Stop the Idiocy and Spam

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In the last week or two, The Rumble Strip has become a worthless place where post-whores sit around posting in "How Many Replies Can We Get" about nonsense and then when no one is in there they create IDIOTIC, WORTHLESS, SPAM threads such as these:

http://forums.gtplanet.net/showthread.php?threadid=9990

http://forums.gtplanet.net/showthread.php?threadid=9989

http://forums.gtplanet.net/showthread.php?threadid=9870

http://forums.gtplanet.net/showthread.php?threadid=9840

ENOUGH! If you don't have something intelligent to say, don't say anything at all!
 
Originally posted by Stealth Viper


ENOUGH! If you don't have something intelligent to say, don't say anything at all!
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Yes, you are overreacting!

This isn't some government secret super forum, it's our GTPlanet! I don't mind some dry humour once in a while, those threads don't do me harm!

By doing this you're just creating a very tense atmosphere wherein people are afraid of threading and posting thinking it might be unsuitable, please don't do this! The rumble strip should be a place where everyone can just relax and be him/herself and hang out with their friends. So please...
 
Originally posted by rufrgt_sn00pie2001


Yes, you are overreacting!

This isn't some government secret super forum, it's our GTPlanet! I don't mind some dry humour once in a while, those threads don't do me harm!

By doing this you're just creating a very tense atmosphere wherein people are afraid of threading and posting thinking it might be unsuitable, please don't do this! The rumble strip should be a place where everyone can just relax and be him/herself and hang out with their friends. So please...
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Have you lost your marbles? :rolleyes:
 
You know, sn00pie, I agree with you to a limited extent. People should be free to post what crosses their minds on this board. That's what freedom of expression is FOR.

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But, in the name of trees, HAVE A SUBJECT TO POST ABOUT!

I don't care if it is stupid humor (that's a matter of opinion), or rants and raves, or whatever. This is the off-topic forum.

But what is the point of posting threads about NOTHING, that boast about their nothingness? Why start a thread with no other point than to say: "post more threads"? Or worse yet - one that commands us to *READ THIS* and then just says "don't read this" when you look? Only a real jerkoff cries wolf over such a stupid thing.

I'm the king of longwinded debate about trivial topics (after all, I spend a lot of time here, discussing a game that is ultimately trivial). But lately the Rumble Strip is not the off-topic discussion board, it's the NO-topic discussion board.

Yes, I could just stop coming here. But that's abandoning a potentially interesting forum where we can all interact and hang out. There has been serious advice and funny humor handed back and forth here. Why destroy that in the name of saying "This thread is about nothing and I want you all to post more nothing about it"?!

Allowing the total crap to continue in the name of "free speech" (and I'm a Libertarian - I know what that phrase means) is stupid and unhealthy for the site as a whole. It wastes bandwidth, it adds server stress, it buries interesting threads on the back pages, and for what?

So idiots can have a high post count (despite those that claim they don't care)? My count is only 500+. I bet some of these people have more than 500 posts consisting of a single smilie, never mind adding something to the discussion. I challenge you to find 10 posts I've made that aren't either asking a real question, or answering one.

So I'm all in favor of a crackdown against meaningless drivel.

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Well, that thread has a signifcant history here. PLUS, it should serve as a lightning rod for this kind of crap, and concentrate it safely in one place. But this whole board is becoming overrun with it.
 
A fine idea that is doomed to failure. Anybody who posts this kind of crappy spam is just looking for attention, so there'd be no point for them in posting there... :cry:
 
Everyone quit complaining so damn much. Post-whores we may be, but you guys know BrothaLynch, he just registered 4 days ago, and already has 700 posts? Who really cares? In the past 3 days I've gotten to know him better than I've gotten to know some of you in the past 6-7 months..:rolleyes:



It's the freaking Internet for Christ's sake; take a midol, and get over it.:rolleyes:
 
People are bored, Josh, so they start threads like this.

Obsessive threads.
 
And as far as the worthless, pointless, idiotic threads, if some of you would use the REPORT TO MODERATORS button, or send us PM's letting us know of such threads, instead of replying to them and adding to them, maybe we could actually cut down on some of the worthless posts.
 
Well, maybe not bored. But I like those threads, though I have not read them, they are funny.
 
Originally posted by Josh
Everyone quit complaining so damn much. Post-whores we may be, but you guys know BrothaLynch, he just registered 4 days ago, and already has 700 posts? Who really cares? In the past 3 days I've gotten to know him better than I've gotten to know some of you in the past 6-7 months..:rolleyes:



It's the freaking Internet for Christ's sake; take a midol, and get over it.:rolleyes:
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:lol: BrothaLynch is quite the whore but aren't we all.

*thinks*
*looks for midol*
 
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Originally posted by made in holland

I think we have ourselves another MistaX:p
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I can't stand just having one. I dont want another. Maybe this new postwhore wont be another pansy ass F.uckhead. :rolleyes:

Yeah, I said the f word. Whoopie.
 
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