GoldMan27
Retired Moderator/Car Enthusiast
Grettings, everyone,
For this rant, I shall discuss the topic of Deadpool/Spiderman thread hijacks. Why, you may ask? Because although I cannot vouch for the average intelligence level (nor common sense level) of this forum, I can certainly state that we are not all perfect. Some may be dumber than others, others even dumber than them. However, I am not here to pick names on that subject. I am here to put an end to Deadpool/Spiderman thread hijacks.
Now, what are these hijacks? Simple really, they occur when a thread with lack of content, lack of reasoning, or just is flat-out stupid, gains interest in the forum populace. Most prefer to save the words to describe their opinion, and instead decide to hijack the thread by posting pictures of Spider-Man or Deadpool (both of which are characters owned by Marvel), typically in a meme format. This format then follows suit with other members, and as such the derailment of the threads original topic has begun. Most times these hijacks occur in threads with sensitive material, lack of content, or serve no real purposeful discussion whatsoever.
Why do I wish for this to stop? It's wasted bandwidth. Honestly, while looking at such threads provide the odd giggle through the memes, they're just plain annoying. If you want to have a barrel of laughs and posts those pics, feel free to hijack the Shoutbox with them (though do be warned that if you decide to spam pics in quick succession, you could get a warning point for spam). If you believe the thread is idiotic, lacks content, or holds sensitive material, feel free to report the thread to the Staff and I. We have those report buttons for a reason, or have you forgotten?
What will happen from here on out? Well, if we start seeing those hijacks a rollin', the thread will be locked down immediately for starters. All it takes is one pic, and it's locked. In some cases, depending on severity of the hijack, you may be granted a warning point for spam (because really, the pics serve no purpose than to offer a cheap laugh).
So, allow me to restate my points (TL;DR version):
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For this rant, I shall discuss the topic of Deadpool/Spiderman thread hijacks. Why, you may ask? Because although I cannot vouch for the average intelligence level (nor common sense level) of this forum, I can certainly state that we are not all perfect. Some may be dumber than others, others even dumber than them. However, I am not here to pick names on that subject. I am here to put an end to Deadpool/Spiderman thread hijacks.
Now, what are these hijacks? Simple really, they occur when a thread with lack of content, lack of reasoning, or just is flat-out stupid, gains interest in the forum populace. Most prefer to save the words to describe their opinion, and instead decide to hijack the thread by posting pictures of Spider-Man or Deadpool (both of which are characters owned by Marvel), typically in a meme format. This format then follows suit with other members, and as such the derailment of the threads original topic has begun. Most times these hijacks occur in threads with sensitive material, lack of content, or serve no real purposeful discussion whatsoever.
Why do I wish for this to stop? It's wasted bandwidth. Honestly, while looking at such threads provide the odd giggle through the memes, they're just plain annoying. If you want to have a barrel of laughs and posts those pics, feel free to hijack the Shoutbox with them (though do be warned that if you decide to spam pics in quick succession, you could get a warning point for spam). If you believe the thread is idiotic, lacks content, or holds sensitive material, feel free to report the thread to the Staff and I. We have those report buttons for a reason, or have you forgotten?
What will happen from here on out? Well, if we start seeing those hijacks a rollin', the thread will be locked down immediately for starters. All it takes is one pic, and it's locked. In some cases, depending on severity of the hijack, you may be granted a warning point for spam (because really, the pics serve no purpose than to offer a cheap laugh).
So, allow me to restate my points (TL;DR version):
- These hijacks occur in topics with a lack of content, sensitive material, or have no purpose at all.
- They must be stopped because they are annoying, and because there are better ways to handle such threads.
- You may get warning points for hijacking the thread.
This rant has been brought to you by GoldMeme27, aka, Adam, aka, GoldMan27, aka, Bronzium. For more rants, please check out my pinned threads on this board.