Derailed threads

Fdoou · Before February 2015

Time and time again my topics are derailed into a river (sometimes by mods themselves...), and left to die, locked just because a few people got upset.
What is with this forum and being terrible at sticking to a topic?

Last edited by Fdoou (Apr 23 2014 7:37:29 pm)

Bimps · Before February 2015

inb4 flame war
edit: probably stuff gets derailed because there is less then 20 people here so the stuff being discussed here really doesnt matter to much people, so stuff gets derailed.

Last edited by Bimps (Apr 23 2014 7:59:51 pm)

Different55 · Before February 2015

Because we hate you.
Now how about that sports game last night?

Which of your topics are you talking about?

mrjawapa · Before February 2015

Different55 wrote:

Which of your topics are you talking about?

I believe this has something to do with his topic "A very cool website"

Different55 · Before February 2015

I was thinking about that, but I didn't see it being derailed by mods. Just being locked.

Fdoou · Before February 2015

It was something in general discussion. Let me find it...

Ah yes, it was my missing in action topic.

Last edited by Fdoou (Apr 24 2014 5:37:03 am)

Anch · Before February 2015

Yeah, something fdoou made did get derailed by the mods....

Calicara · Before February 2015

Fdoou I know exactly how you feel, though I don't think it's unlike most real conversation. Usually in the discussion of the OP someone might mention something which reminds them of something else, and then someone else will comment on that 'something else' and that's how it all begins.
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I don't think derailed threads are bad though. Personally I don't mind alternate discussion as long as it's within the context of prior discussion. If posts are completely off-topic then it's really irritating.
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Also, since this topic reminds me of the many complaint topics I make, I'd like to complain about duplicated threads. There is no reason to be 4 of the same thread, like Takomans language thread. It's utterly ludicrous how Takoman was just trying to do something for means of education, and then 3 people parodied him (most likely by using google translate), just for the sake of taking advantage of a rarely known, and rarely used, rule. It's also stupid how people are making multiple competition topics just because one is dying after the other. IMO if the best active players cannot make and follow through on an EE contest, I don't see how anyone else expects to.

Cyclone or Meredith · Before February 2015

Calicara wrote:

Fdoou I know exactly how you feel, though I don't think it's unlike most real conversation. Usually in the discussion of the OP someone might mention something which reminds them of something else, and then someone else will comment on that 'something else' and that's how it all begins.
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I don't think derailed threads are bad though. Personally I don't mind alternate discussion as long as it's within the context of prior discussion. If posts are completely off-topic then it's really irritating.
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Also, since this topic reminds me of the many complaint topics I make, I'd like to complain about duplicated threads. There is no reason to be 4 of the same thread, like Takomans language thread. It's utterly ludicrous how Takoman was just trying to do something for means of education, and then 3 people parodied him (most likely by using google translate), just for the sake of taking advantage of a rarely known, and rarely used, rule. It's also stupid how people are making multiple competition topics just because one is dying after the other. IMO if the best active players cannot make and follow through on an EE contest, I don't see how anyone else expects to.

I do find the language topics irritating but I refrain from locking or otherwise interfering because people are well within their right to open the threads as they breach no rules.

The same applies to the competition threads and the game threads.

Koto · Before February 2015

I only made my hieroglyphics topic because of how everyone was jumping on that bandwagon of taking advantage of a technicality in the rule system. It was meant to be a parody.
Also, the only reason the contest have failed because 1. The forums went down 2. GKA was probably one of the worst people to be incharge of a contest to begin with 3. Creature had no idea what he was doing.

I do find it ridiculous when someone makes a topic, and everyone else tries to turn it into a discussion that the topic was never meant to be, or post the same topic multiple times (like the foreign language ones). People need to learn to contribute to meaningful discussion and not make things about what they want to talk about, or make an identical topic because they feel they should be the OP.
I am fine with parody topics as long as they have a purpose and are pointing out something ridiculous, however.

Last edited by KingOfTheOzone (Apr 25 2014 9:22:44 am)

skullz17 · Before February 2015

I think derailing threads is annoying from the point of a view of the OP. Though sometimes you might be more interested in the subject of a reply than the first post, so you'll want to reply to them. But all you can do is make a new topic about that subject, whereas you could just reply to an interesting post you see. So this creates a problem.

Fdoou · Before February 2015

The thing is though, if you talk about other things that are not the main subject of the topic, it's not allowed.

mrjawapa · Before February 2015

skullz16 wrote:

I think derailing threads is annoying from the point of a view of the OP. Though sometimes you might be more interested in the subject of a reply than the first post, so you'll want to reply to them. But all you can do is make a new topic about that subject, whereas you could just reply to an interesting post you see. So this creates a problem.

This always confuses me >.<

Fdoou wrote:

The thing is though, if you talk about other things that are not the main subject of the topic, it's not allowed.

Well... you know what they say... #YOLO... if you can't go off topic on the forums, where can you go off topic at?

Fdoou · Before February 2015

Going off topic in a chat room is okay, go chat your heart out there.

Tako · Before February 2015

...Report the posts that are off topic?

Anch · Before February 2015

What if the OP is about random topics? It's hard to derail that unless you focus on one subject.

mrjawapa · Before February 2015

Fdoou I don't know why you're complaining about this, seeming you were banned? You should be happy you can make a post that can be derailed...

Before February 2015

There are some forum members who just love to argue.

mrjawapa · Before February 2015

0176 wrote:

There are some forum members who just love to argue.

I really like to prove my point to people like fdoou.

Fdoou · Before February 2015

my topics are not the place for a smackdown! that's what all of ee is for!

Anch · Before February 2015

You are derailing your thread about derailed threads.

mrjawapa · Before February 2015

anch159 wrote:

You are derailing your thread about derailed threads.

Valid

Fdoou · Before February 2015

my post was still on the topic of derailment. your posts are a spammy quote pyramid.

what is the iq of this forum?!

Different55 · Before February 2015

Mousey123 wrote:

JaWapa wrote:
anch159 wrote:
You are derailing your thread about derailed threads.
Valid
SERIOUSLY valid.

Yeah, this needed to stop before it happened. Don't continue it.

Anch · Before February 2015

The IQ of this forum (monkey) is potato.

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