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'train wreck' threads

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  • 11-04-2015 7:52pm
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    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭


    this term is bandied about a lot on the site by moderators to refer to certain threads , I just wanted clarification on what constitutes such a thread, in that is a 'train wreck'' ?
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    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    this term is bandied about a lot on the site by moderators to refer to certain threads , I just wanted clarification on what constitutes such a thread, in that is a 'train wreck'' ?

    Everybody off topic sniping at each other.


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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Generally speaking it would be a thread that has become such a mess through trolling/nit-picking/off-topicness/whatever, that it has gone beyond the point of being worthwhile recovering. The same term is also used regular members & is not exclusively a mod term.


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    Tombi!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,689 ✭✭✭Tombi!


    I've seen it used to describe threads or things in general that are incapable of being fixed.
    Talking about a thread being a train wreck would mean it's not capable of being salvaged. IE the last fifty posts are just trolling, attacking the poster and not the posts, off topic, etc.

    I've never used the term, though.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    A thread, which has in effect, gone off the rails.

    What that means can be anything really, but in general it means that not only has the thread gone completely off the original topic, but there are a small number of posters continually relaying the same points back and forth at one another and saying nothing new. In short, it's left the tracks and is going nowhere.

    On AH in particular, topics often veer massively off topic, but while there's interesting and progressive discussion going on, it's usually left sit. AH having its roots in being a virtual pub, there's nothing wrong with a single thread meandering around different topics provided the content remains interesting.


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    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    A train wreck thread is one where somebody posts about some tragedy and everyone just comments "RIP" and those that don't get banned and/or infracted.


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    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    Normally a good indicator for a train wreck thread will be that, within the first few posts, it will have someone saying "gets popcorn" or an amusing gif or pic to illustrate same.


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    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Find a popular controversial Youtube video, read the comments section, be thankful for mods existing.


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