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Actually you are.
The buddy list, right!?
Can you not see how illogical your statements are? You know all newbies are not abusers. But you want to not see any newbies threads, because some are abusers.
Does it really take that much time to open a post, find it is an abuser, and click ignore?
But what are you going to do when regulars and members start posting "pointless" threads? Are you going to ask to ignore them too? Maybe you should just hide forums that you notice a particular problem with. Like the scary iPhone forum for example.
If newbies didn't post, then arn would just be talking to himself on the forums
Newbies can post, but users should be able to decide if they want to see their threads. This is not a little site.
Again the problem is not with legit users making "pointless" threads, but with site abusers.
The fact that is not a little site makes this all the more relevant. If you want an exclusive community of experienced people, make your own where you can just ban people altogether if they are not up to your standards of importance.
I used to never go to the iPhone forums, but then I found Forum Spy...And now I get amused all day...Yes...this is getting out of hand for something that seems so irrelevant.You notice these things after being on the board and in Forum Spy for so long.
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Congrats you get a sticker for following the rules? It might be a request that does not violate the rules, but it is one that is so far-fetched. If it's that large of an issue, my solution, which is time-consuming to you, will solve the problem.
You can easily deem the pointless threads by looking at their titles, that is no difficult at all
How are the newbies abusing thread opening more than anyone else? There is just a disproportionate amount of newbies compared to everyone else.
I am tired of opening posts by newbies where I cannot tell if the user is legit or not.
I have 19 forums excluded in Forum Spy. There are users that have more.
Killing off the iPhone and some of the community ones really helps on focusing on the threads you like. The buddy list helps you find where your friends are posting.
I think this thread is a bit much since I've already taken newbie annoyances out of the picture for the most part.
Your so-called "solution" is CRAZY, not a solution at all.
If it were so easy, I wouldn't be wasting my time in this thread fighting people who ridicule a feature request.
What abuse are you talking about? Spam? Half the time those are gone before I even finish filling out the report post form. Anti-Apple threads? Should be pretty obvious from the thread title as most of the time the threads are called something like "omg lol apple sucks!" Please post examples of what kind of abuse you're talking about because 99% of the time I can tell if a thread is worthless just by looking at the thread title.
I said it before, it can be an innocent-looking question that is just planted there to waste everyone's time.
Not to be rude, but just making a point - all of the things you have posted have been mentioned before, it only shows that even people with Avatars can be just as useful as newbies.
My point was that there was a solution, it might be time-consuming, but ultimately it solves your problem. You made my arguement for me which is that it is not easy for you, once again - don't click.
I could post a thread offering you an iPhone 3GS Unlocked for $299 in the Apple Gaming section of the forum. There is no way to tell if anyone is really legit per say.
I'm tired of opening threads by members whose post count is inversely proportional to their post quality.
I'm tired of opening threads where ceaseless argumentativeness is the only thing keeping the thread alive.
I'm tired of opening threads that have several reasonable and practical solutions provided repeatedly, only to have them dismissed as not suitable for someone that doesn't understand that dead horses don't respond at all to continued flogging.
I'm tired of opening threads where ceaseless argumentativeness is the only thing keeping the thread alive.
I'm tired of opening threads that have several reasonable and practical solutions provided repeatedly, only to have them dismissed as not suitable for someone that doesn't understand that dead horses don't respond at all to continued flogging.
It is NOT a solution. You must just as well say "count all integers, they can be counted".
And the mods are fairly quick at dealing with abuse threads, so if a thread is more than, say an hour or two old, chances are it's not abuse because if it was, it would've been gone by then. So how about you just ignore all new threads and wait a few hours before opening them because chances are they won't be abuse.
Is it safe to say thread over?I'm tired of opening threads by members whose post count is inversely proportional to their post quality.
I'm tired of opening threads where ceaseless argumentativeness is the only thing keeping the thread alive.
I'm tired of opening threads that have several reasonable and practical solutions provided repeatedly, only to have them dismissed as not suitable for someone that doesn't understand that dead horses don't respond at all to continued flogging.
Then if it's a legit thread, what's your problem with it? I'm really confused here. If it's abuse, report it, if it's legit, reply to it or go on to the next thread. There are plenty of dumb threads posted but surely not enough that the 10 seconds it takes to read and report it waste so much time out of your day.
You have officially ended this thread. If you are unsure if its legitimacy from the start, that don't open it. If you are unsure after reading it, then don't respond.
No, it solves your problem in its entirety, just not efficiently. Sort of like how, the mods spending all the time making a feature for what seems to be something that most users do not have problems with, would not be the best of ideas.
If it was legit, I don't think you would consider it a waste of time. Now, I think you are just arguing yourself in circles for fun.
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