Pointless posting

[j0rd]

I'd disagree, if we enforced pointless posting for posts like that, those threads essentially become dead. When I quote other people and reply to them, I always find it stupid to put at the end of my post:

it's not pointless, but it is off-topic. i was in the department and someone would have jumped on that if it was a normal user

[Kardan]

Oddly enough of all those, person B's first post would be the one that gets a mod notice

Yet Person B is the only one replying directly to the topic

[FlyingJesus]

THAT'S WHY IT'S ODD 4GOD KORDIN

[Aiden]

Oddly enough of all those, person B's first post would be the one that gets a mod notice

I know but person B's first post can still cause discussion... it takes 2 to have a conversation (unless you're mad) so they should punish the whole forum for not engaging enough

[Kardan]

it's not pointless, but it is off-topic. i was in the department and someone would have jumped on that if it was a normal user

The forum count off-topic posts as pointless posts. As per the rules:

Do not post pointlessly ~ ~ Do not post off-topic

[Calum0812]

If we enforce the rule like that, we best get rid of all of my favourite threads (What you wear, what you listen too, what you last watched on TV)

I honestly think those threads should have no effect on post count. There are certain members who post in there more times a day than I've posted in my whole life... Just there for more post count and tokens and DOESN'T PROMOTE ACTIVE DISCUSSION ARGHHH

you can reply to anything...

person a: whats ur fav colour
person b: red
person c: quoting red - omg same, do u have a shade you like?
person b: yeah yeah, i like the ruby kinda colour

Or person B could say "yeah I like red, like the ruby colour" hence not pointless...

Best remove "Discuss Anything" then

Can't say I'd disagree. Some of those threads should be in spam. Any one word answer threads should be in spam but there are some people who make active discussion out of them so it's a blurred line

[Yawn]

omg 1 word answers r not POINTLESS stop this
sams post is not pointless and under no circumstances should it be considered pointless
just because it says "never" and nothing else. everything that needs to be said is summed up in 1 word

u all make me so angry

[Aiden]

[QUOTE=Calum0812;8094702Or person B could say "yeah I like red, like the ruby colour" hence not pointless...[/QUOTE]

I think even a mod knows it's not pointless. It's up to other members to make a discussion.

If I posted a whole paragraph about how much I love the colour red, it doesn't make a difference.

[Kardan]

omg 1 word answers r not POINTLESS stop this
sams post is not pointless and under no circumstances should it be considered pointless
just because it says "never" and nothing else. everything that needs to be said is summed up in 1 word

u all make me so angry

You are right.

Nowhere under the rules does it say 'One word post = Pointless post'

[j0rd]

The forum count off-topic posts as pointless posts. As per the rules:

yes i know, but they aren't the same thing are they?

pointless is basically what the word describes
off-topic is when the post is different to the main thread discussion