid cause for complaint. But the same rules don't apply on line. saves time reading the thoughts of people who shouldn't be allowed out unaccompanied by a responsible adult Although they are sometimes unintentionally funny. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2019 15:02:22 GMT
Why would the thread highlighted be considering unintelligent?, they are asking a simple question of others on a forum about whether they hide purchases from their partners/spouses etc. which appears to be quite a common occurrence. Also, if you don't like a thread, just ignore it and move on, why do you really care?Because, I'm a grumpy miserable sod. S. |
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Post by pauld on Jul 1, 2019 15:04:39 GMT
Why would the thread highlighted be considering unintelligent?, they are asking a simple question of others on a forum about whether they hide purchases from their partners/spouses etc. which appears to be quite a common occurrence. Also, if you don't like a thread, just ignore it and move on, why do you really care?Because, I'm a grumpy miserable sod. S. Well I knew that |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 22:28:20 GMT
one, two, three words daily
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