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Opinions please - was it an inappropriate thing to do?

faceman · 2005-11-12 12:09:07

Peeps, looking for feedback here constructively. I posted the thread below as a humourous post hoping to bring a smile to ur faces (or the look of terror depending on ur reaction!) http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054846577 However one user was quite irrate about the thread and closed it based on his…

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12-11-2005 1:09pm

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faceman

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Peeps, looking for feedback here constructively. I posted the thread below as a humourous post hoping to bring a smile to ur faces (or the look of terror depending on ur reaction!)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054846577

However one user was quite irrate about the thread and closed it based on his opinion. However judging from the majority of replies on thread, most ppl got a kick out of it.

Whats ur views, shud i avoid posting threads like that?

Disclaimer: This thread is not here to incite trouble, just some friendly feedback to improve my posts/threads in future!

Whats ur view on the thread? 119 votes

The thread was unappropriate and nesf was right to close it

0% 0 votes

The thread was fun but nesf was right to close it down

37% 45 votes

The thread was fun and nesf should have kept it open

19% 23 votes

The thread was unappropriate but nesf shud have kept it open.

31% 37 votes

I don't give a flying fock ....fintan

11% 14 votes

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#2 12-11-2005 1:12pm
muckwarrior

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Inappropriate? I dunno.
Crap? Most definitely!

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#3 12-11-2005 1:17pm
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U didnt fall for it so?

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#4 12-11-2005 1:18pm
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It was maybe the fact that it has been done so many times before that got it closed.

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#5 12-11-2005 1:18pm
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I use a lot of bulletin boards and forums

boards.ie is the worst by a country mile for kneejerk closing of threads / banning of users.

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#6 12-11-2005 1:22pm
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MrJoeSoap wrote:

It was maybe the fact that it has been done so many times before that got it closed.

Exactly. These kind of things become irritating very fast.

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#7 12-11-2005 1:27pm
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Oh my poor jangled nerves :eek:
I wanted to spot the difference... now I'm just all edgy
Thanks a lot... I hope you get banned.

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#8 12-11-2005 1:28pm
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I've a feeling a mod or two will feel this an inappropriate thread, and probably within reason.

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#9 12-11-2005 1:36pm
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The thread was silly not inapprepriate.

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#10 12-11-2005 1:38pm
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stupid thread kind of like this one. anyone who posts those things should be punished

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#11 12-11-2005 1:39pm
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There was nothing wrong with the thread... if you had posted it in Humour or somethin like that, then it woulda been fine.

So, wrong forum tbh.

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#12 12-11-2005 1:39pm
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Silly and repetitive, ive seen these things faaaaar too much

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#13 12-11-2005 2:16pm
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That has been posted sooo many times, and over the last few weeks people have been posting many of these shock flashes.
I can understand how nesf is sick of them, they are not funny, just highly annoying!!!

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#14 12-11-2005 2:22pm
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It's obvious that some people don't like a fright i suppose its not good for ther aul tickers (Hearts) !! It was funny some people should just lighten up!!

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#15 12-11-2005 2:28pm
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Angels wrote:

It's obvious that some people don't like a fright i suppose its not good for ther aul tickers (Hearts) !! It was funny some people should just lighten up!!

Over the last few weeks i would say around 10 of these have been posted, they do get a bit old.

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#16 12-11-2005 2:32pm
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Crap and right to close it....
Same goes for "Failure" and that Bush "Brazialian" joke tbh..
It's been done people!!!!!!!!

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#17 12-11-2005 2:34pm
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Don't look at them if you don't like them.
Maybe you didn't find it funny, but plenty of others on the thread obviously hadn't seen it before and fell the for "joke".

Guess you can't keep everyone happy :rolleyes:

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#18 12-11-2005 2:39pm
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Thanks to those kind of things I have a fear of watching or looking at anything on the internet any longer than 10 seconds.

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#19 12-11-2005 2:42pm
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A great example of why AH is starting to suck lately; a sh*tty thread with a link to another sh*tty thread...

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#20 12-11-2005 3:00pm
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There's probably been one of those posted on AH a week for the past month. Frankly if you've been online for more than a day you've probably developed an instinct for recognising those.

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#21 12-11-2005 3:14pm
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And for anyone not very good at spotting them: if the link ends with .swf then beware!

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#22 12-11-2005 3:37pm
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Ive never seen one before, I liked it! If you spend all your spare time on the internet than nothing is going to be new to you.

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#23 12-11-2005 3:55pm
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faceman wrote:

Peeps, looking for feedback here constructively. I posted the thread below as a humourous post hoping to bring a smile to ur faces (or the look of terror depending on ur reaction!)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054846577

However one user was quite irrate about the thread and closed it based on his opinion. However judging from the majority of replies on thread, most ppl got a kick out of it.

Whats ur views, shud i avoid posting threads like that?

Disclaimer: This thread is not here to incite trouble, just some friendly feedback to improve my posts/threads in future!

It wasn't inappropriate - it was just crap. An old joke that's been posted dozens of times now...that's why people got irritated.

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#24 12-11-2005 3:59pm
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Point taken Lump Basher, but for those of u familiar with it, u wudnt view it anyway? But those who didnt know it seemed to get a kick out of it. Its hard to please everyone i guess.

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#25 12-11-2005 5:16pm
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yeah it was crap, but so is the 'whos a dirty monkey' thread and its still open. theyre both rubbish..so why does one stay and the other get closed?

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#26 12-11-2005 5:29pm
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Deadwing wrote:

yeah it was crap, but so is the 'whos a dirty monkey' thread and its still open. theyre both rubbish..so why does one stay and the other get closed?

Key difference; this one was posted by a relative n00b whilst the other was posted by a moderator.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others...

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#27 12-11-2005 5:32pm
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Deadwing wrote:

yeah it was crap, but so is the 'whos a dirty monkey' thread and its still open. theyre both rubbish..so why does one stay and the other get closed?

Yes, im still rather annoyed by the fact that moderators seem to be allowed to just spaw the AH forum with no consequences :rolleyes: , and the thread is left open.

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#28 12-11-2005 5:57pm
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This poll bores me ..the options are soooo boooring

BTW i voted for "The thread was great, nesf been on the interweb too long and is getting interjaded!!" option
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#29 12-11-2005 6:00pm
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Deadwing wrote:

yeah it was crap, but so is the 'whos a dirty monkey' thread and its still open. theyre both rubbish..so why does one stay and the other get closed?

What's the problem? It was posted on a Friday when spirits are high for the weekend.

The OP's thread seems to pop up every week in some form. For those unaware of it it's fun but for those who have seen it countless times it's a pain in the backside.

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#30 12-11-2005 6:30pm
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I admit getting a good kick out of it a month or two ago when the first one id seen got posted up. And i did manage to scare unsespecting relatives with it.

But now Ive seen upwards of ten and you can generally tell what it is by reading the post after the OP. They're good for people who haven't seen them before, but for anyone who's ever seen one (or ten) before understandably get annoyed when they say the same trick again and again. No, I don't think it was a stupid thread, just an annoying case of deja vu for many.

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#31 12-11-2005 7:23pm
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don't expect to give click a poll with only has options to your adavantage it wasn't inappropiate it was CRAP

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