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April 19, 2007, 11:07 PM | #1 |
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Dumb (non)titles PO me!
Am I the only one who gets POed at titles like --
HELP!! Opinion please! .......... you'll get mine looky what I made today ..... $2 at the car wash Got it! ........... then try penicillin Need a stock for .... your grandma's cane?? It came in .... your ship? Should have stayed aboard Which one?? .... the other one, dummy Cleaning?? ..... so take a few dollars and go pick it up Ideas?? .......... yea, got a couple for you! A subject/title that gives "just a hint' of what you are interested in will get you more responses. Heck, we might be interested, too, instead of blowing by. Plus, folks who ask questions for which answers are easily obtained on the Internet (great the AL invented it:barf: ), in the Blue Book, from the manufacturer or manufacturer's brochures, etc. It only takes a little effort folks. And, we wonder what is wrong with our lazy middle class! Thanx, I feel better!
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April 20, 2007, 09:08 AM | #2 |
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"Am I the only one who gets POed at titles like ..."
No! But, unfortunately the solution for the moderators is to be constantly editing titles, and we aren't going to do that. I've occassionally sent PM's to members with the minimalist titles explaining that they would get far more views of their threads with less cryptic titles, but it seems to be like asking Sarah Brady to use some logic. |
April 20, 2007, 09:14 AM | #3 |
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Doesn't bother me
I tend not to click on threads that don't interest me Plus id you run your cursor over the title it will show you the first sentence of the post
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April 20, 2007, 09:22 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for your opinion. I wanted to ask peoples thoughts, about a good humidity level in my gun safe. My original title was "Ideal humidity". I think my question is a little more specific, now.
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April 20, 2007, 10:13 AM | #5 | |
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indeed
the subject line SHOULD indicate the subject matter, spelled correctly, so that the search function works and turns it up in the future - the more specific the better - gun make, model, part, issue, etc.
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Here's a dandy from this AM .... Quote:
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If the title alone doesn't interest you then you can save time by not dropping in Why all the drama?
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April 20, 2007, 09:09 PM | #8 |
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Because there might be good information in a poorly-titled thread, which the search feature won't turn up when searching subject lines only.
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But "dumb titles" don't PO me, If they did I would ignore them Life is so much easier when you figure the easy ways around it
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