Less is More

[lumberjim]

FWIW I don't think (but maybe I'm wrong) Hubris Boy was complaining about humorous things as much as he was complaining about the abundance of posts that don't add anything at all, including humor--posts which say things like "right on!" or "yeah, what he said!" or "OMG that was so funny!"

oh, yeah, well....that part i agree with.

so, lets get it straight:

conversation is ok

omg, rofl, lmao is not

deep thought good, confirmatory responses bad

is confirmatory a word?

where does senseless ranting fall?

how about generalized negativity?

when i read the original post in this thread, my first reaction (as i'm sure is true of many of you) was to apply what he said to my own personal habits. I see that sometimes i post a response like a quip or a pun, and for the most part, that does not have any real worth. yet, if i was standing in a room talking to you folks, thats what i would say.

the other thing i thought was that if we all took great care in replying, and never shot from the hip like many of us do, we'd never get to know one another. i could if i chose, write verbose and melodic prose that sounds like it belongs on a greeting card, with perfect punctuation, and grammar, but that is not me. you want that shit, go read a fucking greeting card. We could all concentrate on composing one well thought out post per week complete with research, supporting facts and links to more information, but i doubt that it would be very exciting.

i have an idea. and i dont mean this sarcastically at all.

HubrisBoy, you have a point. you also have a standing offer of a user based forum. ask UT to set it up for you, and have rules. moderate it. only allow well thought out posts, and delete the crap posts. if people know going in that there are guidelines, i think they'll respect them. i know i would. that way, you dont have to go start your own site, but you can proudly maintain a higher level of thought within your forum walls.