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Maybe some of you that are into ths type of behavior can explain this to me.
Why do people read a thread, decide they don't like it and go out of their way to post a response complaining about that thread?
It seems there are some on this board that like to just go onto a thread and start poop by criticizing the author or saying the thread is "stupid" (or worse).
Or just to complain about which forum it belongs in (which is actually a pretty valid point, but still kind of petty in the big picture)..
Sometimes these attacks can get pretty mean and personal. I know I have been subject to this type of stuff at times and I have seen others also attacked.
It seems to me we're all fairly sharp here and passionate about the Pats and subjects surroudning them, so I ask you:
If you don't like a thread, why even waste your time commenting or contributing or - even worse - attacking with profanity and personal stuff?
Just don't read it anymore and move on to the next thread.
Nobody's forcing anybody to read anything here.
If people don't want to discuss a topic in a thread, then the thing will die a natural death anyway.
This is the natural attrition.
What good does spamming a thread do?
By spamming a thread, you actually keep it alive because your criticisms push it back up the list!
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Maybe some of you that are into ths type of behavior can explain this to me.
Why do people read a thread, decide they don't like it and go out of their way to post a response complaining about that thread?
It seems there are some on this board that like to just go onto a thread and start poop by criticizing the author or saying the thread is "stupid" (or worse).
Or just to complain about which forum it belongs in (which is actually a pretty valid point, but still kind of petty in the big picture)..
Sometimes these attacks can get pretty mean and personal. I know I have been subject to this type of stuff at times and I have seen others also attacked.
It seems to me we're all fairly sharp here and passionate about the Pats and subjects surroudning them, so I ask you:
If you don't like a thread, why even waste your time commenting or contributing or - even worse - attacking with profanity and personal stuff?
Just don't read it anymore and move on to the next thread.
Nobody's forcing anybody to read anything here.
If people don't want to discuss a topic in a thread, then the thing will die a natural death anyway.
This is the natural attrition.
What good does spamming a thread do?
By spamming a thread, you actually keep it alive because your criticisms push it back up the list!
if a thread is stupid and/or unnecessary i tend to comment because i want the original poster to get the feedback. for instance, i would usually stop by the weekly chad jackson thread to add my two cents. the hope was that the weekly chad jackson thread would go away.
also, this board tends to go through its ups and downs. i'm a centrist, so during the overly optimistic high points you'll see me reminding people that chad jackson has done nothing and during the low points i'll remind people that jackson is only a rookie.
as for bumping them in the process, if it was recently started it will get replied to and bumped up anyway.
Maybe some of you that are into ths type of behavior can explain this to me.
Why do people read a thread, decide they don't like it and go out of their way to post a response complaining about that thread?
It seems there are some on this board that like to just go onto a thread and start poop by criticizing the author or saying the thread is "stupid" (or worse).
Or just to complain about which forum it belongs in (which is actually a pretty valid point, but still kind of petty in the big picture)..
Sometimes these attacks can get pretty mean and personal. I know I have been subject to this type of stuff at times and I have seen others also attacked.
It seems to me we're all fairly sharp here and passionate about the Pats and subjects surroudning them, so I ask you:
If you don't like a thread, why even waste your time commenting or contributing or - even worse - attacking with profanity and personal stuff?
Just don't read it anymore and move on to the next thread.
Nobody's forcing anybody to read anything here.
If people don't want to discuss a topic in a thread, then the thing will die a natural death anyway.
This is the natural attrition.
What good does spamming a thread do?
By spamming a thread, you actually keep it alive because your criticisms push it back up the list!
How many times do we need to go over this? Ian constructed this messageboard with multiple forums for a reason. If you want to post about baseball, go to the baseball forum. If you want to post about what's in your linen closet, go to the pub forum. And so forth, and so on. This is the football forum, please treat it as such.
Maybe some of you that are into ths type of behavior can explain this to me.
Why do people read a thread, decide they don't like it and go out of their way to post a response complaining about that thread?
It seems there are some on this board that like to just go onto a thread and start poop by criticizing the author or saying the thread is "stupid" (or worse).
Or just to complain about which forum it belongs in (which is actually a pretty valid point, but still kind of petty in the big picture)..
Sometimes these attacks can get pretty mean and personal. I know I have been subject to this type of stuff at times and I have seen others also attacked.
It seems to me we're all fairly sharp here and passionate about the Pats and subjects surroudning them, so I ask you:
If you don't like a thread, why even waste your time commenting or contributing or - even worse - attacking with profanity and personal stuff?
Just don't read it anymore and move on to the next thread.
Nobody's forcing anybody to read anything here.
If people don't want to discuss a topic in a thread, then the thing will die a natural death anyway.
This is the natural attrition.
What good does spamming a thread do?
By spamming a thread, you actually keep it alive because your criticisms push it back up the list!
To be honest, you have started threads with misleading titles as if you had some information, but didn't.
I think if you post a thread saying "Watson is on the trading block" and you have zero evidence, it should be pointed out.
Unfortunately, there are lots of gossip sites these days and I don't want to turn this site into one.
If I click on a thread with a sensational title when I'm in a hurry I'm glad that posters respond that it's complete garbage, otherwise I might think there is something to it.
If you want to bump a couple of threads, I'll respond more specifically, but that's it in a nutshell as it applies to at least some threads you personally have started.
If I remember correctly, some of your threads had titles implying they were breaking news, when they were baseless. That is the definition of Spam right there.
I take it from this thread that you have been affected by the negative responses, so they have served a purpose.
How many times do we need to go over this? Ian constructed this messageboard with multiple forums for a reason. If you want to post about baseball, go to the baseball forum. If you want to post about what's in your linen closet, go to the pub forum. And so forth, and so on. This is the football forum, please treat it as such.
Yes, but I am not only referring to the forum issue.
To be honest, you have started threads with misleading titles as if you had some information, but didn't.
I think if you post a thread saying "Watson is on the trading block" and you have zero evidence, it should be pointed out.
Unfortunately, there are lots of gossip sites these days and I don't want to turn this site into one.
If I click on a thread with a sensational title when I'm in a hurry I'm glad that posters respond that it's complete garbage, otherwise I might think there is something to it.
If you want to bump a couple of threads, I'll respond more specifically, but that's it in a nutshell as it applies to at least some threads you personally have started.
If I remember correctly, some of your threads had titles implying they were breaking news, when they were baseless. That is the definition of Spam right there.
I take it from this thread that you have been affected by the negative responses, so they have served a purpose.
Okay, fair enough, but in my defense, I never posted "Waston on the trading block"...
I think it was something like "Speculation: Watson's Days Numbered?" or seomthing like that, but I really don't recall.
But still my point holds, and none of the Slammin Spammers who have responded here have addressed this:
IF YOU READ A POST YOU DON'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH, WHY NOT JUST MOVE ON? WHY THE ATTACK?
For example, I am bored to tears with talk about money and salary caps, but someone like say, Miguel, lives for that kind of stuff.
Do I go on his salary cap posts and start dressing him down because I don't like the topic?
No.
Sometimes I read them, sometimes I don't. Bottom line, if I am not interested, I just move onto something more interesteing.
Spamming a Thread - What is the point?
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