What gets your goat on BE?
#17
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
Lets not forget that the Karma feature was enabled in part to stop the boards getting filled up with "Thanks", and "Great Idea" posts. Only you can see your karma, so its hard to know if someone posted there gratitude in a thread or not (but you are right, probably not...)
If you are not getting karma however, maybe what you are posting is not as helpful or funny as you think it is
If you are not getting karma however, maybe what you are posting is not as helpful or funny as you think it is
#18
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
Agreed
Absolutely
People who forget that this is a forum for people whose common link is that they are or are hoping to are expats and not members of MENSA.
The fact that there is so much lack of patience for new members, the older ones appear to have forgotten what it is like to be new.
How spiteful this place gets at times despite the fact that this forum is allegedly for adults.
Despite all of that I still look in most days.............
[Grabs coat and makes a run for the door]
Things that get my goat on here are people who decide to move to Canada so they can buy a bigger house and live in a crime / racist free country.
Oh, and the other thing is it's far too addictive. Harrumph
Edited to add: Thanks
#19
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
Nothing. I find BE interesting, amusing and informative. If a thread or post is not of interest to me I ignore them. If the overall content of the website really bugged me I wouldn't bother visiting.
#20
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
Lets not forget that the Karma feature was enabled in part to stop the boards getting filled up with "Thanks", and "Great Idea" posts. Only you can see your karma, so its hard to know if someone posted there gratitude in a thread or not (but you are right, probably not...)
If you are not getting karma however, maybe what you are posting is not as helpful or funny as you think it is
If you are not getting karma however, maybe what you are posting is not as helpful or funny as you think it is
#21
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
(Its also their gratitude, not there gratitude, if you want to be picky )
Last edited by iaink; Aug 24th 2009 at 7:57 pm.
#22
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Posts: 15,706
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
#28
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
BE Members who feel the need to answer a genuine thread with a stupid comment about paragraphing (see mouldy problem thread!!)
I bloody despair!!!
I bloody despair!!!
#29
Re: What gets your goat on BE?
Somewhere in the advice for new posters it says (and I'm paraphrasing) make your post as clear and concise as possible in order to get the widest number of replies. So things like resisting text speak, and breaking long chunks of text up are probably a good idea.