Do you view uninformative thread subjects like "urgent", "please help", etc.
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View Poll Results: How often do you respond to uniformative subjects like "urgent", "please help",
I always read them if they are in forums I help moderate and I usually change the thread title to something meaningful. If they are in threads I don't moderate then sometimes I don't read them due to time constraints.
Of course. They are usually from newcomers who may not understand how to properly summarize their issues and ask questions appropriately, or they really are in a crunch and need a fix fast.
What I don't like is yelling, cursing, flaming, rudeness, and other generally negative social behavior.
Of course. They are usually from newcomers who may not understand how to properly summarize their issues and ask questions appropriately, or they really are in a crunch and need a fix fast.
What I don't like is yelling, cursing, flaming, rudeness, and other generally negative social behavior.
I like this answer.
I think it usually makes sense to respond to the first cry for help. After that, it depends on whether the OP responds rationally to requests for more info. If it becomes obvious that OP is a flake, troll, or PEBKAC, then I stop responding.
Pretty much never. If someone can't be bothered to put a brief description in the Subject, I'm not going to waste my time looking at it. There's only about 2% of topics that are of any interest. I'd be wasting my clicks 49 out of 50 times.
Pretty much never. If someone can't be bothered to put a brief description in the Subject, I'm not going to waste my time looking at it. There's only about 2% of topics that are of any interest. I'd be wasting my clicks 49 out of 50 times.
With that in mind, members should feel free to actually view the thread so they can report it to have the title changed by a moderator. That is highly encouraged.
With that in mind, members should feel free to actually view the thread so they can report it to have the title changed by a moderator. That is highly encouraged.
That's a good suggestion. To be honest it never occurred to me to report a thread for a title change. In the future I'll do that instead of being unduly snarky about the poor title (yes I admit that I have been guilty of that from time to time).
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