Arghhh!!! Give us info when you post!!!

[DancingBear]

Please, please, please, when someone is posting about something occuring either on TV or live flesh out the post with details!

Some of us not near a telelvision are interested, but you have to help...

Here is an example of what NOT to do:

(attack on Pearl Harbor happens)

poster: "Ships Sink in Hawaii!!"

Lots of fire and stuff.

[indie_voter]

1. ROFL!! I second this request. Please have mercy on us unfortunates. n/t

[elperromagico]

2. That's actually a reasonably accurate description of Pearl Harbor.

Wouldn't you agree? ;)

[DancingBear]

5. On DU, it's considered by some as

"great detail." :) :)

[BurtWorm]

19. It's the ones with thread titles like "Wow! Tweety is green!"

and the message is something like, "He just got walloped, didn't he?"

It's as though the poster thinks we're all doing exactly the same thing and the same time.

[mairceridwen]

3. get a teevee ya bum

i'm kidding.

i like the details too.

[DancingBear]

6. Hey, that's MR. Bum to you!!

Actually, Mrs. DB is doing work-related stuff on the TV, and I'm not near the other one(s). :) :)

[AmerDem]

4. I agree

I spoke on this a couple times. They will list articles with no content. Make open ended statements without a source or link to what was said. Maybe it's because there are alot of new folks here. They'll the hang of it.

[BootinUp]

7. I've done it before

You made me laugh anyways.

Will try to do better.

[sangh0]

8. Quick! Turn on your TV!!

Is your reception as bad as mine, or is something wrong my set?

[Beaverhausen]

9. My favorite- "Did you see that"

and in the message it says "on CNN just now?"

:wtf:

[lcooksey]

10. That drives me crazy!

Glad I'm not the only one.

[redsoxliberal]

12. damn I know!

Wait... did you see that?

[ibegurpard]

11. I share your irritation

just don't ask for rule changes...they end up causing more trouble than they fix.

[NV1962]

13. Oh, here is

a link that reads "log o

[DeepModem Mom]

14. kick

[Beaverhausen]

15. Kicking

:hi:

[Myrina]

16. POSTING AND YOU

I think this should be mandatory viewing for all DU'ers, at least once a week.


http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html

[Beaverhausen]

17. this needs a kick again

apparantly. :mad:

come on people.

[Myrina]

18. KICK

for the late night crew :)

[Beaverhausen]

20. kick for wednesday