I think threadcrapping has settled down compared to what it was two years ago when I started that thread. People should avoid threadcrapping in all forums, but there is a little more leeway allowed in the less directed forums (Other, for instance) as compared to DVD Talk "Main." I've been away on business for the past week-and-a-half, so I haven't had much time to read up on what's been going on in Other, or Adult, or wherever the current brouhaha is.
gcribbs
09-17-04, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by Static Cling
I think threadcrapping has settled down compared to what it was two years ago when I started that thread. People should avoid threadcrapping in all forums, but there is a little more leeway allowed in the less directed forums (Other, for instance) as compared to DVD Talk "Main." I've been away on business for the past week-and-a-half, so I haven't had much time to read up on what's been going on in Other, or Adult, or wherever the current brouhaha is.
No biggie. next week there will be another brouhaha anyway ;)
Thanks for the Threadcrap info. It was what I thought.
Groucho
09-17-04, 01:09 PM
Michael Moore is a fat liar.
das Monkey
09-17-04, 01:18 PM
Let the character assassination begin.
das
Preacher
09-17-04, 02:22 PM
das Groucho ist funny. No?
MJKTool
09-17-04, 02:24 PM
George Bush is a skinny liar.
Josh H
09-17-04, 02:46 PM
Threadcrapping seems fundamentally limited to threads dealing with movies, music, video games etc. where people bash the topic when that's not the purpose of the thread.
It's a little difficult to picture a thread crap by that definition in say a sports thread or whatever. Thread hijacking is common in all forums (though not as much as in the past) but that's a little different.
Originally posted by Josh Hinkle
Threadcrapping seems fundamentally limited to threads dealing with movies, music, video games etc. where people bash the topic when that's not the purpose of the thread.
It's a little difficult to picture a thread crap by that definition in say a sports thread or whatever. Thread hijacking is common in all forums (though not as much as in the past) but that's a little different. :hscratch:
I post a thread that says "Should the Nets trade Jason Kidd?". Someone comes into the thread and posts "Jason Kidd is a wife-beating little ***** who should stop pimping his supposedly cute kid and supposedly cute wife, when they're both fugly!". That isn't a thread crap? And while I may have exaggerated, it's pretty obvious that it happens all the time. WHile the definition of what it is may be looser in Other or Sports, it still exists.
Draven
09-22-04, 01:36 PM
I did a google image search for "thread crap" and here's what I found. I think it speaks for itself.
I post a thread that says "Should the Nets trade Jason Kidd?". Someone comes into the thread and posts "Jason Kidd is a wife-beating little ***** who should stop pimping his supposedly cute kid and supposedly cute wife, when they're both fugly!". That isn't a thread crap? And while I may have exaggerated, it's pretty obvious that it happens all the time. WHile the definition of what it is may be looser in Other or Sports, it still exists.
I said it was difficult to picture, not impossible. Guess you have a better imagination than me. :D
I don't see that kind of stuff happening in sports all that often (other than stuff like Laker/Yankee/other majority hated team bashing), so it's not near the issue it is in the movie and music forums.
Can't comment on Other as I don't read it.
General Zod
09-22-04, 03:00 PM
Personally, I think it should be perfectly OK to thread crap a crappy thread.
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