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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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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

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 12-11-2005 12:12pm

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Inappropriate? I dunno.
Crap? Most definitely!

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#3 12-11-2005 12:17pm

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U didnt fall for it so?

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#4 12-11-2005 12:18pm

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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 12:18pm

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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 12:22pm

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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 12:27pm

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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 12:28pm

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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 12:36pm

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The thread was silly not inapprepriate.

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#10 12-11-2005 12:38pm

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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 12:39pm

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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 12:39pm

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Silly and repetitive, ive seen these things faaaaar too much

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#13 12-11-2005 1:16pm

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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 1:22pm

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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 1:28pm

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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 1:32pm

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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 1:34pm

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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 1:39pm

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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 1:42pm

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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 2:00pm

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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 2:14pm

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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 2:37pm

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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 2:55pm

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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 2:59pm

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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 4:16pm

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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 4:29pm

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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 4:32pm

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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 4:57pm

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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 5:00pm

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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 5:30pm

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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 6:23pm

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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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#32 12-11-2005 6:29pm

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Well, faceman, you gave me a heart attack. I really tried to look for three errors.

And.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

*runs to hide*

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#33 12-11-2005 6:54pm

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Ahahahahahah, this thread should be closed too tbh.

Where's the "Set my people free" poll option?

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#34 12-11-2005 7:22pm

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I got hit! Noooo!

Sorry, I haven't been living in a cave, or on a mountain, or under a rock, or in Fermanagh, but I haven't seen that fekcin thing before!

Good laugh, imo.

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#35 12-11-2005 7:34pm

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The word is inappropriate not unappropriate

See:

www.dictionary.com

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#36 12-11-2005 8:41pm

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yea threads on these forums get closed way too easily,
its like a police state here, mods kinda remind me of dublin bouncers...

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#37 12-11-2005 9:26pm

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replace the word "inappropriate/unappropriate" with any of the following please

crap
pointless
humorless
sh*te
unimaginative

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#38 12-11-2005 9:44pm

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Those jumpy things are kinda irritating, but I dont' see why the thread was closed... I guess if I was a mod and I had to deal with hundreds of those types of threads, I would be rather irritated myself... but yeah.. you posted not knowing this, so don't worry about it

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#39 12-11-2005 10:23pm

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That was a good one. I think nesf just got frightened by it and locked it.

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#40 13-11-2005 2:23am

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nlgbbbblth wrote:

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.

One can only concur with that statement.

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#41 13-11-2005 4:07am

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MrJoeSoap wrote:

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

ditto

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#42 13-11-2005 10:33am

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is unappropriate even a word?

Sounds perfectly cromulant to me, but you never know:)

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#43 13-11-2005 1:27pm

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OP, at least this is thread of the day. Therefore you are an effective thread starter. I think...
Have a nice day.

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#44 13-11-2005 1:39pm

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Some people get ratty when they are caught out with jokes like these, mods are not immune to this. I haven't been here long and this is a great site but people get banned for the most ridiculous reasons and it's the one thing that would keep me away from boards. Mods seem to get too much of a power rush here from closing threads and banning people. It's nigh on ridiculous.

If you don't like a thread, move on, just because you don't like it doesn't mean other people won't

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#45 13-11-2005 1:47pm

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Atari Jaguar?

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#46 13-11-2005 1:54pm

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*snore* Please lord mod put this thread to sleep already...

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#47 13-11-2005 4:16pm

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IMO nesf is a muppet and aslong as a thread doesn't break any rules it should be left open

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#48 13-11-2005 4:28pm

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Nesf was right, it was crap and should of been closed.Besides, it(or similar things to it) have been done many times before on AH.

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#49 13-11-2005 5:13pm

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I hadnt seen it before and I enjoyed it even if I was expecting the shock factor. I don't think it should have been locked. If you have seen the joke before it doesn't make it any less of a joke for someone who hasn't seen it.

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#50 13-11-2005 5:58pm

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Put them in Humour in future.

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#51 13-11-2005 7:08pm

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The General wrote:

IMO nesf is a muppet and aslong as a thread doesn't break any rules it should be left open

Stupid people always hate nesf. It's getting boring, frankly.

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