Can someone explain a "drive by post"?

Orphanedcowboy · December 2, 2011, 07:11 AM

Since I am new here I am guessing it is just padding the post count? I noticed it on the majority of locked posts.

Technically this would be a "drive by?"

icedog88 · December 2, 2011, 07:32 AM

Check your Forum Rules. Explains it pretty good.

**Mike Irwin** · December 2, 2011, 07:36 AM

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=418983

**Mike Irwin** · December 2, 2011, 07:36 AM

And, technically, my post above is a drive-by post.

BAD MODERATOR!

Wagonman · December 2, 2011, 08:42 AM

lol

PigFarmer · December 2, 2011, 08:45 AM

Ahhh but Mike you just provided a wonderful working example of what not to do...What better way to teach than with examples?

And someone really needs to invent a sarcasm font for moments like this.

Orphanedcowboy · December 2, 2011, 10:19 AM

Well all of my post are devoid of intelligent matter

langenc · December 2, 2011, 04:57 PM

Maybe 'drive by posts' come from 'drive by news people'. Rush knows lots of them..

rickyrick · December 2, 2011, 06:02 PM

+1

giggle

December 2, 2011, 07:11 AM	#1
Orphanedcowboy Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 194	Can someone explain a "drive by post"? Since I am new here I am guessing it is just padding the post count? I noticed it on the majority of locked posts. Technically this would be a "drive by?"

December 2, 2011, 07:32 AM	#2
icedog88 Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2011 Location: norwich ct Posts: 737	Check your Forum Rules. Explains it pretty good. __________________ "The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps"-LtGen. Holland M "Howlin' Mad" Smith, USMC,1949 Have you forgotten yet? Look down and swear by the slain of the War that you'll NEVER forget. [Siegfried Sassoon,"Aftermath,"1919]

December 2, 2011, 07:36 AM	#3
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=418983 __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

December 2, 2011, 07:36 AM	#4
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	And, technically, my post above is a drive-by post. BAD MODERATOR! __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

December 2, 2011, 06:02 PM	#9
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,237	+1 giggle __________________ Woohoo, I’m back In Texas!!!

December 2, 2011, 08:42 AM	#5
Wagonman Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,014	lol

December 2, 2011, 08:45 AM	#6
PigFarmer Member Join Date: August 24, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 97	Ahhh but Mike you just provided a wonderful working example of what not to do...What better way to teach than with examples? And someone really needs to invent a sarcasm font for moments like this.

December 2, 2011, 10:19 AM	#7
Orphanedcowboy Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 194	Well all of my post are devoid of intelligent matter

December 2, 2011, 04:57 PM	#8
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Maybe 'drive by posts' come from 'drive by news people'. Rush knows lots of them..