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Jowi
Joined: Feb 21, 2002
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From: Pilipinas
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On 2003-11-17 15:11:31, tranquil wrote:
Personally I miss a "Report this post"-tab.
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what happened to that feature? why is it gone? |
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CrackerJack
Joined: Apr 28, 2003
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From: NE of Borneo to the NE of US
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@tranquil
Thank you very much.
INTEGRITY
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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From: Montreal / Beirut
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well, my definition of a newbie is:
someone who knows nothing and has no regard for learning.. just comes on here, asks the most idiotic question(s) like "I think I'm the first one to hv noticed this! but if u pull out the battery from the phone, it shuts off.. y does this ONLY happen to me??"
basically questions that hv obviously been answered before if u use just a bit of logic
someone who has no regard for a forum's rules
he'll post questions about siemens in a nokia forum (example)
posts his question in every single forum...
or ppl who go insane if their question hasnt been answered within 20minutes of actual post
or jump into a conversation without knowing facts or anything and argue
(kinda like the BigFeat thing, where all these newbies kept backing him up without actually knowing wtf was going!)
users like dat kind of piss me off
I'm not saying ban registration.. just control those ppl or their actions better
ie: my-symbian has a bunch of newbies.. but none of em go around posting their questions a trillion times and do any of the behaviour mentionned above
I'm not comparing, I'm just saying it is possible to hv such an environment where everyone respects the rules...
sure there is a couple of times when it might happen
but believe me, it happens once in a blue moon...
anywayz, I think I've said enuff to get me flamed for another 4 pages....
*waits for vlamm to flame him*
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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*flaming*
By categorizing them in this way you will PROVOKE this reaction
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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well it is becuz of posts like theirs that make the search function unuseable
and creates "clutter" in the sections
I cant find important threads sometimes that were on the first page due to dump posts like that...
perfect example:
the new thread about phones on planes
we had a thread about 2months ago discussing this
there were some good arguments I want to bring back
I cldnt find the thread..
all I found were threads "What is wrong with my T610?" "P900 Official!"
"P800 and bizarre triangle"
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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tis the fault of that crappy "use the search" smilie thats caused the downfall.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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oooh! you'll be in trouble with vlam... I recall reading that she mentioned once that she requested that smilie to be added? or am I mistaken?
either way I must say its not my favourite smilie as its much easier to use that than actually help the person, and for some people it seems to be used like some kind of power thing like "I'm better than you" or something...
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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yeah i know vlam submitted it 
we just end up with too many threads with it in, and no threads with the actual answer in...
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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
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From: Nottingham, England
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Thing is if that smiley gets destroyed there's nothing to stop people just typing 'use the search' in anyway.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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yeah, true, but typing that doesn't seem anywhere near as agressive as the smilie
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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suppose they could write
"use the search  "
thats pretty aggressive, especially if it was in capitals....
but most questions that people post the smilie in have really simple (sometimes even yes/no) answers...
[ This Message was edited by: MixiN on 2003-11-20 13:42 ] |
Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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the reason for my request to add the smilie was an increasng amount of responses such as 'you FCUKING TWAT CAN YOU NOT SEE THE SEARCH BUTTON' and 'search for it yourself you moron' and much much worse.
so it seemed a less offensive option at the time.
even tho it is abused in much the same way as i described above..... so it didn't do what I hoped for.
Still a forum is all about asking and answering questions... so there should be no need for either  smilies or rude replies or grievance becoz of 'newbies' (<- this has come to be my most hated word on esato)
[ This Message was edited by: Vlammetje on 2003-11-20 14:43 ] |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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 I guess its all relative... as Mr E was once said to have said though I doubt he actually did in much the same way that Bogart never said "Play it again Sam" and Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up Scotty"...
but I digress 
yes, in that way it does seem less offensive but perhaps the mods should have been issuing warning to such people
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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Yes... and here we come full circle to what may in fact be esato's only REAL problem.
The mods are simply not omnipresent.
And unless they get alerted by a member, certain (bad) things may escape attention for quite a while.
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Jim
Joined: Jan 20, 2002
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From: Belgium
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I did saw the one or two times only, nobody use it .... or am I wrong ?
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Posted: 2003-11-19 23:05
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