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@ 24-05-2005 10:26 andro
42,248 posts	This post wasn't drafted by me - though it makes a lot of sense. Many thanks to Nicholas Bittner (the mod on the giveupalready.com forums who originally wrote this) for allowing me to post this here. Here are a number of steps and tips to make a post that will make a good impression on others, boost your respectability, and make it so the mods don't yell at you. For creating a new thread... 1: Find a good topic that hasn't been done ten or twenty times. There are plenty of good topics out there to talk about. What's new with your favorite band, what bands from a specific genre are touring, some news article about music events, etc. The key is to make it a wide topic, where you can get a good variety of posts. Making a post where the only possible answer is a sentence or a name is not a good thread. If the thread asks for a list, it's not a good thread. Good threads inspire discussion and debate, not a name or a list. 2: Get the point across. I've seen a lot of good threads shot to hell, because someone wandered around the topic, and lost people with a five page post. Those five pages may have been the best damned thing ever written, but no one wants to read five pages about the band you saw play last night. No one. Also, a short post that doesn't give enough information is detrimental, as well. 3: Say what you want the topic to lead to. If you have a thread arguing the merits of using naked girls as background dancers at a concert, then say that you want people to discuss this idea. If you want people to review some concerts of heavy metal bands they've seen, ask them to do it. Always say what you want. Now, for making a reply. Most of the previous rules apply here, too. But there are a few changes. 1: Make your post a good size. A post that says "Yeah I agree" is meaningless. It wastes space, and leaves questions unanswered. But if you say "Yes, I agree because..." and give your reasoning, it makes it more substantial and adds fuel to a conversation. There's no real reply to 'I agree'. Also, If the thread is about, say, your favorite genre, don't just give the genre name. Give what you like and don't like about it, what some of your favorite bands from it are, or how you were introduced to it. 2: Don't post what should be done in PM. If you want to get a little angrier at someone, or say something more private, do it in a PM. Or, if you want to go off topic, take it to PM. It's fine if you say one or two things in reply, in addition to a fully on topic post. That's really it. Just use common sense. If you have a suggestion for an addition, just PM me or any of the other mods. We're here to help.

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0 @ 24-05-2005 10:29 NightHobbit
23,464 posts	thats sensible...and true
0 @ 24-05-2005 10:30 XxNirvanaxX
13,954 posts	If you have a thread arguing the merits of using naked girls as background dancers at a concert... Hahah. Hawt. But yeah, I agree. Sometimes people are too lazy when it comes to certain things, like explaining why they agree with something, etc. That's a good list of things to keep in mind.
0 @ 09-06-2005 17:40 xMajinx
13,401 posts	* offtopic : If you have a thread arguing the merits of using naked girls as background dancers at a concert... I wanna go to those concerts
0 @ 09-06-2005 17:50 MisterKing
9,665 posts	Haha, that's really handy. You could call it The LSI Manual.
0 @ 09-06-2005 18:31 TheDom
9,053 posts	Yeah, I agree
0 @ 09-06-2005 20:25 Dekar
36,095 posts	Wanna see something ironic?
0 @ 09-06-2005 20:52 DeathByMonkeys
24,877 posts	Sure, let's see it.
0 @ 09-06-2005 20:53 sweet_J_
17,089 posts	A post that says "Yeah I agree" is meaningless. It wastes space, and leaves questions unanswered. But if you say "Yes, I agree because..." and give your reasoning, it makes it more substantial and adds fuel to a conversation. There's no real reply to 'I agree'. Sorry Dom I had to do that. It made me laugh
0 @ 20-06-2005 05:28 lilrava920
559 posts	thats a really good guide...if only there was a way to make sure everyone wanting to post read it....ray, a little help perhps?
0 @ 31-07-2005 04:24 nonya
1,717 posts	That was awsome quite possibly very handy although i think you left out some things such as: Try to use proper grahmer Capitalize at the begging of each sentence Dont use "cyber talk(even though that ones real hard for me because I am use to talking in chat rooms and itS A LOT DIFFERENT
0 @ 31-07-2005 04:25 nonya
1,717 posts	Grrr sorry for the caps finger sliped and then computer messed up again
0 @ 05-11-2005 16:17 jiinxED
298 posts	thanks for those guildlines it should help =)
0 @ 15-12-2005 00:03 ricardos_lady
11 posts	Great advice
0 @ 15-12-2005 00:09 Tyrannical_King
5,163 posts	He forgot to mention that he kills cheerleaders on sight.
0 @ 06-02-2006 10:41 patd
12 posts	such good advice, and more people need to read that, for obvious reasons (even if i may be one of them people) !!
0 @ 18-03-2006 16:14 Polyjuice
46 posts	Great advice, though it may have come to me a bit late. I havn't posted anything silly in this forum(yet), but there are a few forums with my stupid replys, from my past. I was a bit of a teenie...
0 @ 06-04-2006 19:04 Elli4ask
553 posts	I think this is a very good topic to have as I usualli post rubbish threads and this will come in handy...
0 @ 06-04-2006 19:07 paynie
5,639 posts	Before you post or make a new thread, you read this OK!!
0 @ 06-04-2006 19:12 carole
26,874 posts	chances are, all the pple who will bother readin that are already the ones that dont write useless/stupid posts.. i remember reading that kind of topic about 20 times on lsi, yet we still have the same buggers
0 @ 14-05-2006 20:51 Xena12
3 posts	I really needed that info! Thanks alot! One question, though, I am really new and I'm not sure how to post. I'm used to how Xanga works and I'm sort of confused. Can you help me?
0 @ 14-05-2006 20:52 TheAnnoyance
44,308 posts	how to post? you just posted.
0 @ 17-10-2006 19:03 NerveRack
22 posts	Well, sure, you just posted, though there is plenty of shitty nonesense obviously flooding the walls of this place. I wish that netspeak was mentioned. Netspeak makes me wish to mass murder.
0 @ 18-10-2006 22:25 cairowinters
3,394 posts	Good post. Very true. It is all about common sense, sticking to the point, but keeping an open mind. And yes - "netspeak"/"cybertalk" annoys the hell out of me. We're not sending a text message via cellphone here people - there's room to spell things properly!
0 @ 03-04-2007 01:43 aannddyy
149 posts	someone said something about how to get this "manual", i guess, out to everyone who wants to make a post. i'm not sure how difficult this would be, but it could be polished up a bit, made more formal, and sent to all new members. just a thought from a sort-of-new member, could save some embarrassment!
0 @ 09-02-2008 11:03 idlefido
1,365 posts	if i posted something agaist the rules ,what would happen