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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 8:05 am
(February 6, 2017 at 7:55 am)Alex K Wrote: (February 6, 2017 at 5:54 am)AceBoogie Wrote: lol what is going on around here can someone explain to me
Yes, staff issued a new forum rule a short while ago asking that thread titles should be meaningful and not click-bait. It looks like two people left because they were upset about the rule, and it caused heated discussions because apparently the right to have vague or misleading thread titles absolutely crucial to some here, or at least find having thread titles legislated offensive.
Forum babbies.
I hate click-bait, so this rule is good.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 8:17 am
I thought "Fucking Cops" was a porn thread before I opened it.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 8:43 am
(February 6, 2017 at 7:55 am)Alex K Wrote: (February 6, 2017 at 5:54 am)AceBoogie Wrote: lol what is going on around here can someone explain to me
Yes, staff issued a new forum rule a short while ago asking that thread titles should be meaningful and not click-bait. It looks like two people left because they were upset about the rule, and it caused heated discussions because apparently the right to have vague or misleading thread titles is absolutely crucial to some here, or at least some find having thread titles legislated offensive.
While I can understand being upset about the rule, I guess... does that really warrant "leaving" the forum?
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 8:51 am
(February 6, 2017 at 8:05 am)Sal Wrote: (February 6, 2017 at 7:55 am)Alex K Wrote: Yes, staff issued a new forum rule a short while ago asking that thread titles should be meaningful and not click-bait. It looks like two people left because they were upset about the rule, and it caused heated discussions because apparently the right to have vague or misleading thread titles absolutely crucial to some here, or at least find having thread titles legislated offensive.
Forum babbies.
I hate click-bait, so this rule is good.
I was in favor of the rule as well, although I had reservations about how exactly one would draw the line. I don't find it too problematic though.
One could discuss whether it is at odds with sometimes snarky forum culture (as W'ist does argue), but quitting the forum over it seems very excessive to me.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 9:04 am
Quitting the forum over it without fanfare, which we're all assuming Min has done, is at least honorable. Making a huge production number about it like a spoiled diva, that's something else.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 9:36 am
I wonder what Min would think about all of this.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 12:03 pm
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 12:18 pm
I'm thinking he doesn't give two shits rubbed together.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 12:50 pm
(February 6, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm thinking he doesn't give two shits rubbed together.
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RE: As smart as Min is, he is going to leave because he realized they wouldn't listen.
February 6, 2017 at 1:00 pm
(February 6, 2017 at 9:04 am)Stimbo Wrote: Quitting the forum over it without fanfare, which we're all assuming Min has done, is at least honorable.
Anyone leaving with fanfare isn't credible in the first place. How'd you know if you're not coming back at some point? That's why I hardly look at the recently departed thread, because they usually don't mean it when making a fuzz over it.
I find the new rule as useful as a pimple on the butt also, but it's no reason to ragequit.
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