What is it with this forum, and thread de-railers?

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:41

I've seen quite a few threads, particulary in the last week, where people are posting stupid pictures totally irrelevant to the topic, or just posting them for the sake of it.

Example 1 - What is the point in posting a picture of a draughts board? All it did in this case, was temporarily derail the thread.

Example 2 - Never heard of email? All Piggymon need to have done was search for any post by Von Smallhausen, and look at their trust and/or profile.

And that's just in one thread. A rummage around GD, will reveal people posting stupid O RLY pictures, and such-like.

So come on...tell me...why do they/you do it? I'm dying to know.

No doubt this thread will become a breeding ground for such pictures. If so, then the doing so will only strengthen my point.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:44

Beansprout said:
1) Drought..draught...bad, but there you go

2) You're asking for a Piggy slap

1) I can see the link, but both are differently spelt words. In any case, what was the point?

2) Piggy was the first example that sprung to mind, since it was one I saw today.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:51

Davey_Pitch said:
This is GD, threads often move away from the original topic at some point during the thread. I'd have thought you'd be used to it by now.

I am used to a light peppering of it, but recently the amount of derailments have suddenly spurted up - no doubt because of "the owl" pictures.

Sic said:
wah, wah. what effect does it really have on you if a thread goes off topic? personally that's something i love about these forums. everyone is so chatty and friendly it's so easy to go off topic. other forums i'm a member of never go off topic with anything, and i think this is a pretty good basis for the community we've got here.

my 2p

I am the reader, and if I can't enjoy reading a thread because of an outburst of off-topic posts, then it affects me.

It's all very well everybody being "chatty and friendly". But I feel the derailments spoil that atmosphere.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:53

I see everybody is having a laugh, at my expense.

Basmic said:
No doubt this thread will become a breeding ground for such pictures. If so, then the doing so will only strengthen my point.

Actually that should really be "No doubt this thread will become a breeding ground for such practices. If so, then the doing so will only strengthen my point."

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:54

Mr Singh said:
maybe I should start a thread on how you de-rail certain threads, by trolling.

Better still, post some example with links right here.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:57

manor said:
This forum is damned close at times. Are you feeling left out?

I can't say I noticed the close-knit TBH. So there was nothing for me to feel left out from.

fatiain said:
We're not laughing *at* you, we're laughing *towards* you.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:58

Sic said:
fair enough...but the only reason this stuff happens is because people establish a rappor with others on here, and any little thing in an on topic post can spark a conversation on another topic. i try not to let this effect my life too much. notice that i'm also trying to keep this thread from derailment

I can see your point, and I take it onboard. But sometimes it gets a little stupid.

Thanks for trying to keep this thread from derailment. I suspect it is doomed to do so TBH, followed by the Moderator's pick-proof padlock.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 14:09

Sic said:
to be honest, you should've expected little less. we've got some right comedians on here as it is. i know im guilty of thread derailment quite a lot. i didnt realise it bothered that many people.

in all seriousness, it'd be interesting to get a poll attached to this thread. "does thread derailment bother you?" seeing as it's your thread, it's your call, but i'd like to see that

Well I'll tell you what, if one of Moderators are willing to do so, could they put a poll on this thread:
Do thread derailments annoy you? a) Yay -or- b) Nay

Werewolf said:
I am however starting to wish I had a shotgun so I could go owl hunting at times (it's starting to get amost as bad as "all your base are belong to us").

If you happen to shoot a nice white owl, I'll pay for it and I'll get it stuffed at the Taxidermist.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 14:41

Matblack said:
If your not happy may I suggest you try the new release of The Real World 1, I hear its out of Beta and the res and AI are amazing!

MB

I'm not too sure that myself, or anybody else in thread, deserved that, TBH. Becasue of your 5-figure post count, I feel I should aim your own comment back to you.