Are you a thread starter? Why/Why not?

simu · 06-11-2005 1:27am #1

People of boards!

It has come to my attention that some people start new threads on boards at the drop of a hat whilst others have never experienced the joy of creating virgin threads and the anticipation of seeing whether they'll take off or not. And then, there is that third category - the thread killer who manages to write a response of such wit/insight/stupidity that nobody who comes afterwards is able to respond. What sort of boards user are YOU then?

Me, I'm a thread starter. I think nothing of starting a thread if I think of some topic I have not seen before in a forum or if I'm looking for information on something. Boards is uasually my first port of call when I want to rant/be enthusiastic about something, as well!

Sarky · 06-11-2005 1:36am

I'm an Atari Jaguar

I'm not an Atari Jaguar, but I want to be.

I can't be bothered starting serious threads all the time. With several thousand posters, any topic I might be curious about will crop up sooner or later.

Silly threads, however, are another matter.

simu · 06-11-2005 1:45am

I start threads sometimes

You're only as real as the Atari Jaguar you feel.

Mossy Monk · 06-11-2005 1:59am

I rarely start threads

i never think up of good things to turn into a thread

only sometimes

MrJoeSoap · 06-11-2005 2:05am

I never start threads

I'll only start a thread if there's something I genuinely either want to find out about or want others to find out about. I'm not into starting threads to kill time or increase post count or whatever.

Rb · 06-11-2005 2:09am

I never start threads

Rarely start threads tbh.

Tar.Aldarion · 06-11-2005 2:12am

I'm an Atari Jaguar

When I need something or want to know something I start threads.

FunkyChicken · 06-11-2005 2:39am

My threads are too funny to be wasted on you people.

Ro: maaan! · 06-11-2005 3:38am

I never start threads

I'd say I've started about 10 threads on public boards since I registered. If even. But as you can see I'll reply to anything regardless of how little I have to contribute.

Laguna · 06-11-2005 3:56am

I start threads sometimes

Atari Jaguar, yeah that's about right....

Yeah I start threads if I see the need to, not just for the hell of it.

TerrorFirmer · 06-11-2005 3:58am

roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

go back to sleep

HybridTech · 06-11-2005 4:00am

I rarely start threads

I'm just a n00bie, on Boards.ie anyway. Just look at my post count to see that.

Forums I like are Humour, Puzzles & Quizzes and all the Comp forums hoping to help where I can.

Thread starter? Not really. Posted a few in Humour but met with a lot of hostility. Prob multi-posters with 000,s posted but still found them hostile!! Even responding to posts by others (complimenting them or encouraging them) i met with hostility! So for that reason I'm reluctant to reply never mind post a new thread. A pity as this is a brilliant amenity for all computer users!

Laguna · 06-11-2005 4:13am

I start threads sometimes

Don't worry HybridTech, I've also found a good number of Boards users to be extremely hostile to everything and anything, especially the hardcore addicts of the site. A prime example is the programming forum, a place to go if you have a programming problem which is, apparently, not a place to ask for help to your programming problem unless you want to incur the wrath of the progamming gods....

Sparky · 06-11-2005 4:17am

I rarely start threads

i only start threads when the topic is really a question or information.
some threads on the other hand ive seen are just a waste of database space.
Some of mine are a waste of DB space :v:

But id say some people are afraid to start threads in certain areas.

HybridTech · 06-11-2005 4:26am

I rarely start threads

Good morning Laguna,

Thanks for reply. This is, like I was saying earlier, a fantastic amenity for all, despite the few spoilers. I LOVE this site and am disappointed when a post I've spent time deliberating over is shot to ribbons, or worse a good post by somebody I've replied to, then gets shot to ribbons (this is really the worst!). I firmly believe in free speech for all but also in the old saying "keep your words sweet because you never know when you might have to swallow them!" Afraid to start one? No!

Cheers,
HT

billy the squid · 06-11-2005 4:39am

I rarely start threads

who are all these people up at 4am

if i feel that i desparatly need to know something i will start a thread. im not great when it comes to replying to stuff as im not the most verbose of boardsies.

HybridTech · 06-11-2005 5:05am

I rarely start threads

billy the squid wrote:

who are all these people up at 4am

Prob the same people who work most sat nights!!! Fire Brigade, Garda, Ambulance, Army, Nurses! etc.

angelofdeath · 06-11-2005 10:21am

I rarely start threads

i only start threads when they are not completely pointless

Dave! · 06-11-2005 10:27am

I rarely start threads

Yeah I start threads "sometimes" -- when there's something I want to discuss.

BrianD3 · 06-11-2005 10:32am

I rarely start threads

Not sure how many threads I start. Would be able to tell if the damn search function was working. But I'd estimate that around 10-20% of my posts are thread starting posts.

cormie · 06-11-2005 10:35am

I start threads sometimes

I'd say 95% of my posts are in threads started by me because I want to find out information, for example, the computer forum, I had a few troubles with a laptop I bought, which turned into 3 laptops after returns etc and I counted how many posts I started in the comp forum about it and it was about 30, and since then I've probably created another 10 about the same laptop. Same with the motors forum and of course the for sale forum then others like woodcraft/gadgets and that's about it, all asking to be helped or helping others then about 5% is allocated to replying to posts like this:D

Wertz · 06-11-2005 10:39am

I'm an Atari Jaguar

I spose I start a fair few threads...without search I can't be sure.

But I went for thread killer, since going by my subbed threeads page alone, 9 out of the last 20 threads I replied to are seemingly deader than platform shoes...

[edit] YOU SEE?? Now I done gone and killed this one as well

Selik · 06-11-2005 12:27pm

Is this thread not a bit pointless really??

I mean who cares!

Civilian_Target · 06-11-2005 12:30pm

I rarely start threads

I start threads when there's a need for me to do so.
No surplus threads, like this one...

Sparky · 06-11-2005 2:09pm

I rarely start threads

TCN and Test tbh :v:

johnny_ultimate · 06-11-2005 2:34pm

I rarely start threads

I usually just start threads if something really struck me as thread worthy, and if i can be certain I wont get any abuse.
I remember the first ever thread I started. It was asking for suggestions about something, and the amount of abuse was quite terrifying for a poor, innocent mind like mine.
By the way :v:

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-11-2005 2:42pm

I never start threads

Half the time I can't even be arsed posting a reply let alone a new thread.
bleh

Oriel · 06-11-2005 2:48pm

There should be a "I start threads when, and only when, I need to" option.

Feenikusu · 06-11-2005 3:40pm

I'm a thread killer!

I once started a thread because I needed help, but usually I don't do that.
I would feel stupid to start thread in an irish board although I'm not irish and my english is too bad, so nobody would understand that thread. Would be pointless.
And I think no one would answer me.

homah_7ft · 06-11-2005 3:57pm

I'm a thread killer!

I have never started a thread and like a few others here I don't reply a lot. I'm a quiet one.

nesf · 06-11-2005 4:10pm

I'm an Atari Jaguar

I rarely start threads. Occasionally I kill some accidentally.

:v:

patzer117 · 06-11-2005 4:44pm

I started a thread in humour a good while back and it didn't get a single response even though it was one of the funniest things i'd ever read. Since then i haven't started any

NoDayBut2Day · 06-11-2005 4:47pm

I rarely start threads

I start threads sometimes; if I have something to ask, I do so... if nobody responds, oh well... there's always another thread.... :rolleyes:

Stompbox · 06-11-2005 5:50pm

I start a good few. Not too many though.

Piste · 06-11-2005 9:38pm

I rarely start threads

I start them if they're relevant to the forum eg. A new play in the Theatre/Performing Arts forum or somethnig ninja-y/pirate-y/Zomby-ish in LUBNiP.

Sangre · 06-11-2005 10:07pm

I never start threads

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Half the time I can't even be arsed posting a reply let alone a new thread.
bleh

I think 4.06 posts a day would disagree with that statement

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-11-2005 10:18pm

I never start threads

Sangre wrote:

I think 4.06 posts a day would disagree with that statement

Your feeble logic is based on foolish assumption.
If I only bother replying half the time, then the fact that I have 4.06 posts-per-day instead of a theoretical "can-always-be-arsed" 8.12 post-per-day completely supports my statement.
Your attempt at being witty and cutting has failed.
You lose -12 I-aer-teh-clever points.

Xcom2 · 06-11-2005 10:26pm

I never start threads

How was Karl Hungus allowed to get three votes?

I start threads sometimes

I'm a thread killer!

I'm an Atari Jaguar

Just wondering?

X

simu · 06-11-2005 11:04pm

I start threads sometimes

Xcom2 wrote:

How was Karl Hungus allowed to get three votes?

I start threads sometimes

I'm a thread killer!

I'm an Atari Jaguar

Just wondering?

X

It's a multiple option poll. The poll creator gets the choice of making a poll multiple or one answer only. :v:

Xcom2 · 06-11-2005 11:09pm

I never start threads

Damn :v:

X

SprostonGreen · 06-11-2005 11:41pm

I'm an Atari Jaguar

Rarely start threads, I did before, but I really just dont care anymore. I think I've killed threads without wanting to, but meh.

Flukey · 06-11-2005 11:49pm

I rarely start threads

I post threads here sometimes. I also use other boards, where there are smaller numbers of people and where you get to know people better and it is easy to start threads in those types of Boards.

SprostonGreen · 07-11-2005 12:18am

I'm an Atari Jaguar

Flukey wrote:

I post threads here sometimes. I also use other boards, where there are smaller numbers of people and where you get to know people better and it is easy to start threads in those types of Boards.

Me too, which is probably why I post there and not here as much.

hullaballoo · 07-11-2005 12:22am

I rarely start threads

If and when I start threads, people shun me for it.

Nightwish · 07-11-2005 12:34am

I never start threads

i'll start a thread if I'm interested, but more often than not, I'm not interested

Dimitri · 07-11-2005 11:39am

I never start threads

I think I started 5 threads in my time here. I rarely reply but i read boards almost everyday!

Sleepy · 07-11-2005 12:26pm

I rarely start threads

I start threads if there's something I've been thinking about that I'd like to hear other people's views on, or if I come across a viewpoint in Real Life ™ that I just don't understand the thinking behind or if Google doesn't answer my question when I've a problem, Boards.ie would be my second port of call...

Siogfinsceal · 09-11-2005 5:21pm

I rarely start threads

I start threads sometimes its nice to see what you guys think of things or to get advice

LegacyUser · 26-12-2005 6:11pm

I nominate IvaBigWun for the 'compulsive thread starting' award:D

IvaBigWun · 26-12-2005 6:14pm

sillysausage wrote:

I nominate IvaBigWun for the 'compulsive thread starting' award:D

3 in one day is hardly compulsive!

Im bored and there's no legal alcohol till 8pm

lets have a thread from you Ms Sausage

Waltons · 26-12-2005 6:22pm

I fear starting threads

In my time here I think I've only started a handful of threads. Usually in the bands/musicians forums looking for people for my band. Can't remember the last thread I started outside that forum actually

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