Originally Posted by lutontown_fc (Post 326563)

What a dumb post

NM

Originally Posted by Armen Da Pats Fan (Post 326545)

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!

Originally Posted by Armen Da Pats Fan (Post 326545)

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!

Originally Posted by Armen Da Pats Fan (Post 326545)

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!

Originally Posted by Tunescribe (Post 326576)

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.

Originally Posted by RayClay (Post 326593)

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.