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1st March 2010, 03:25 #1
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Posting Police
Seriously folks, I've been hanging around various social networking sites for nigh on 25 years and I have never seen so many folks getting upset about the posting habits of others as I have in just a few short weeks around here.
Just an observation from a new guy."He had the talent to be a champion, if only he weren't so stubborn." Harry Hyde
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1st March 2010, 10:00 #2
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You were hanging round on social networking websites in 1985?
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1st March 2010, 10:55 #3
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He only said "sites", not necessarily "web" ones
When I were a lad, our local youth club was a social networking siteUseful F1 Twitter thingy: http://goo.gl/6PO1u
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1st March 2010, 11:06 #4
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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
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1st March 2010, 21:10 #5
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ok, mighta been closer to 20....sometimes my math skills fail me.....Internet Relay Chat....localized message boards....things like that. The days of the 1200 baud modem, and external hard-drives. Still, the observation remains.
"He had the talent to be a champion, if only he weren't so stubborn." Harry Hyde
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1st March 2010, 22:13 #6
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Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans
There were 27 of us standing around 2p coin in th' middle of motorway, if we we're lucky.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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2nd March 2010, 09:00 #7
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Newsgroups were around in 1985, although not many people were online to use them!
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3rd March 2010, 02:53 #8
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All kidding aside, 71 fan is complaining about people complaining (I just gave myself a headache) about multiple threads and clutter in the Nascar forum (as opposed to the no-nonsense approach used in the F1 forum, for example). :
Personally I see the benefits and drawbacks of both "methods" but I kind of like the way we have been doing it in the Nascar Forum since the beginning, you kind a know what you are getting into just by looking at the title, but then again, it is kind of annoying to have 15 "Danica is the second coming of Fangio" threads all on the same page.
I think now that Danica is taking a break from finishing in the back of Nationwide races to cruise around mid-pack in Indy Car races, some of the clutter will go by the wayside as will MOST of the complaining
With that, I'm gonna have a to drown this headache and go to bed, got a long day at work tomorrow.#4 2014 Sprint Cup Champion, 2007 Daytona 500,2003 Brickyard 400,2x Coke 600,2014 Southern 500 Champ: 962 starts,90 wins, 345 T5s, 544 T10s, 44 poles, 2x NNS champ
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13th March 2010, 20:12 #9Originally Posted by Rollo
Our father would wake us up 2 hours before we went to bed.
Then we had to lick the road. With tongue.
It's coming up on 30 years since my first email and Usenet usage. (1982).
And there will always be posters who take themselves far too seriously and who have amazingly thin skins. Good entertainment sometimes, I'd think.
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15th March 2010, 09:32 #10
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btw it's not *always* better to contribute to an existing thread.
e.g. If there is a 'chat' thread going on but you want to discuss a specific topic that's already discussed in the general thread e.g. 'That was a boring race'. Then it's perfectly fine to start a new topic to discuss it.
Personally I've no desire to wade through 15 pages and read every post to find a sub-topic that interests me.Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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