What is a Useless Topic?
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6941 pts ★ RacerYesterday at 02:13:26
It's time to answer this once and for all! I want genuine discussion and no nonsense... but I know that is pretty unlikely. This time, I'm not gonna start, you are.
Yesterday at 02:15:34
But like how do you not know what a useless topic is?
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1Yesterday at 02:37:30
But like how do you not know what a useless topic is?
See, you really can't know what a person counts as useless. Everybody has a different opinion and perspective and I want to know them all, that is why I made this topic! Now do you have an opinion or not kid!
Yesterday at 02:47:28
I believe that a useless topic is one that could fit into Space for Anything, which is made to stop clutter iirc. Examples of these useless topics are topics that have the creator just say hello because they are new, topics where someone asks a very simple question and basically any example of a super simple topic you could think of that could fit in to Space for Anything.
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1Yesterday at 03:31:23
A topic that has no subject like "I ate cereal this morning" or something that's complete nonsense that can fit into Space for Anything. That's what I consider a useless topic.
3Yesterday at 04:47:24
A topic that's like "I petted a mouse : D"
Yesterday at 08:16:58
Topics that either endorse spam or could really just be said on SFA
Imo topics really need to have a purpose, saying stuff like "I found a muntjac on the side of the Phnom Penh highway :3" doesn't and could really be said on SFA (of course, I also don't endorse being rude to people who have made useless topics, just tell them that it could be made on SFA and why that is, a lot of the community is much less egocentric than you'd like to believe)
Topics like "Post your personal projects here" don't fall under this category because they declutter SFA if you get what I mean, like they don't endorse spam and rather just make the forums more manageable
Tl;dr - Not every message needs a topic and not every topic needs something to be said 24/7. If you see someone making useless topics, just tell them nicely that it's against the rules and why the topic is useless without resorting to rudeness, then report the topic using the report button on the top message
Imo topics really need to have a purpose, saying stuff like "I found a muntjac on the side of the Phnom Penh highway :3" doesn't and could really be said on SFA (of course, I also don't endorse being rude to people who have made useless topics, just tell them that it could be made on SFA and why that is, a lot of the community is much less egocentric than you'd like to believe)
Topics like "Post your personal projects here" don't fall under this category because they declutter SFA if you get what I mean, like they don't endorse spam and rather just make the forums more manageable
Tl;dr - Not every message needs a topic and not every topic needs something to be said 24/7. If you see someone making useless topics, just tell them nicely that it's against the rules and why the topic is useless without resorting to rudeness, then report the topic using the report button on the top message
21Yesterday at 13:38:20
I do think this should be pretty obvious but okay
Really anything that is one message or something that would easily fit on Space for Anything, there's more to it I can't think of rn but other people on here have probably said those other things
Really anything that is one message or something that would easily fit on Space for Anything, there's more to it I can't think of rn but other people on here have probably said those other things
Yesterday at 16:06:45
A topic started by a forum kid who doesn't even play the game, instead message farming beyond belief, about something that doesn't matter, who then gets defensive that their topic about being friends was called dumb and pointless.
Also stuff that just belongs in the space for anything topic, which was designed to get rid of clutter, like Jade and FryGuy said
Sounds like something I know
Also stuff that just belongs in the space for anything topic, which was designed to get rid of clutter, like Jade and FryGuy said
Sounds like something I know
1Yesterday at 16:23:37
so basically a useless topic is something that is random and just doesn't deserve to be a full topic
like a random sentence for example: I ate ice cream today
that could fit on SFA, not a actual topic itself. its a waste of time and pollutes the forum page
like a random sentence for example: I ate ice cream today
that could fit on SFA, not a actual topic itself. its a waste of time and pollutes the forum page
Yesterday at 16:54:05
Okay, now that we have answered that question, we can move on to another. In your own (and hopefully humble) opinion, what makes a topic like... say, "Talk about Everything With An ABC Twist" or even my topic a useless topic?
Yesterday at 17:34:57
Okay, now that we have answered that question, we can move on to another. In your own (and hopefully humble) opinion, what makes a topic like... say, "Talk about Everything With An ABC Twist" or even my topic a useless topic?
ABC was used for message spam and had no true purpose other than making pointless messages.
While this topic has a purpose, it could have easily been a question asked on sfa.
However, if you find a useless topic you should just report the topic to moderation rather then message on it calling it a useless topic.
Yesterday at 17:55:25
My posts are useless.
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