Time to stop this..

[Catzsy]

or i just have a high one of myself?

yes, yes it is. pointless as in people use it to rant/chat etc. it's rarely used to asked questions, the ones in discuss anything do. i totally agree "what colour" and "how many" should be dealt with. the ones jake used to do and some of graham's are not too bad, i enjoyed jake's anyway. i see why people are complaining but don't see anyone who contributes to that forum anyway so if there wasn't any of these threads it'd be dead. it only happens every so often and the recent ones are only because people are moaning or because some want to deliberately post pointless ones to "prove a point". no-ones forcing anyone to post and no-ones stopping anyone posting their own threads which they think are much more relevant than the rest :rolleyes: i would like to see an example of one which promotes discussion? or are we complaining just because we can?

i think you know very well that's unlikely. even members who've used it for a while still aren't "welcome" :S

So you are saying that the people against the pointless posting in this thread don't contribute to that forum? Probably because it is just so full of pretty superficial ones. I think three decent threads is worth 20 pointless ones and the new posts system being clogged up with them is a problem. It started with Jake and then started again recently. Nobody has to 'prove a point' as the threads are there to see. The forum is not dead and is not dying. As far as you comment about spam is concerned it should be looked into as it is shouldn't be up to a few members of one forum to decide who posts there.

[ecstasy]

If a thread appears which can only really be responded to with A or B and no more can be said regarding the discussion then it's not a discussion and the thread will either be moved to spam or closed.

The rule will state that posts must not be of one or two words outside spam or forum games, this means any thread made that will only attract one or two word answers which cannot be expanded on will find their way to being closed.

I think this is the best option. Discuss Anything is full of crap threads but there are some interesting ones (some have been linked in here) so it should, in theory, get red of the crap ones and leave the decent ones

As far as you comment about spam is concerned it should be looked into as it is shouldn't be up to a few members of one forum to decide who posts there.

Its not like people are deciding who can post in there, people just tend not to cause threads from people new to spam seem to get shot down

[Catzsy]

I think this is the best option. Discuss Anything is full of crap threads but there are some interesting ones (some have been linked in here) so it should, in theory, get red of the crap ones and leave the decent ones


Its not like people are deciding who can post in there, people just tend not to cause threads from people new to spam seem to get shot down

So essentially is there any difference? The effect is the same.

[ecstasy]

So essentially is there any difference? The effect is the same.

No ones stopping them from posting there, their threads just tend to be crap/uninteresting. If someone who normally posts in spam posts a crap thread then that'll get buried too. Its the crap threads that aren't 'accepted', they just tend to be from people new to spam

[Hecktix]

Any "shooting down" of members anywhere will be dealt with severely (as it already is in spam).

[FlyingJesus]

honestly someone go post a complex question which requires using your brain (a lot of those 'pointless threads' do, for me at least) instead of complaining and we'll see how much replies you get.

It's not really about the amount of replies, if there's 50 people replying to a thread once and then leaving it then it doesn't mean it's a good thread because there's no actual discussion, might as well be in forum games.