Sticky Rules!

Black Swan

I wonder how many posters actually read the forum rules (found in stickies written by mods) before posting on threads?

Wertz

I have a blindspot for any sentence that follows the word "Sticky:"...

Shabadu

It's against the rules to not read the rules. :P

Karoma

Wertz wrote:

I have a blindspot for any sentence that follows the word "Sticky:"...

This thread is now invistibull.

Karoma

Slow coach wrote:

Make this thread a stickie.

OK. So now I get the username...

johnny_ultimate

Uh oh more time travelling replies....
Boards has obviously entered some kind of space time continuim.

Pherekydes

Make this thread a stickie.

Shabadu

Slow coach wrote:

Make this thread a stickie.

Livin' up to your nick there.

Wertz

Karoma wrote:

This thread is now invistibull.

This one doesn't have a colon so it remains within sight.

[edit] oh the forum timestamps are f*cked again...

Karoma

Wertz wrote:

This one doesn't have a colon so it remains within sight.

It has two.



* Gets the feeling this is going nowhere fast. ...Smirks.

Wertz

Ah so it has....one's cancelled out the other or something ¬¬
Oh and it's in my subscriptions.

BTW doesn't this now officially qualify as a pointless poll?
...and shouldn't it be in feedback?

Black Swan

This thread is likely to get a very low post count being hid in the stickies? Ha!

Wertz

You've initiated a hugely significant social experiment here on boards. The merits of stickified announcements to forum members hangs in the balance.

Pherekydes

Karoma wrote:

OK. So now I get the username...

How did you do that, quote me before I posted?

And what's with all the slagging of my username?

Shabadu

Slow coach wrote:

How did you do that, quote me before I posted?

And what's with all the slagging of my username?

Karoma had stickied this thread well before your post, hence the slaggings. The magical post is just a timestamp boards snafu, or MAGIC, or MAGIC relating to your nick.

challengemaster

most of the time ja

Jello

They're all pretty similar, so once you've read one you can expect the same kind of stuff in another.

I tend not to read them in forums I rarely use.

Stabshauptmann

wouldnt this poll have some sort of selection bias

Giblet

Banned. I wrote them but didn't read.

Caliden

Depends if I can stand not being able post on the forum if I get banned.

dulpit

I never ever read any stickies...


Or do I? Hmm...

Nehpets

Never..... It's the reason I can't post in the soccer forum I guess

Karoma

Unstickimified.

WindSock

The rules are mostly common sense, so...sometimes

ooh, I want some toast.

5starpool

It's very rare that I read them, as most forums are just for discussion and as long as you are pretty much on topic and not a tard then you should be fine.

On the other hand I wish people would read the rules in the poker sub forum for advertising stuff before they decide to go ahead and post something vague.

Jesus Wept

yay. I got a mention.

(guess what I voted for B!ue )

astrofool

Never read forums rules and never been banned either.

Common sense ftw.

I do think those "don't talk about x" stickies should be removed by now, and limited to the relevant forums, gives them more exposure than they deserve (and any publicity is good publicity).

Karoma

astrofool wrote:

I do think those "don't talk about x" stickies should be removed by now, and limited to the relevant forums, gives them more exposure than they deserve (and any publicity is good publicity).

The ban is sitewide, and given the amount of events they promote possibly relevant to most fora. That sticky stays.

Tar.Aldarion

I've never even read AH's one.

Black Swan

The-Rigger wrote:

yay. I got a mention.

(guess what I voted for B!ue )

That's tooooooo easy! Ask me something hard. Ha!

astrofool

Karoma wrote:

The ban is sitewide, and given the amount of events they promote possibly relevant to most fora. That sticky stays.

It could easily be incorporated into the forum rules however

Karoma

astrofool wrote:

It could easily be incorporated into the forum rules however

And be completely missed?! ARE YOU MAD, MAN?!

astrofool

Karoma wrote:

And be completely missed?! ARE YOU MAD, MAN?!

Like the sticky? (taking up a precious thread slot)

Karoma

Exactly. There's only 2 stickies now... I think 1 thread slot is worth avoiding bans, and locks and lawsuits.

Black Swan

Did this forum get less sticky?

challengemaster

yes... i left for a while ¬_¬

randylonghorn

Why are you constantly boasting about being sticky? ... tmi, tbh!

Back OT: I skimmed a couple of them in the early days, don't bother much anymore, as I find a bit of common sense takes you a long way. I suppose if I took a fit to post in a forum fairly alien to me (e.g. "Mustard" or "Lego") I would probably have a quick glance at the charter rather than risking making the natives restless ... I suspect both commodities could be used as offensive weapons!

ecksor

I only read them when I'm stuck for something to read on the toilet.