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JackRiddler

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5. Different posters may take different angles.

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 03:10 PM

Jun 2013

For example, #Snowden's being talked to death, right, but one thread is titled "American Hero to the Rescue" and the other one is "Syphillitic DemonBeast Eats Children." So it's fine for people who work on a comment or think what they have to say matters to start an OP.

What's incredible - and what really shouldn't be tolerated - are the kinds of drumbeat campaigns we see here sometimes where, say, ONE person starts a dozen threads on the same thing on the same day, each presenting a kind of prepackaged attack point, but with none of them really saying anything that wouldn't have fit on one convenient (and easily disposable) list. It's like there's a demand for attention, a fear that one thread might be lost because, sorry, not interesting, and so you gotta hack, hack, hack at it all day. How many trashings do you want to do in a day for just one user's output?

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Board Philosophy: Just how much flooding constitutes flooding? [View all] JackRiddler Jun 2013 OP

When it's clear it's "agenda-driven", it becomes obvious when too much is "too much" Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1

One of the things I find most off-putting about this place SheilaT Jun 2013 #2

Amen !.. That's why Trash Can is my current favorite feature SoCalDem Jun 2013 #3

What is the trash can feature? I don't seem to see where it is. SheilaT Jun 2013 #9

(my 100K post )... It's under "my account".. look for the trash can tab SoCalDem Jun 2013 #11

Thanks. SheilaT Jun 2013 #12

Yep.. I hear you.. There are some here whose only purpose appears to be to argue SoCalDem Jun 2013 #13

Beating dead horses is sport around here. HappyMe Jun 2013 #4

Different posters may take different angles. JackRiddler Jun 2013 #5

How else do you rack up 100k posts in a few years? nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #6

Ah yes, the milestone is coming. JackRiddler Jun 2013 #7

Or a small nation's worth of coffee! nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #10

Me, too. It's like they think they earn redeemable points or something. randome Jun 2013 #14

Three, just like Mr. Owl said of the tootsie pop... Phentex Jun 2013 #8

I'd put a limit of 10 thread-starts per day. Nobody has that many good ideas in a day - nobody. reformist2 Jun 2013 #15

+1 In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #16

Ten? How about 5, and no more than 3 on the same topic? JackRiddler Jun 2013 #17

For some people it's almost as if just stating their opinion isn't enough. They have to convert you. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #18

Some social psychology studies find... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #19

I wouldn't know. I guess I don't like being told what I must think or what I must do. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #20

Sure... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #23

How many petty personal gripes disguised as philosophical questions is too many? alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #21

Your personal preferences are clear enough. JackRiddler Jun 2013 #24

Ha alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #25

I think its a group activity, really bhikkhu Jun 2013 #22

My solution to the flooders nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #26