"Do people who point out previous TMP threads annoy you?" Topic

1) Yes
2) No
3) I don't follow TMP
4) I don't have a computer
5) It depends
6) Needs more boobies
7) How about a Zardoz link?

When someone starts a thread on a topic, and another TMPer does nothing but post a TMP link to the same thing and nothing else, does that annoy you?

I am solidly in the "it depends" camp.
Suppose I ask "What color were the cuffs of the Slobbovian Jaegers zu Horsie in the War of the Valgorian Succession?" and some kind lad posts a link to the thread that answers my question, fine.

If someone posts a thread about the asteroid that just hit Jupiter, and then someone else posts nothing but a TMP link from last Friday about the exact same thing, then the second poster is just being a pedantic snot. ("Nyaah, nyaah! Another guy posted it first!")

So, there.

Numbers 5 and 6 please. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

Mongo

7 TMP link

Seriously a 5. I find them often helpful, a often just the responder being rude. But 6 can over rule rudeness.

5+6

Hey, Allen is our archivist and his attention to detail is much appreciated….

No. A terse comment consisting of a link is both apt and sufficient.

People simply do not bother to check to see if TMP already has the pertinent information.

It doesn't matter if they have a question, in which case it now becomes a case of THEIR question is important because they want the answer NOW and (my favorite), the information is REQUIRED. They won't be bothered to see if the question has already been addressed.

Or they run across something that's new to *them* while browsing, and come running like a dog with a bone to post it on TMP--without even bothering to check the board they plan to post it to.

It's all become part and parcel of what I call the -tification of TMP, and why I am loth to spend much time trying to be helpful anymore.

Allen

#5. I don't have time most days to do a thorough search and if someone points one out, that's fine by me.

Sort of hard to employ the correct term for a male donkey when it's bleeped.

2

2, 6, 7, &

8. What Allen said.

5. Depends on how long ago it was previously posted and the original title. Keyword searching is more or less useless since it times out the majority of the time. Titles are too often ambiguous. Now two or three topics on the same day, hours apart is lazy.

2-No, if I have a similar question, it allows me to quickly find the thread rather than having to search for it.

Even without a link, it is a reminder that important discussions can be found.

2+5+6+7!

4) I don't have a computer with internet, so I do my TMPing from my phone, which makes using the search feature difficult at best. Sometimes those links are GOLD (thank you, Allen!) and sometimes are just snarky.

5) It depends. Sometimes the links are a bit outdated, especially in areas like 15mm sci-fi, which seems to just keep getting better and better on an almost daily basis.

6) Ok, I'm a guy. I am obsessed with women's bodies. I like this as a default poll option. And I am glad I can browse nude pictures of them from my phone between new posts on TMP.

I find it helpful, and usually try to search on the subject, in many cases, before posting.

Many questions are asked repeatedly by people, within a few days of one another.

We probably need a frequently asked questions section for some topics, e.g. what color is American equipment in WWII, how do you base your miniatures, etc.

No, it's helpful… though maybe a bit snarky… but since this sight doesn't seem to frown on 'thread necromancy' it also reminds folks that they might want to search on a subject before starting the umpteenth "recommend a 15mm fantasy skirmish game" thread…

Of course, the reason the same questions keep getting asked is that old threads disappear off the front page, regardless if people keep posting in them, and if you have some nuanced variant of the original question it's best to start a new thread if you hope to ever get anyone to see it and answer it.

No, as long as they resist being snide about it.

5) It depends on the manner of the response, and the age of the linked thread among other things. About half of the time, I find that I'm annoyed and sometimes saddened to find that the reply comes from someone I like and/or respect.

5) but it often kills the thread as no-one seemed to feel the need to comment further.

Based on what allen said above I wonder which spelling gets bleeped?

Here goes – traditional English – Arse
…..and now another term for a donkey ass

(hits submit to see)nope no bleeping yet!

….oh and 5 + 6. Nice when someone provides a link to an earlier thread.

No. It's what any good forum user should do.

Not as much as seeing 8 versions of the same thread all created in the same day.

Doesn't bother me.

Depends on how they present it.

Nope. Doesn't bother me a bit.

There are three threads on Princess of Mars on the fromnt page, if anyone has any vigilante pedantic tendencies. Better hurry, one is about to disappear.

"There are three threads on Princess of Mars on the front page, if anyone has any vigilante pedantic tendencies. Better hurry, one is about to disappear."

How strange. I saw ONE (not three) earlier today, but it is not there now.

TMP link

It always makes me wince when people post a link with no explanation. It's backfiring snobbery, embodying both the best and the worst principles of the Internet at once.

Think about it. Posting a link by itself is intended as a snub on the original poster, because he was too lazy to look for the previous post, except it backfires because the person posting the link is too lazy to say anything about it. Adding a few clarifying words would turn the post into either the helpful answer it was meant as, or if it was meant as a condemnation of laziness, making that clear.

Then there's the people that link to a Zardoz photo out of anarchic cussedness. Don't get me started on them.

Nope.

"Posting a link by itself is intended as a snub"

That's way more intent than I would read into it.

sometimes an explanation with a link is INCREDIBLY helpful, especially if the information in the link was in a thread you didn't know about or would have had in your preferences….

otherwise, I'd say '6'…ALWAYS!

Slishfully,
Sgt DWW-btod

9) What's a thread?

No. It is helpful when I could not find a relevant thread, but it has been discussed before…

Just the link? No. Some insulting comment and the link? Yes— but that's a factor of the comment, not the link.

Heck, I've sometimes started a thread on an item of interest, having perused the front page first, only to discover that indeed another thread does exist, but was obscured by either a vague title (which we have in spades) or posted in a very specific subboard that I don't have selected for my front page— not to mention threads from months or years before.

What Allen said.

Just a link drives me nuts. In fact I really hate 'posts' which consist of a daft thread title and then just a link in the body.

#2. People who point out previous TMP threads don't annoy me at all.

No I sometimes cant find something on TMP and someone (AC for example) will have the TMP-foo to get me where I am going. I find it much more helpful and often find better information from the old school threads.
VR
James Mattes

2+5+6+8

I often find them a nice pointer to a thread I may have missed earlier.

And I find the search function a pain.

2+5+6=13!???????????????????????????????????????

It depends. If I am the third poster to mention the same news story in a day, I deserve the link and possible terse comment, because its really not hard to check to see whether someone else posted first.

What really burns my biscuits, though, is when I post a question and someone posts a really snotty reply with a link when they HAVEN'T even read the whole original post and their response clearly shows it. The way I see it, you haven't earned the right to be condescending and rude if you don't have the requisite reading skills to make it through the OP(if such a right exists, and I don't think it does).

And, yes, I see the names of two repeat offenders who have posted on this thread.

wot Allen said…

How can you be annoyed by just a link, it points you directly to an earlier topic that either answers your question or contains a discussion of that topic, no harsh words or insults or barbs, really what more can you ask for?

then the second poster is just being a pedantic snot.

So they can't just be helpfully pointing you (and anyone else who sees the topic) to where the real discussion is or did take place rather than letting you waste your time expecting a discussion to start on this thread.

Any perceived offense is all in your own mind.

"There are three threads on Princess of Mars on the fromnt page,"

link please.

2 but 5

I generally read just a linbk as a rude reply which basically says, "You idiot, it's right here." Not all of us are very computer savvy and not all of us sit around TMP all day, every day. Several times people have posted subjects on earlier stories that I missed and I got something out of reading the new post.

And 6…always 6.

By the same token, there is sometimes something in the previous thread(s) that I have also missed.

I am one of those people who post links in threads if a different topic has already been started. Never a snarky intent from me at all. I see it as a friendly point in the right direction so that we don't have have 2 groups talking about the same thing but missing out on the others info.

#2 absolutely not. It's actually the people that don't take the 30 seconds to a minute to use the very useful Search to see if someone else has asked the exact same question only a month ago, & gotten a full & complete answer from the TMP community, that es me off.

e.g. "I know, I'll just throw a question out in the aether & expect everyone else to the work for me, instead of actually taking the responsiblity to answer my own question."

What Howard said.

Needs more boobies

% and 6. I dont mind if someone brings a previous post to my attention, but its how they go about it that matters. I always search for a topic before I ask a question. If I bothered to ask the question, that means I couldnt find a suitable answer in an earlier post. If you go and reply with a "duh, look at this" reply I will probably end up ignoring your post or stifling you.

Number 6 and 7 please.