I come to you today with a (hopefully) helpful list of tips to help you use forums.
Sincerely,
Fed up forum user
Do:
- Post helpful information
- Stay ON TOPIC (that's important)
- USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION (If they have one)
- Follow the rules
- Be polite
Seems fairly simple yeah? Well, apparently it's not. So many people fail to follow basic rules or have manners that it boggles the mind. For point three I cannot stress this one enough. Use the search function. The front page of a forum does NOT need to be filled with the same topic of "When is this happening?" or "RATE THE NAME!" or any other horrible mind numbing dribble. Points four and five require some emphasis too. For point four, don't be a dick. That's all it basically boils down to, don't post crap to annoy others, don't break the rules to try to be an e-thug, and be polite! Just because you're on the Internet doesn't mean you need to be a complete and utter ass. You are talking with other, gasp, real people after all. Some of you seem to forget that though. That brings us to our next list:
Do NOT:
- Be a troll
- Post uninformative crap
- SPAM THE EVER LOVING HELL OUT OF EVERYONE
- Derail threads and posts with your inconsistent childish nonsense
- Act tough then turn into a panzy and claim victim
This list is pretty self explanatory. Don't be an ass. Plain and simple. As I said before though, majority of the internet forgets that and turn into frothing piles of rage and stupidity the likes of which have never been seen before. As for the spamming, don't do it. It's not funny, nobody likes it, and it will get you insulted and probably banned from said forum. Filling the front page with "LOLOLOL U SUX" is neither funny nor witty and makes everyone else want to bash you in the head with a rock in hopes of knocking some of the stupid out. The same goes for derailing a thread. If there's a discussion going on that you happen to disagree with, post a coherent thought instead of turning into a pissing contest of who likes kittens the most. Lastly, DO NOT act like your a hardcore gangster then turn into a sniveling pile of fail when someone tells you to eat a bag of dicks after you've been a prick, and for the love of all things holy DO NOT try to act even tougher and tell them you'd kick their ass in real life. Chances are you wouldn't kick their ass in real life because the chances are high you're either a basement dwelling idiot or a potato with toothpick legs that can't walk more than 15 feet without needing a 30 minute break.
Follow these simple steps and you can more than likely make using forums more fun for you and everyone involved.
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