Letters to the editor threads.......
 

I've already emailed 2 mods about this, but this is for all mods now.

There are now 5 of these threads on the first page. At first, they were funny because there were so many of them. Now, they are just downright annoying. They all popup right around the same time and are usually based on the same 4 or 5 topics. This really needs to get under control. I've suggested before, and now I'm suggesting again that he contain them in a daily or weekly thread.

Thoughts? Mods especially. :)

how about a 'one and only letters to the editor' thread? ;)

I think one to two a day is fine, but he's doing too many.

Like Steve Martin explains in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", when telling a story, have a point. Not everything is a story, we have to pick and choose the things that are interesting or amusing.

Likewise, not every letter to the editor is a thread. I'm sure Vacaville has a message board for that...or maybe not. The point is, I think the threads would be better-received if Aaron selected those that were most interesting/amusing and most suitable for discussion. It would also help if he didn't just seem to copy and paste the same question regarding the different issue like "Thoughts?"

A good discussion thread needs to have a good beginning and many of these Letters to the Editor threads are just posting the letters and saying Discuss. It'd be better if Aaron picked only a few a week and actually tried to start a discussion.

Those are some of my thoughts...you may not agree. Just some suggestions.

Maybe create a new forum?

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:thumbsup: to this thread

Why not have only 1 or 2 letters to the editor threads open at a time?

If more are open than that, they should be closed

Catching and posting all those letters to the editor seems like a sporting event to me.

That always bugged me when I used to go to Other. I've even seen a few of his letter to the editor threads in other forums here when they were some what related to DVD's or something. The bad thing is most of them aren't interesting. As said above he should limit himself to only posting the couple that are really interesting each week, or have a weekly thread or something.

You know, there are sometimes 4-5 sports threads on page 1 of Other...

I don't mind the occasional sports thread, but don't you think 4-5 on the first page is overkill?


(Just a perspective.)

I get tired of the letter to the editor threads too, but as long as it isn't TERRIBLY bad (like one day, there were like 8 in a row and the Mods DID act on that), then we can always ignore them if we don't like them.

but those 5 sports threads are:

1) not started by the same person
2) not started within the same time period
3) discussing different topics
4) often discussing different sports altogether

Not a perfect comparison, I grant you, but again, consider that it MAY be just that you are not interested in letters to the editors threads, just as some may not be interested in sports.

When it gets REALLY bad (and it has), the mods HAVE stepped in.

I don;t have a problem with a few of these or any other kind of threads going on ... I can ignore them easily enough if I choose to. I would think one a day would be enough, if they do not garner interest, they will drop down the topics list quickly enough.

Sports on the other hand needs it's own forum, but this is a different story.

I don't care for them either, but they usually aren't interesting and don't get many replies (hint, hint to poster -wink-) and fade into the bit bucket pretty quickly...

Some (few) are interesting and do get some interaction. Just tough to find the diamond (okay Cubic Zirconia) in the rough :D

Re: Letters to the editor threads.......
 

:thumbsup:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...ghlight=editor

Obviously, he didn't get the hint.

what I don't get is that he doesn't even discuss them, he just posts the text. And the topics aren't even that earth shattering. Perhaps he could pick his favorite letter to the editor and just post that? Or just post a daily link to his local editorial page?

He also tries to stir up a lot of **** sometimes and has no opinion whatsoever other than "Word!". Come on Aaron, you can do better than that! In any event, it sometimes comes off as trolling.

This is the EXACT feelings I have toward his "letter" threads. I think of him as an instigator, because he sometimes brings up touchy subjects...then ducks and hides. Does he read them after he posts them? I know he does on some, but his replies are always very selective.

You know who used to do the exact same thing? American Loser. He would start some topic, usually instigating or some story, then would never follow up on it.

How good of a DVD is this movie? Special Features etc?Nudity? Swearing? How good of a plot does it have?Worth a purchase?Is it better than the original?

Your thoughts/feelings?

Well put. I would say that very, very few are interesting. I wonder if this poster can have an original thought sometimes.

Maybe they sell them at the PX?

I work at AFESASA and I see fighter planes all the time. ! ?

guy, guys, this isn't a thread to make fun of someone. This was a legitimate thread to complain about something that alot of people seem to dislike. Please no more making fun of forum members.

rotfl Grr....that gets annoying. I mean, it's not like DVD Reviews has a lot of other posts, but in some ways, it makes the fact that he can't even post something different for each of his threads even more annoying.

Like the Letters to the Editors threads, I suspect he probably doesn't even go and check on those Reviews threads.

The several times that I opened up one of those threads, I just saw something cut and paste into the thread with a brief summary and the question: "comments?"

I ignore all of those threads now. I have no problems with Amos outside of these threads, but the volume of these thoughtless threads is annoying.

As long as we're discussing this same poster I have to say I'm tired to see the endless review threads started by him about totally bizarre movies -- Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (Broadway Theatre Archive); L.A.P.D. Starring Michael Madsen & Dennis Hooper; Victim of Love starring Pierce Brosnan and Virginia Madsen -- just to name a few of the MANY threads on the front page of the forum right now. It's almost as if he's picking random movies out of Leonard Maltin's video guide or a catalog or something. This is the same guy always going on about a lack of independent and foreign films in his hometown and yet he wants reviews of this bottom of the barrel Cinemax original movies type junk like this. I mean, I don't want to say people shouldn't post what they want but it's annoying to have to filter through junk threads to get to reviews of movies someone may actually be INTERESTED in. (And to be fair he does have threads on movies I've heard of like "Joy Ride" and "K-Pax.") End of venting.

2 more posted right after another, which are essentially cookie-cutter threads with his questions and of obscure titles as well. I wonder if he even expects answers to these threads or if he is just posting for the heck of it. I mean, if you're going to start a thread, don't copy and paste the original post!

I hope the threads are just ended. i live near Vacaville and trust me nothing much happens in that town to warrant one thread a week.

I make a point to just avoid them myself which i will continue to do if it is decided to leave it be.

Since I do not go into reviews much I really can not say much. However if the posts are just cut and paste maybe something needs to be done about that also.

You're right.

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http://photos.netclubs.com/live/phot...ef1%20copy.jpg

:D

Hello, Randy? Geoff? Blade? X? Anyone?

I don't see a problem with his recent posts in Other. I have seen some that deal with a topic already being discussed, and I've merged those with the original thread. Are you wanting us to close anything that's "ripped from today's headlines"?

If you're annoyed by them, treat them in the way this one has been treated http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=198762

It's no fun to start threads that no one ever responds to.

Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. I'll address it with Aaron Amos.

Andy, thanks for your response. While normally I'd be inclined to just ignore these threads, it's very hard to when there are 6 or 7 of them monopolizing the forum. I have no problem with him posting those, as some of them do get a good response. My problem is when he posts 5 or 6 consecutively, within a 10 or 15 minute time period.

The other problem is that he posts these threads, and often doesn't respond. It's sort of like a "post it, and forget about it" mentality.

:lol: @ your "ripped from the headlines" comment. :D


Thanks Geoff. We all appreciate it! :) :up:

I've never opened one of these threads...

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In all fairness, Aaron posts the letters to spark discussion and then posts his own comments about them.

While I don't personally read all his letters, I do read most and are frankly more stimulating than some of the other drivel that floats through the forum.

I've never opened one either...they just don't interest me, I just don't care what the Letters to the Editor said.

Well, I suppose his letters are posted to try and spark discussion, but he rarely posts his own comments on them. Usually he'll just say something like "Thoughts/feelings?"

Awfully similar to his DVD Reviews thread posts where he just asks the same questions for every movie, copied-and-pasted.

I can't believe how mean the comments are in here. I also can't believe moderators post in here without addressing it. :(

Is there some sort of board regulation that prohibits the creation of a thread without putting forth your own viewpoint?

Obviously they do a pretty good job of sparking debate and discussion, as several of his letters to the editor threads incorporate multiple pages.