Posts that seem to be about one thing (e.g where cow's milk is stored) but are actually about an udder.
Tally: Forum Annoyances II
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But then we'd have to call him just "fizz".
What has Paint to do with words (apart from WordArt)?
I'm already on the list of annoyances - at #17.
52 Pick Up -- a card game that is enjoyed much more by the dealer than the players.
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artfizz wrote:
What do you consider the most annoying aspect of the forums? (Either when READING the forums or CREATING the forums)
1. The same boring, unimaginative, repetitive topics continually recur.
2. SEARCH facilities are so poor that it’s next-to-impossible to find anything.
3. There is no facility to reference individual posts.
4. Too many contributors post inane comments such as “LOL”, “First!”, “me 2” or “Easy”.
5. Some members are so opinionated in their expressed views – almost to the point of fanaticism.
6. Lack of a good survey tool [xMenace]
7. Lack of a decent IGNORE filter[farbror]
8. Lack of SPAM hygene from moderators [BorqQueen]
9. Excessive censorship [amac7079]
10.People posting in their own forums to "bump" them and keep them alive long after they would have died out naturally [Evil_Homer]
11.People starting irrelevant forum topics [Evil_Homer]
12.Quoting doesn't work very well {for nesting, breaking a post into parts, or for copying URLs or images} [artfizz]
13.Snobs [Turp]
14.Embedded youtube videos [xMenace]
15.People who post puzzles that aren't puzzles. There can be a number of things wrong with them: -- no solution coded in the puzzle -- no unique solution -- the solution moves aren't even good moves [Loomis]
16.If the OP deletes his or her original post or closes his or her account, all of the subsequent discussion is lost [artfizz]
17.Too many people posting just to create drama needlessly, and to hear themselves talk. [Spiffe]
18.URLs (i.e. links) disappear during submission or re-editing. [artfizz]
19.Table creation, update & quoting is poorly supported. [artfizz]
20.If someone deletes his or her post from the MIDDLE of a discussion, there is no record of it and subsequent posts get renumbered and may no longer make sense. [artfizz]
21.If you click back through a topic in the middle of creating a post, everything that you have written gets thrown away. [artfizz]
22.The titles of forum topics cannot be subsequently corrected or changed.
23.Topic threads that deal with forum management more than chess [JetSetter]
24.No facility to restrict search to topic titles [artfizz]
25.No individual post tracking: you can't find all of the individual posts made by a particular person (yourself or anyone else), nor do you get alerted when they post something (other than when they create a new topic).[artfizz]
26.Rudeness [kajsa]
27.Pedantic correction of spelling, grammar, etc. without regard to legitimate alternatives nor to the effort made by those whose first language is not English. [purcellneil]
28.Plagiarism: people who post a puzzle without mentioning the author, or a game without mentioning the players. [scarjo]
29.people who whine about people being ignorant and in doing that are ignorant themselves, going in some sort of perpetual motion with others [styxtwo]
30.There no mechanism for marking threads as intended to be humourous/humorous, ironical, sarcastic, satirical, parody, burlesque, exaggerated or double entendre. [artfizz]
31.The lack of the smiley. [LoneWolfEburg]
32.Generic topic titles e.g. "Idea". [artfizz]
33.Not being able to quote multiple people in one post.[ CerebralAssassin]
34.Re-using (thread bumping of) ancient threads instead of just making a new one [ CerebralAssassin]
35.Excessive quoting of quotes [kramakintews]
36.When an oft-repeated topic comes up, it gets dismissed by someone immediately, referring them to the archives. (I think making new threads is just fine. The ones who are sick of it can ignore it, or have fun with it.) [trysts]
37.Someone creating a forum in which all the first 20 posts are his. [ Reb]
38.Forum viewer's weak handling of non-linearity. [artfizz]
39.Using the forum to play a game of chess: a feature already provided perfectly well by other parts of the site. [Loomis]
40.Referring to another chess.com member in a disparaging way. [artfizz]
41.Hijacking threads [TheGrobe]
42.Deliberate misquoting [artfizz]
woah long
We still lack a good roll eyes emoticon that shouts I can't believe that crap.
artfizz wrote:
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26.Rudeness [kajsa]
27.Pedantic correction of spelling, grammar, etc. without regard to legitimate alternatives nor to the effort made by those whose first language is not English. [purcellneil]
28.Plagiarism: people who post a puzzle without mentioning the author, or a game without mentioning the players. [scarjo]
29.people who whine about people being ignorant and in doing that are ignorant themselves, going in some sort of perpetual motion with others [styxtwo]
30.There no mechanism for marking threads as intended to be humourous/humorous, ironical, sarcastic, satirical, parody, burlesque, exaggerated or double entendre. [artfizz]
31.The lack of the smiley. [LoneWolfEburg]
32.Generic topic titles e.g. "Idea". [artfizz]
33.Not being able to quote multiple people in one post.[ CerebralAssassin]
34.Re-using (thread bumping of) ancient threads instead of just making a new one [ CerebralAssassin]
35.Excessive quoting of quotes [kramakintews]
36.When an oft-repeated topic comes up, it gets dismissed by someone immediately, referring them to the archives. (I think making new threads is just fine. The ones who are sick of it can ignore it, or have fun with it.) [trysts]
37.Someone creating a forum in which all the first 20 posts are his. [ Reb]
38.Forum viewer's weak handling of non-linearity. [artfizz]
39.Using the forum to play a game of chess: a feature already provided perfectly well by other parts of the site. [Loomis]
40.Referring to another chess.com member in a disparaging way. [artfizz]
41.Hijacking threads [TheGrobe]
42.Deliberate misquoting [artfizz]
jerry2468 wrote: woah long
I'd better update the list with the latest dozen.
Do you appreciate the way the main 'offender' is listed following the 'crime'?
43. Too many members deliberately ignore sarcasm.
44. Members who just prowl the boards to make fun of others, participate in thread-jacks, and never contribute any comment that might help others understand/appreciate chess better.
45. Creating pointless topics that have NOTHING to do with chess
theoreticalboy wrote:
43. Too many members deliberately ignore sarcasm.
Isn't that a good thing... to ignore someone's sarcasm? Or did you mean something else after one posts a sarcastic response?
I meant that people respond in earnest to things that were obviously jokes. It was also a set-up for my next point 
Also, in my experience, people who say sarcasm is the lowest form of humour are usually too dense to grasp it in most situations.
46. Saying First in the daily puzzles
47. Blabbing about how a topic is useless and dumb
48. Advertising
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50. Representing just to gloss yourself and try to sound hip (oops)
Could you run that past me again?