Do you

[El Pinko]

bother to read threads with pointlessly vague titles that give absolutely no clue as to what they might be about?

(In this case, obviously you have...)

But you know what I mean, right? Why do people do this?


Would it kill people to give a clue as to what the thread is about so I will know at a glance whether it's worth clicking?


There are a lot of threads to go through, far more than I have time to read.



:rant:

[Buzz Clik]

1. My favorites: "Wow! You have to read this!" And proceed to simply post a link.

No, I don't have to read whatever it is, nor will I click the link.

[Ordr]

2. You know, that reminds me of

[TahitiNut]

3. Nope. If the poster can't bother to compose something informative ...

... then I'm not inclined to return respect that's not shown. I'm very strongly inclined to focus on the 'message' and not the 'messenger' ... and not at all inclined to accommodate egocentrism. I'm virtually CERTAIN to ignore any video link without substantive rationales offered to view it.

[annabanana]

4. (depends on who's post it is)

Yours, for example, often reward the poking.

not this time though :P

[progressoid]

5. ...feel like I do?