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Topic Abuse is Getting Out of Hand
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| 04/04/2003
| xm177e2
Posted on 04/03/2003 5:49:36 PM PST by xm177e2
Take a look at the articles with the topic "Philosophy"--less than half of these articles can reasonably be described as relating to philosophy."Soldier Is Relieved for Streaking on Base" or news of a dozen different bomb attacks--those are not philosophical threads!
The same goes for "Constitution/Conservatism" and "Crime/Corruption." These are supposed to be, respectively, "Discussion of conservatism and conservative principles and issues" and "News and discussion of crime, corruption government abuse, power grabs, and scandal."
Miscellaneous is probably the most-abused topic. Miscellaneous is for "Anything which doesn't fit into another category"--so if you've already put your thread in one category, DON'T ADD MISCELLANEOUS. This is pretty simple.
Breaking News--the worst category, in terms of abuse. DO NOT PUT OLD CRAP into breaking news. Breaking news is for NEW news. If it has been posted before on FR, IT IS NOT BREAKING NEWS. It also has to be IMPORTANT news.
Front Page News: this is for IMPORTANT news. I don't see much abuse of this topic.
Anthrax and WoT should be pretty easy to figure out.
States: this is news about specific states. DO NOT PING EVERY SINGLE STATE TO YOUR THREAD. That is incredibly stupid. PLEASE do not do that.
Before you post a vanity or miscellaneous thread, consider if it would not be more appropriate in the chat/general interest forum.
And of course, no discussion would be complete without mentioning the LEAST-ABUSED category: Vanity ("Your Opinion/Questions"). When you make a vanity post here, you MUST put it in this category.
TOPICS: Free Republic; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bitchinandmoanin; guywithslowmodem; hughseriesgriping; spatulas; topicnazi; xm177e2
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Note: The only topics I subscribed this thread to are "FR" and "Vanity" ("Your Opinion/Questions"). If any others are here, they were added by someone else.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:49:36 PM PST
by
xm177e2
To: xm177e2
Not to mention those who have figured out that they can get their stupid vanity posts at the top of the sidebar list by posting them in "Activism."
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:50:44 PM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: xm177e2
You have too much time on your hands.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:51:10 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: xm177e2
Oh, and be advised that you're going to get flamed big-time by the "children" on FR that think rules don't apply to them.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:51:28 PM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: Illbay
Frankly, this is the one and only "worthless" thread I've seen on FR.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:53:06 PM PST
by
Scoop
(It's An Inside Joke, Ladies)
To: Scoop
Robinson owns the forum, if his name aint on it, its vanity looking for an audience.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:57:56 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: xm177e2
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:58:20 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
To: Scoop
You haven't been here long enough.
If you follow Illbay around, you'll see a few (at least in his opinion).
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:59:53 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
To: petuniasevan
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:01:17 PM PST
by
ALS
To: petuniasevan
This from someone who thinks a "spud" is a "yam."
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:02:37 PM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: ALS
No, not me. Just listing related threads (and explaining why posters' non-war threads disappear from breaking news).
Illbay is your source for 24/7 thread monitoring.
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:02:57 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
To: xm177e2
Anthrax and WoT should be pretty easy to figure out. I'll bite; what's a "WoT"?
To: Scoop
Frankly, this is the one and only "worthless" thread I've seen on FR.So I guess you think this is a worthless vanity, also?
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:04:35 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: thinktwice
Sorry, it's short for "War on Terror" (it gives the full name in the list of topics)
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:05:03 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: Illbay
Hey. The tagline is just a pun. And I don't like yams (or sweet potatoes, for that matter).
:-P
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:06:25 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(Wisconsin springtime: freezing rain and sleet.)
To: xm177e2
Topic abuse is a serious problem and must be stopped ...file this under spatulas
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:06:38 PM PST
by
woofie
To: xm177e2
I have to agree. FR these days is 50% vanity and 40% argument. Still, the remaining 10% keeps me coming back.
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:10:10 PM PST
by
BradyLS
To: petuniasevan
Agreed.
Hilarious tagline!
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:10:16 PM PST
by
k2blader
("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
To: Scoop
Frankly, this is the one and only "worthless" thread I've seen on FR. I disagree. I appreciate this post, the topics are abused and I've noticed that it's been more of a problem since the war started.
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:10:51 PM PST
by
Jean S
To: petuniasevan
Well, I love yams. And Spuds.
And I went to college in Wisconsin, so I know what you mean about the freezing rain and sleet.
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posted on
04/03/2003 6:11:16 PM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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