Tell Me About Your Message Board Pet Peeves

I frequent a few message boards. I think we all get annoyed to some degree. What do you get irritated with?

One thing that bugs me is when someone asks a question, you put a lot of thought and time into replying and then you NEVER HEAR BACK from the person.

I also get annoyed at being a thread assassinator (which I've found that I frequently am). You know, I'm the "last person" to post on a thread. I try to tell myself that nobody has anything better to say than what I said ;) but it doesn't always help.

I have many other pet peeves for message boards. But I want to know yours before I go any further. :D

Slow update times
Illogical organization
Ungodly clashing of colors
No Coherance to a theme
Too cute
Trolls

Too cute? LOL

Posts with no Punctuation (use a period or a comma now and then)!!

People who type in all CAPS.

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Originally Posted by ivey

I also get annoyed at being a thread assassinator (which I've found that I frequently am). You know, I'm the "last person" to post on a thread. I try to tell myself that nobody has anything better to say than what I said ;) but it doesn't always help.[/b]

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Yeah... that. I&#39;ve come to look at it a little differently now, for the sake of my own sanity. I figure it is just that I&#39;ve done such a perfect job of summing up and/or concluding the thread that nobody else wants to spoil it. </sarcasm>

It bothers me when online communities start getting "clickish"... like when a certain mentality - be it religious, political, age related or whatever - clearly dominates and starts making those who don&#39;t fit in uncomfortable or irrelevant.

Yeah... trolls.

And then there&#39;s the guy who has to respond to EVERYTHING, even when he has nothing to add. You open the new posts and you see the same user as the last poster on EVERYTHING. That drives me nuts.

Spambots. But that&#39;s another story - an irritation from the administrative side.

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Originally Posted by Clairity

People who type in all CAPS.[/b]

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Originally Posted by Clairity

And then there&#39;s the guy who has to respond to EVERYTHING, even when he has nothing to add. You open the new posts and you see the same user as the last poster on EVERYTHING. That drives me nuts.[/b]

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Yeah I definitely agree with these two peeves.

It also annoys me when someone types up a huge long post with no paragraph breaks - it&#39;s just an enormous block of words. Honestly when I see that, I don&#39;t even bother trying to read it.

oh also, that STUPID internet slang (LOLZ I LUV TEH INTERNETS&#33;&#33;&#33;11&#33;one). I can&#39;t stand it. It&#39;s the most immature thing, and it&#39;s extremely annoying.

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Originally Posted by Burns

oh also, that STUPID internet slang (LOLZ I LUV TEH INTERNETS&#33;&#33;&#33;11&#33;one). I can&#39;t stand it. It&#39;s the most immature thing, and it&#39;s extremely annoying.[/b]

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Oooh that&#39;s one of my "favorites", too.

And "OMGZ&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;11111ONEONEONEONE"

Whenever someone sarcastically writes "ONEONEONE"... I laugh. EVERY TIME. :D

Cliqueyness irritates me, too. But also (from an admin standpoint) when people accuse ME of being cliquey because I have a board to run and (god forbid) I have to talk to my moderators about the behind-the-scenes stuff. :roll: That bugs the crap out of me, too. Or when I&#39;m told that I&#39;m being "policing" because we have certain rules that I ::gasp:: bother to enforce. :roll:

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Originally Posted by ivey

Cliqueyness irritates me, too. But also (from an admin standpoint) when people accuse ME of being cliquey because I have a board to run and (god forbid) I have to talk to my moderators about the behind-the-scenes stuff. :roll: That bugs the crap out of me, too. Or when I&#39;m told that I&#39;m being "policing" because we have certain rules that I ::gasp:: bother to enforce. :roll:[/color][/i][/b]

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I&#39;ve owned and run a few boards myself. You&#39;ll totally understand and appreciate this one:

I have ZERO tolerance for people who feel they have some kind of innate right to be on a privately owned and run board... and who express that sense of privilege though exactly what you are describing above, or starting to shout about censorship or unfairness or the "right to free speech" being curtailed.

When you are a guest on somebody else&#39;s property, respect that status and you might remain welcome.

This attitude isn&#39;t arrogance. We all recognize that the users make up the community and if they aren&#39;t respected as well and made welcome they won&#39;t be there... and the community will die. But these are not democracies - they are benevolent dictatorships.

Ok... I&#39;m done.

Oh... and one more thing...

I hate people who overuse elipses...

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And who double-post.

LOL PJ great ones&#33; :) So funny. :)

YES I completely understand what you&#39;re talking about. Even though I have a disclaimer on the front page that says that *anyone* who posts here agrees to our terms and conditions, MAN I&#39;ve had SO MANY problems about "censorship". And the thing is, all I&#39;m asking for is some basic human compassion. Don&#39;t judge people. That&#39;s the bottom line. Just follow the golden rule&#33; Sheesh&#33; :roll:

people who cant take a joke....
people who hate me... theres a lot..

the non puncuation does bother me, as u can see..

Replies simply to say "lol"
People who find the need to make all of their posts in a different color.
Senseless trolls.
Bad threads that just won&#39;t die.
Threads that everyone posts in but no one reads - "What are you listening to right now"
People that don&#39;t follow the evolution of a long thread.

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Originally Posted by Artelis

Replies simply to say "lol"
People who find the need to make all of their posts in a different color.
Senseless trolls.
Bad threads that just won&#39;t die.
Threads that everyone posts in but no one reads - "What are you listening to right now"
People that don&#39;t follow the evolution of a long thread.[/b]

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I agree with all of those. Also, i can&#39;t stand jerks like Leo Volont (for those who remember him), who go about thinking their thought line is supreme, and that they have the right to put down and crush every single thought, question, or idea that a new board member posts. There is a reason he got banned from like 6 boards. I also hate when people post 95% techniques or who say, "Oooh&#33; I have an idea&#33; It is so cool, OMG&#33; Now I am going to make you wait for it :evil:" *cough* malac *cough*. Finally, I hate it when people have unreadable spelling and grammer to the point of giving a headache. I make my fair share of mistakes that I don&#39;t bother fixing because i don&#39;t think they interfere too much (or I just don&#39;t know the spelling), and some people don&#39;t have perfect english, but I hate the post that are like, i have a tecnik taht is verygood, and make happy dream (that was intentionally exaggerated for emphasis).

People who post in different colors? Like moi? ;) Honestly I try always to post in green because I like to known when someone is replying back to me. Also so I can more easily refer back to my own posts. And it&#39;s my favorite color. :) But I guess I could see how someone might find it annoying. Of course... that doesn&#39;t mean I&#39;ll stop. :)

Largely, though, I agree with you. I don&#39;t like it when there&#39;s an enormous thread that won&#39;t die, and nobody is reading it--everyone is just posting and posting. (like the "what are you listening to" thread.) :)

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Originally Posted by pj

I hate people who overuse elipses......[/b]

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yeah, I hate that too

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Originally Posted by ivey

People who post in different colors? Like moi? ;) Honestly I try always to post in green because I like to known when someone is replying back to me. Also so I can more easily refer back to my own posts. And it&#39;s my favorite color. :) But I guess I could see how someone might find it annoying. Of course... that doesn&#39;t mean I&#39;ll stop. :)[/b]

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I actually kind of like the variety of color on a board, as long as it&#39;s just like a readable color like green, blue, or red. It gives it a bit more personality. I used to do that, but I&#39;ve gotten too lazy to, and just post regular now though. What is annoying is when someone uses colors like hot pink, yellow, or lime green, or any other painfully bright color. I did that a few times when I first joined, but realized how annoying it is, and stopped (unlike some people who do it anyways because they think it&#39;s funny or something to make your eyes burn as you read, which brings about another pet peeve - people who do annoying stuff to be "funny").

emoticons
thread bumping - also really old threads that people post in. I&#39;m talking threads from over a year ago.
TripleX223

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Also so I can more easily refer back to my own posts.[/b]

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Yes, because it&#39;s so hard to find your own posts.

Oh yeah--people who are possibly being sarcastic on a message board, but you can&#39;t tell for sure because they show no sign of it by using an appropriate emoticon or just saying "I&#39;m being sarcastic." :roll:

If I&#39;m scrolling very quickly back up the page, green pops right back up at me so that I know exactly what I&#39;ve said within context when I&#39;ve been quoted.

Contractions like "ur", "lol", "k", "l8r" and such.
You&#39;re not in a chatroom. This is a forum. I&#39;m sure it wouldn&#39;t kill you to type TWO MORE CHARACTERS.

I don&#39;t mind people who use abbreviations to lend character to their posts. I say "&#39;cuz" and such a lot, because that&#39;s how I talk in real life. I have no problem with that. But every time somebody says "r u..." I get this lovely mental image of a fat, ugly eleven year old with no friends sitting alone in the glow of his monitor deep in the basement.
ARE you a fat, ugly eleven year old? Then don&#39;t talk like one.

And while we&#39;re at it, MISSPELLINGS. Firefox 2.0 and up have a built in spell-checker. USE IT. If you&#39;re one of the poor, sorry bastards using IE 7, they&#39;ve got a plugin to do that, too.
If you use IE 6, you have my pity.

I also hate newbies who take it upon themselves to correct absolutely every single detail in everybody else&#39;s posts, just because they want to prove that they know what they&#39;re talking about. Mostly because usually it&#39;s exactly this sort of people who have no fuggin&#39; idea what they&#39;re talking about.

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Oh, and the politically-correct police, who jump on you for criticizing somebody&#39;s ideas. Just because you have an opinion doesn&#39;t make it valid. "Opinion" isn&#39;t a get-out-of-thinking-free card.

How about some common forum types, observed by yours truly:

Trolls. Not trolls themselves, but the word. It&#39;s so vague, I&#39;ve never really understood what a troll is meant to be. "Someone looking for an argument?" Come on, it&#39;s a forum, the main reason people come here is to argue in the first place and you can&#39;t call someone a troll based merely on that. You do have a point when this person shows no personality other than wanting to argue, but it&#39;s still not a huge problem. People that call each other trolls should just kill each other. I&#39;d like that.
Prime example of a real troll: sitboy.

Boring, Noisy Fuckers. What&#39;s worse than someone who&#39;s out for an argument all the time? Someone who NEVER says anything slightly useful. They make posts that aren&#39;t even useful, they just talk a lot and never make any useful points. Scrolling fodder. You feel like they&#39;ve just wasted your time. A lot of these on a forum can really take the spark of life out of the place. "I agree,", "lol", or the worst kind of Boring Noisy Fucker - a long post that says nothing.
Prime example of a Boring Noisy Fucker: Leo Volont.

Bong Man and Bong Lady. Metaphysics, psi-balls, all of that. I really have trouble taking these kind of people seriously. I just can&#39;t. I have to laugh. And try not to breathe in whatever they&#39;re smoking. Probably solvents. Often congregate in groups, you know, so the fumes (from both their arguments and whatever drug they&#39;re using) become all the more overpowering.
Prime example of Bong Man/Bong Lady: Beyond Dreaming anyone?

Tough Guy. Can&#39;t resist swearing at every opportunity, tries to be Maddox and fails, says that everything "needs to be punched in the balls". Hates gay people, hates anything, to be honest, you have to wonder why they even bother coming to a forum when you could just put their argument as simply as "I hate ______ and think they need a kick up the ass". Really, we&#39;re all impressed. When confronted, threaten to kill you. With no address. Or ability to spell.
Prime example of Tough Guy: Let&#39;s go with...Techboy.

Rebel Without A Clue. People who are angry with the administration because they&#39;re the administration, or can&#39;t deal with the fact that there&#39;s actually some degree of moderation on the board. That&#39;s not to say I don&#39;t have my own beef with the administration at points, that&#39;s perfectly fine, but it would be really nice if you A) had a reason and B) made it clear instead of concocting silly, childish little plans that will never come to fruition to "take over the forum". Really, this is a forum, not a playground.
Prime example of Rebel Without A Clue: Oh, they&#39;d kill me if I mentioned any names.

Overly Sensitive People Who Show Absolutely No Signs Of Ever Growing A Thicker Skin. I&#39;m sarcastic, yes, and I&#39;m often prone to tell people straight up what I don&#39;t like about them and so on. This is not a huge problem. But what really gets me is when I find people who get offended by any little thing, or who spend more time crying about what someone said and feeling insecure than being part of the forum. It&#39;s the internet. If you don&#39;t like what someone said, don&#39;t reply to it, or just ignore the person. Really. Nobody&#39;s forcing you. Of course, use common sense.
Prime example of an Overly Sensitive Person Who Shows Absolutely No Signs Of Ever Growing A Thicker Skin: well, I obviously can&#39;t answer that one.

Date Line Man/Woman/Eunuch. The forum is not your hookup place. The forum is not your hookup place. No, no, stop making sexual innuendos in every other post&#33; Stop creating sex harems, sorry, groups of friends&#33; Stop using your boobies or penis to influence the weaker minded peons&#33; JUST STOP&#33; The best part is when a Date Liner can&#39;t actually get anyone in the least sexually attracted to them. It&#39;s just painful to watch, but funny nonetheless.
Prime example of a Date Line Man/Woman/Eunuch: nameless

Airhead Savant. The kind of person that thinks they&#39;re really good at something and wants everyone else to know about it too. Takes any opportunity to be as condescending as possible, and yet never quite reaching that point where you can call them out on it. Often so smug you want to telepathically punch them in the face, just to see if Smart Guy saw that coming. What&#39;s worse, they don&#39;t actually know anything. They just pretend they do, or copy crap from Google and Wikipedia that makes them look like they do.
Prime example of Airhead Savant: Damn, I regret examples now. You take a guess.

Autistic Airhead Savant. Same as above, except they also happen to have self diagnosed themselves with OCD, ADHD or some other pop culture psychological disease (that makes those who really have the disease have a much harder time explaining themselves). This makes them all the more clever, apparently.
Prime example of Autistic Airhead Savant: God, just look anywhere.

Interior Decorators/Grapists. I don&#39;t like it when people abuse the formatting facilities. To be honest, I don&#39;t see why forums should even provide facilities for you to write your text in a different colour or, even worse, a different font. One person on their own is not overly obnoxious. One largish signature is OK. But soon the problem snowballs and you&#39;ve got a thousand flashing neon coloured things on forums from users who have followed suit. It starts to look like eBay with "L@@K" and god knows what else. What&#39;s worse, interior decorators get really mad when you ask them to restrict their artistic license a bit.
Prime example of an Interior Decorators/Grapist: Casualtie. He stopped. Ivey likes to colour things in green. But she&#39;s OK, she&#39;s a special exception. Ivey, ivy, green, y&#39;know? It&#39;s an obligation, comes with the name.

The Hilarious Avatar Pirate. Yeah, OK, it was funny the first time, but when you "impersonate" someone by merely taking their avatar, you&#39;re not doing anything except being a thinly veiled attention whore. Just don&#39;t. You&#39;re not even original in the avatar pirate getup: it&#39;s been done before.
Prime example of a Hilarious Avatar Pirate: er, werburn?

LOL Thanks for making me the exception. ;) You&#39;re so funny. I loved those examples. :D

Like I said, even if it is annoying to some people that I post in green, I wouldn&#39;t stop. (Well, unless a mod told me to, obviously.) :D I&#39;m not so easily pushed around, although I think I&#39;m extremely easy to get along with.

Oh I also get irritated with "suicide" posters. :roll: I used to be on a very specific type of support message board, and the same girl would claim she was going to commit suicide about once every three months. It was annoying after a while. If you genuinely need support, that&#39;s one thing. But doing it time and time again, for pete&#39;s sake, you&#39;re driving people to irritation&#33; Especially when the rest of us are there for the same kind of support, but apparently you have it just "so much" worse. :roll:

Oh, also I think I am a bit of a smiley whore. One of my first posts here, I couldn&#39;t post because I had exceeded the smiley limit&#33; :shock: LOL (To be fair to me, it was quite a long post.)

I also get irritated with people who don&#39;t even know you, but totally get snarky with you because they&#39;re so "above" what you just said. Even when it&#39;s just a general statement or observation. Also, people who perpetually speak in 3rd person irritate me. Not often that you find them, however they exist and I never read their posts when I find them. For example:

"Ivey feels that you should do constant reality checks for the next 24 hours." That kind of thing. Annoying.

Oh, and Nesgirl.
She deserves her own category.
Sort of falls under the "suicide posters" category, sort of under the "airhead savant" category, sort of under the Bong Lady category.

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Originally Posted by ivey

Oh yeah--people who are possibly being sarcastic on a message board, but you can&#39;t tell for sure because they show no sign of it by using an appropriate emoticon or just saying "I&#39;m being sarcastic." :roll:

If I&#39;m scrolling very quickly back up the page, green pops right back up at me so that I know exactly what I&#39;ve said within context when I&#39;ve been quoted.[/b]

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I love the green posts, and that my favourit color too, but I don&#39;t like the Italics, it&#39;s hard for me to read long texts that are all in Italics.

Anti Lders:

People who don&#39;t even post in anything other than off topic, Who cuss out other dreamers. WHY ARE YOU HERE in the first place?

Internet Seducers/seductresses: This is not a nightclub. Some banter here and there is fine, but damn,. having innuendo in every post is a clear sign, that you should go get laid&#33; I Mean, If the only self confidence you have is the ability to have people thinking about you sexually over the internet, Why not then sign up to be an internet porn star? hey, at least you&#39;d get paid doing it&#33;

Vanity picture commenters: we ALL know how good you look&#33; no need to post 5 comments about your own pic and leave the ugly ducklings like me and a few others without comments. I&#39;m sure your super large egos won&#39;t crumble if you restrain yourself to a few less comments.

I don&#39;t think you&#39;re an ugly duckling. :)

People comment about their own pictures like that? That&#39;s pretty arrogant.

When people use caps all the way through a sentence, makes me think they&#39;re shouting.

I also hate people that typo so much and makes tonnes of grammar mistakes, even though I&#39;m the one that usually makes these mistakes.

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Originally Posted by ivey

I don&#39;t think you&#39;re an ugly duckling. :)
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Aww thank you&#33; You aint so bad yourself :content: . How do you do it?

Aw shucks, thanks. Must be marriage and motherhood agree with me. :)

Neavo--I hate when people "yell", too. I think they must be unfamiliar with netiquette....

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Originally Posted by ivey

Neavo--I hate when people "yell", too. I think they must be unfamiliar with netiquette....[/color][/i][/b]

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I hate when people type my name wrong :wink: j/k

Yeah it get&#39;s annoying when people shout, also I find it hard to read as well.

[T/J]LOL How did I write it wrong? I&#39;m supposed to capitalize the same way that you do? NeAvO? What does your name mean, anyway? [/T/J]

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Originally Posted by ivey

[T/J]LOL How did I write it wrong? I&#39;m supposed to capitalize the same way that you do? NeAvO? What does your name mean, anyway? [/T/J][/b]

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Haha don&#39;t worry about :P It&#39;s my last name but with an "o" on the end instead of an "e".

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Originally Posted by ivey

Aw shucks, thanks. Must be marriage and motherhood agree with me. :)
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Wow a full, AND exciting life&#33; keep it green :-)

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Originally Posted by Clairity

Posts with no Punctuation (use a period or a comma now and then)&#33;&#33;

People who type in all CAPS.[/b]

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YEAH I HATE THEM TOO

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Originally Posted by ranma187

People who don&#39;t even post in anything other than off topic, Who cuss out other dreamers. WHY ARE YOU HERE in the first place?[/b]

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I&#39;ve been here for almost 3 years, and have learned practically more than is sane about lucid dreaming. It&#39;d be safe to say that I&#39;m an expert on the subject. Unfortunately, though, I&#39;m completely fed up with it. Idle chatter about dreaming, "have any good lds last night lol?", "I just can&#39;t get a lucid, what technique do you recommend?" is like poison to me. Practically any question one could ever ask about LDing can be answered by using the search feature.

Why am I here? It&#39;s the community. Or, at least what the community used to be, and I&#39;m subconsciously hoping it&#39;ll return to eventually. Maybe one day...

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Originally Posted by MSG

I&#39;ve been here for almost 3 years, and have learned practically more than is sane about lucid dreaming. It&#39;d be safe to say that I&#39;m an expert on the subject. Unfortunately, though, I&#39;m completely fed up with it. Idle chatter about dreaming, "have any good lds last night lol?", "I just can&#39;t get a lucid, what technique do you recommend?" is like poison to me. Practically any question one could ever ask about LDing can be answered by using the search feature.

Why am I here? It&#39;s the community. Or, at least what the community used to be, and I&#39;m subconsciously hoping it&#39;ll return to eventually. Maybe one day...[/b]

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Exactly.

I hate it when two people have little off-topic conversations in the middle of a thread. That&#39;s why there is a pm function.

I&#39;m also irritated by thinly veiled animosity towards me or other people. If you have something to say, just SAY IT and be done with it. Don&#39;t be a pansy and dance around the issue so that when you&#39;re finally confronted you can say, "Why, I never said *you*. But if the shoe fits...."

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I&#39;m also irritated by thinly veiled animosity towards me or other people. If you have something to say, just SAY IT and be done with it. Don&#39;t be a pansy and dance around the issue so that when you&#39;re finally confronted you can say, "Why, I never said *you*. But if the shoe fits...."[/b]

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This isn&#39;t a "get in an arguement" thread - I was simply listing my pet peeves. You&#39;ve been reminding me of them. Go you.

Another: People who take the Internet way too seriously.

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I was simply listing my pet peeves. You&#39;ve been reminding me of them. Go you.[/b]

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Wow, you too. Who knew we&#39;d have so much in common.

Oops... that was a side conversation. I wouldn&#39;t want to reply to it.

Another--people who assume that you take the internet "too seriously" because you dared to :shock: reply to something that someone said.

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Originally Posted by Artelis

I hate it when two people have little off-topic conversations in the middle of a thread. That&#39;s why there is a pm function.[/b]

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Same. I don&#39;t have the patience to read through 15 off topic posts to get to 1 or 2 posts that are on the subject and have real material. 1 or 2 posts is one thing, but any more than that gets annoying fast :mad:. I also hate posts that just go "me too". Agreeing with someone (like me agreeing with Artelis in this post) is fine, but at least give the reason why you agree, or give your own thought or insight or whatever, not just a "I like totally agree with this, OMG LOL" post.

Another thing mentioned by someone earlier I agree with is when people bump their threads with, "I just thought I&#39;d bring this to the top of the list so you guys can all read my amazingly high quality posts" or something. If someone asks a question that can be answered most easily be just reading that post (long answer or something), then fine, refer them in your post and if they have some questions on it they&#39;ll reply in it, if not, they won&#39;t. Also, this is fine if you did some major updates to the post that make it worth actually re-reading. There aren&#39;t many things more annoying than an email saying "you just got a reply to [insert topic]", and when you click it, there is nothing new or interesting to read there.

People that have been here under three months and think they know what&#39;s going on.
TripleX223
Grotesque avatars.

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Originally Posted by Artelis

People that have been here under three months and think they know what&#39;s going on.
TripleX223
Grotesque avatars.[/b]

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What&#39;s so bad about TripleX223? I haven&#39;t really read that many of his posts, but he didn&#39;t seem too annoying overall, yet it seems like a lot of people hate him. Grotesque avatars are annoying, but they don&#39;t bother me too much, but I hate when people change their avatar too often (sorry Kaniaz, you&#39;re the man, but that is one thing I can&#39;t stand). It drives me crazy because often the avatar helps me identify the poster, so when people switch all the time, it leaves me confused, and not knowing who I am talking to.

Heh, I suppose that is a problem for some. I tend to read names rather than avatars, but they do help. I suppose it depends on how you learn.

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Heh, I suppose that is a problem for some. I tend to read names rather than avatars, but they do help. I suppose it depends on how you learn.[/b]

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Yeah, I do read names, but the avatar is like a memory trigger for me, and helps me remember who exactly the user is, not just the name. I learn better visually (though best by doing), so the picture helps me a lot

I hate incorrect grammer and syntax on message boards. It drives me fucking crazy.

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Originally Posted by Gwendolyn

I hate incorrect grammer and syntax on message boards. It drives me fucking crazy.[/b]

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It&#39;s a good thing you didn&#39;t include spelling :P

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Originally Posted by MSG

It&#39;s a good thing you didn&#39;t include spelling :P[/b]

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As long is the spelling is tolerable (readable) than it&#39;s alright. Sometimes, we all goof up. :)

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Originally Posted by Gwendolyn

As long is the spelling is tolerable (readable) than it&#39;s alright. Sometimes, we all goof up. :)[/b]

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Agreed. I always manage to make a spelling mistake if I&#39;m ever telling someone off for their spelling&#33;

My pet peeve is reading an interesting thread and then not being able to find it again later when I look for it. I think I&#39;ve only had this problem on DV because theres so many people&#33; I&#39;m sure the search could be easier to use, but its more that theres just so much information that its just not possible to scan through it manually.

Must be all the fluff and newbies cluttering the place up <grin>.

Ah well, I&#39;d be complaining if there wasn&#39;t a thriving community here too - more is better, right?

Tsen and Kaniaz, I agree with everything. Internet contractions are just... stupid on the internet. I don&#39;t see how a half a second to type two more letters is so bad. Except during text messaging if you have a phone with just a number pad like I do... then typing out full sentences sucks since I&#39;m such a slow texter. And all the types of people Kaniaz described. Those people suck too.
And of course... Leo Volont. I am still waiting for him to respond to [topic="35989"]this[/topic], even though he is banned. Oneironaut&#39;s post, number four. What a K.O.

By the way, even though this is my first post I have been reading these forums for well over a year :P. Just wanted to clear that up before I got any replies about that.

And yeah sourcejedi, more is definitely better in a community like this :D

People who start going all grammar police as soon as you make a point they have no rebuttal to
and my other pet peeve has to be Artelis

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By the way, even though this is my first post I have been reading these forums for well over a year :P.[/b]

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Welcome to the forum&#33; :mrgreen:


Another peeve, people who start useless threads because they&#39;re "bored" :roll:

I think swearing is a very good tool when used in moderation to get an emphatic response. To be use in the right circumstances.
So to me, it makes a person look like a fool, I tend to give them less credit when every other word if MF this GD that.

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Another peeve, people who start useless threads because they&#39;re "bored" :roll:[/b]

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Well, isn&#39;t that what Senseless Banter is for? :bigteeth:

Anyway, I can&#39;t stand the people who are infinitely sarcastic toward everything you say. I am not overly fond of really bright avatars either or one&#39;s that make you feel like you&#39;re about to have a seizure even though you&#39;re not epileptic. My other pet peeve is when someone makes a post that is like a paragraph long and seems to be one extremely lengthy run-on sentence. That is so irritating to read&#33;

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Well, isn&#39;t that what Senseless Banter is for? :bigteeth: [/b]

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Actually, no. *sigh* Please read this Sticky.

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Actually, no. *sigh* Please read this Sticky.[/b]

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I was actually just kidding about that. :wink:

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I was actually just kidding about that. :wink:[/b]

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oh ok, good :chuckle:

another peeve: Not being able to tell when someone is kidding because of the limitations of text. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ons/tongue.gif

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oh ok, good :chuckle:

another peeve: Not being able to tell when someone is kidding because of the limitations of text. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ons/tongue.gif[/b]

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Tell me about about it (woo secret "tell me" pun). But yeah the text has no emotion which is bad.

Incredibly bad spelling/grammar/punctuation. I can stand bad spelling, to an extent, but bad grammar and punctuation kill me. Especially when nothing is capitalized. And people who love to start arguments over nothing. Too, users that are new to a forum that either insist on making topic after topic, ask a multitude of questions that are easily answered simply by looking in stickies or FAQs, or just post like they own the forum.

Also, somebody that thinks they&#39;re funny when they aren&#39;t.

Somebody mentioned Artelis, but I actually like him. He doesn&#39;t bother me one bit. Reminds of a guy on another forum I frequent.

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really old threads that people post in. I'm talking threads from over a year ago.

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What's wrong with that? What peeves me is when people can't be arsed searching for old posts before creating a new one that's been discussed at length a hundred times before. It reduces the benefits of DV as a resource/ source of information.

And related to this: 'my new technique' that is really someone else's old technique.

Also, people saying "You have do to [such-and-such a technique] THIS WAY of it will fail."
So there's all these beginners worrying that they're doing it wrong.
99&#37; of the time I do it 'wrong' and it works just fine.
This would be solved with a simple 'in my opinion' or 'in my experience' or 'as far as I know' at the beginning. Which leads me on to my last peeve...

There's no emoticon for 'incredulous'. None of these really hits the mark: :huh2: :| :roll: :eh: :wtf2:

When some one kills a topic because they think they're funny an their joke is fullproof.

I am guilty of this.

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When some one kills a topic because they think they're funny an their joke is fullproof.

I am guilty of this.

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I don't get it.

(Ha ha. Yeah... never mind.)

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I don't get it.

(Ha ha. Yeah... never mind.)

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If it wasn't for me you would have killed this topic :P

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What's wrong with that? What peeves me is
And related to this: 'my new technique' that is really someone else's old technique.

Also, people saying "You have do to [such-and-such a technique] THIS WAY of it will fail."
So there's all these beginners worrying that they're doing it wrong.
99% of the time I do it 'wrong' and it works just fine.
This would be solved with a simple 'in my opinion' or 'in my experience' or 'as far as I know' at the beginning. Which leads me on to my last peeve...

There's no emoticon for 'incredulous'. None of these really hits the mark: :huh2: :| :roll: :eh: :wtf2:

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Haha, I have to agree with you there. If people just took the time to read on different lucid techniques then they wouldn't be posting things that just make them look bad and in a sense waste time.

And then there are those people who believe it has to be their way or no way at all. They try to make it sound like they know it all. It's so irksome.

Then there are people who write all annoyingly like ThIs BeCaUsE they think it's cool. It may seem nice at first, but it can really be bothersome in the end. At least I haven't seen that on DV.

And yeah, last but not least, I hate to be a "thread assassinator" too. It makes me feel bad, and kind of lonely at times, like no one want stop talk to me, but I try to think that the topic can't really go any further so they just stopped posting. That just works 50% of the time though.

I can't stand reading a post with no punctuation and incorrect spelling. Also capitals does my head in. I know not everyone is as litterate as we would all like them to be; but some punctuation would be nice.

Most forum have spell checkers too if I remember correctly?

I hate it when people complain about their pet peeves. It is so annoying. I hate it when people act annoyed, especially when they complain. Then they get all demanding. Stop complaining! Do you see me doing it? Stop complaining! I also hate it when people make the same demand twice in one paragraph. But I guess it's better than typing a post with no point except to be ironic. Try not to read a post like that. I also can't stand any post that complains about this one. Anybody who complains about this post sucks!

I hate it when people constantly change their username.

I hate when people fail to recognize my immense wisdom (also when they fail to recognize my frequent sarcasm).

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Oh... and one more thing...

I hate people who overuse elipses...

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Guilty as charged.

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People that have been here under three months and think they know what's going on.

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I'm probably guilty of that one, too.

When people type on a forum or even in chat like they're a 14 year-old sending a text message to their "boy/girlfriend." If someone can't take a few more seconds to write out a coherent sentence, I begin to lose respect.

I also believe that texting is going to be the bane of the English language as we know it. I'll cry if "omg" becomes part of Webster's.... I will.

Woah, some good ones here. Got a tickle at quite a few of yours, Kaniaz.

One thing that annoys me is those 'statistics' in the signature, "98&#37; of the teenage population smokes or has smoked pot, if you are the 2% who thinks they should broadcast their superior opinion on drugs paste this into your signature."

One thing I hate is when people think their opinion is by all means one-hundred-percent correct. It just so happens that it's better than yours... in fact, it's RIGHT, just because they believe it. So you're stupid because America can kick Canada's ass. :tongue:

I also hate how fun this community is!

Sorry - had to finish off with a positive. :D

new one:

Garbage Diggers - The guys who dig up threads that are years old.

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new one:

Garbage Diggers - The guys who dig up threads that are years old.

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Agreed. Especially when all they post when doing this is:

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lol you guys are stupid ,telekinesis ,psi ball.................idiots

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Agreed. Especially when all they post when doing this is:

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LOL that was one of the guys i was referring too!

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LOL that was one of the guys i was referring too!

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haha, I figured as much :upsidedown:

leaving threads....

like 90% of people actually give a shit

I hate it when people get annoyed by the slightest little thing.

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And I MOSTLY agree with this (exept on chatting when you have to type fast) but I am an LOL addict. (Meaning it's hard for me to make a post without typing LOL.) Even now I'm straining not to type it... LOL! ;)

I suppose it annoys me when people write partial posts promising members something in a later post but then drag it out to such an extent that everyone begins hating them for starting it. :p

It also bugs me when you get yourself into a nice debate about an issue, you spend your time writing out an argument and the other person focuses on one sentence you written completely ignoring the rest of your post and constructs their reply around that. Or takes your entire post with its multiple points and writes out a short reply that doesn't really answer any of your points.
I forget what psychology calls these two methods of retort.

That'll do for now.

When people mispell the words "guard" as "gaurd", and the word "gauge" as "guage".

Many-

-Not bothering to look around before asking where something is or what things mean.
-Not participating even to a small extent in any of the dream discussions.
-Not reading the rules.

And of course this-

-"Welcome to Dreamviews Have fun!" and everything thoughtless along those lines. And that's the welcome...the automatic greeting not a genuine interest if someone has LD interest or is in fact a "newbie", what there experience is, or does not try to further interest the new member to LD material...

And I guess Commas, because commas look good, when inserted, anywhere they possibly, could be, in a sentence, if you follow.:P

I admit to being Dot dot dot challenged though... ... ...

I'm fairly guilty of that second one of late, bro. I keep telling myself to get back into the dreaming forums and not post only in Off-Topic, as I even have a couple topics I would like make, but I just never seem to do so. But I am going to use your post here to strengthen my resolve, and in fact I'm off to go make one of those topic right now. Now to figure out where to post it...


Oh, and negative posts, or posts that deliberately target other members, whether or not their names are mentioned. That really gets me riled up.

Haha...Man Of Steel, if that's the worst of it, you're not too bad, in fact, I might even say you're good! Glad to hear you're thinking of taking a more active stance in the dreaming forums...it's always nice to see a small representation of everyone in those areas...though I must say, I do very much enjoy your witty and uniquely humorous threads in the lounge...they have provided me with many a laughing fit.

I've recently been trying to scatter myself but it's not that easy. Hope to see you around the dream discussions.

Ah, I thought of another pet peeve. "Lol" "Lulz" "lmao" "pmsl" "rofl" "fyi" "tbh"...all of those, when it would take 2 more seconds to type em. I find myself trying to pronounce (l-uh..l--zz)...:)
(I know some folks who will do it now just to wpite me, but it makes me laugh more than anything)

This isn't exactly a pet peeve, since it's not really an active thing that people do, but I hate it when people drift away from forums and don't come back. Reading the beginning of this thread, I notice so many people who I knew but who aren't here any more... Kaniaz, Penguinlord and Tsen most notably :(

Obviously I don't dislike these people for leaving, I'm just sad that they have done so.

Oh, and everyone makes typos, but when a whole post is riddled with them it makes me annoyed... I mean it takes about 10 seconds to skim read a post to just check if it's readable and correct.

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And I guess Commas, because commas look good, when inserted, anywhere they possibly, could be, in a sentence, if you follow.:P.

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I'm definitely guilty of over-comma-ing. I tend to type how I talk, so I stick commas in where there is a break in the sentence, even if it doesn't fit grammatically. It's hard enough for people to communication via text like this, but if there is no break in the sentence, it's even harder to follow. I just think it helps for people to read it how I intended it to be read.

^^ See I'm still doing it! :P

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haah, that's called thinking something different than what your fingers actually type :P

Thats also called me being an ARSE :P lol

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Thats also called me being an ARSE :P lol

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nah, we're allowed to tease, aren't we? :D

Teasing is good ;) :P

Mind out gutter...

I agree with the comma thing.

Also, not being able to slap the piss out of people that deserve it...which..I guess applies to the whole of the Internet...not just forums.

Anyone who ever says anything like this ever:


"" Hey There!:) ""

*shudders*

Hmm...yeah, that is a bit creepy and artificial...words make for a better welcome I feel :)

One of my biggest pet peeves on the forums is when people try to explain something they know nothing about so they toss in a few lustrous words trying to "supe it up" and make it sound smart...praying all the while no one will see that what they said didn't answer anyone's question or make sense for that matter. My solution? Don't post what you don't know.

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When people mispell the words "guard" as "gaurd", and the word "gauge" as "guage".

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Or the word "misspell" ;)

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Lol @ asher.

I feel objectified, when people fail to see the obvious meaning in posts.

Then again... that happens quite a bit with me. :shock:

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Or the word "misspell" ;)

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heh, touché.

Overuse of the word "such as" i.e. Miss Teen South Carolina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww