Pointless Posts

[Madison]

Originally posted by skrussel
Hey Gadget and others.........picky, picky, picky.
I think you guys are suffering from an extreme case of the crabbies.
Happens about this time in the build process.
Try to be nice. Gracious.
Y'know - professional.
Try some sugar. Or some sleep.
Or go home and see your mom.

Yes, I am picky. I am allowed to be.

My time is valuable and it is being wasted by people with no regard for graciousness or professionalism.

Some of these people are childish, offensive, ignorant, and disgusting. They are the ones who need to step back and examine what their participation in these forums could be. All it takes is a few days' observation and an ounce of self-restraint.

I don't think that's too much to ask of anyone.

[HolyMasamune]

We should probably have more admins for this forum, considering how many posts there are but there are only 3 admins or something.

[meaubry]

Try to relax everyone - there are tools to help filter through the forums that you don't want to see.
As far as short answers go, so be it. Too many posts for admin's to check out the number of words being posted.
We can't police everything, and before this turns into a flame war - I suggest people hold back from posting negative feelings that will just lead to more potential harmful posts.

[DanLevin247]

Originally posted by meaubry
Try to relax everyone - there are tools to help filter through the forums that you don't want to see.
As far as short answers go, so be it. Too many posts for admin's to check out the number of words being posted.
We can't police everything, and before this turns into a flame war - I suggest people hold back from posting negative feelings that will just lead to more potential harmful posts.

if you take a look at my post over in chit chat "Attn: Forum Users" I basically said the same thing....minus the part about being a moderator, as I am not one


meaubry couldn't have put it better

[hixofthehood]

Originally posted by wysiswyg
I agree with gadget pointless spam should be limited to the chit-chat are only.

I think I'm going to cry.

[illumanat'i]

everyone has done some pointless posts (except for me, 'cause i'm perfect in everyway and have no time to post pointless stuff)... the part about pointless posts that bothers me is when someone posts some really long, professional sounding post and when i get to the end, i know the exact same as i knew in the beginning... short pointless posts are over quick, but if i waste my team reading a short essay, i at least want something, anything, to be written.

[Adam Y.]

Try to relax everyone - there are tools to help filter through the forums that you don't want to see.

Just hit the little button that says report this to moderator.

[Ken Leung]

Just a little reminder of the rules:

"Please remember, you are representing not only yourself, but your team as well as what FIRST stands for. Please try to practice gracious professionalism at all times."

When you guys post on the forum, not only are you representing yourself and your team, as well as what FIRST stands for, you are also setting an example to other new members on what is and isn't appropiate to post on the forum. What you said here this year is going to lead to what people will be saying next year, because you will be the ones everyone look up to when they first come in here and see what FIRST people's opinions about everything are.

It's quite a heavy responsibility if you think about it. I remind myself everytime I make a post. It keeps me from being out of line most of the time, and thinking clearly on a subject before I hit the reply button.

It is very easy to click "reply", type 5 words, and post something in a thread... But if it doesn't mean anything to you, or to whoever reading the thread, do you really think its worth spending that 15 seconds clicking and typing? There are lots and lots of really good threads in this forum, and you probably have a lot of good opinions about them... Why not search around a little, and try to join in the discussion instead of just clicking a few threads on top of the forum and post "pointless posts" as others call it?

I am just confused as to why people will even want to use up a part of their time to do something like this. I personally got a lot of work to do, beside FIRST related stuff, especially now that I've been sick for 2 weeks... I never would spend the 15 seconds saying something that really have no meaning to me or to any other people. I hope everyone will realize what their time could've been spent doing. Maybe thinking more about the robot... Or thinking how to help the team in 6 weeks... Or trying to do homework and get more sleep... etc.

Maybe time changes, and the forum isn't what it was anymore... But once a while, that was proven wrong by some really good threads hidden in between the forums.

Always remember... We are here to share, learn, teach, inspire, expose, think, and communicate. If you are doing anything less than any of these, its just not worth your percious time.

Another reminder of advices from one of the greatest posters on the forum:

"1. Make your point concise.
2. Keep your emotions in check.
3. Try to keep your posts from being one big paragraph.
4. If someone provides information that may change your opinion or disprove yours, it's ok to say "yeah, I was wrong". Heck, I still do this... see, I am wrong for not being concise in this point. heh.

Andy B."

I just want to add one more to this:

Think twice before you post.

[Soukup]

i too believe that pointless posts are getting to be too much. thank you ken...because what you said makes sense. Also another problem is people that don't search before they post. Their simple question could have been answered usually if they scrolled down the forum. put gadget thanks for bringing up a point that I totally agree with.

[sky547]

ok...guys that are complaining about skitz...i apologize on behalf of the team for the stupid stuff that he's doing...please don't think that the entire team is like that...they are HIS actions alone...we will discuss this with him and try to keep him from doing it anymore...

[torn_paperdoll]

We admit.. this is all pretty immature.. but due do his medication problems we hope you will be able to overlook his mistake.. (j/k)
anyways.. sorry bout our teammate.. please don't look down on the team for his mistakes..

[Madison]

torn_paperdoll, that signature needs to die a swift, quiet death.

get rid of that thing, please. it's slowing down my brand spankin' new laptop to levels that Inventor isn't even capable of.

[DaBruteForceGuy]

Originally posted by M. Krass
torn_paperdoll, that signature needs to die a swift, quiet death.

get rid of that thing, please. it's slowing down my brand spankin' new laptop to levels that Inventor isn't even capable of.

forget your computer, everytime i look at it, my cranium goes into an REM state, i get an splitting headache and i start to bleed from MY EARS!
Not to mention the odd sensation of a bird, pecking thorough my skull by ways of my left TEMPLE!

[torn_paperdoll]

Sorry bout that... I'm an amateur .. you know how it is.. anyways.. thanks for tellin me.. I didn't know it was messing up "THAT" many computers..

[illumanat'i]

did i miss some super awesome signiture?

back to the point: pointless posts, as you so adoringly call them, are useless, wastes of time, and get on everyones nerves. but i've got to say, use what forum tools there are to ignore them, and move on... no disrespect, but 15 seconds extra reading a pointless post will not kill you, will not keep you from fixing your robot's cancer, and will not end up preventing your team from getting to your regionals (unless you end up being 15 sec late to the bus, in that case, i'm sorry)

pointless posts are unneeded, but come with the idea of forums... people have a need to talk, some people like reading what they type more than they like typing usefull info, just like somepeople like to hear themselves speak... you can't stop them by creating an entire post on the subject, because this forum will get absolutely NOTHING done about it...

just keep to your own standards of posting behavior and hope it rubs off on other people