How to act when participating in a Internet forum

[Deedubs]

Funny quote I saw on a guys signature on another forum.

"Internet forum guidelines: 1. Learn how to read. 2. Learn how to express yourself effectively with written word. Craft clear sentences. 3. Learn how to track posts, and their subject flow. 4. Refrain from losing control of your brain when someone does not agree with you, or understand you. Follow these guidelines, and you'll succeed at not confusing the balls off of anyone and everyone. Have a nice day!"

 

[Bloodhammer]

I used to be a member of an email list long, long ago before phpBB forums were common and the Admin got so frustrated one day with all the fragmented conversations, that he wrote a guide called "How to quote" and sent it to us once a month until he finally switched over to a forum like this.

I wish I had saved that document because it still applies.

 

[placedesjardins]

Depends. Not everyone is a native English speaker/writer. People make typos. Some people purposely use the wrong spelling. It was confusing at first, and then I found out it was for fun.
Teh = the
Interwebz = Internet
tarp = trap, when used in the phrase, "It's a trap" when quoting Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars or indirectly referencing that quote.


Well, you get the idea. It depends on the forum and what kind of members make up the community.

 

[placedesjardins]

Funny quote I saw on a guys signature on another forum.

"Internet forum guidelines: 1. Learn how to read. 2. Learn how to express yourself effectively with written word. Craft clear sentences. 3. Learn how to track posts, and their subject flow. 4. Refrain from losing control of your brain when someone does not agree with you, or understand you. Follow these guidelines, and you'll succeed at not confusing the balls off of anyone and everyone. Have a nice day!"

Space elevators? Absolutely not!

 

[Mark Wilson]

Just don't piss us off. Pacman gets irritable.

 

[vin*tone]

.. and it's "an internet forum".

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Yeah, you're smugness looses all it's smug with bad grammars.

 

[1958Bassman]

.. and it's "an internet forum".

I'm sure his use of the incorrect article was a accident.

 

[4dog]

I thought that irritable WAS pacmans personality, ya mean he has another?

 

[Batmensch]

I have one - Don't treat an Internet forum as if it's a cell phone. It's not going to cost you minutes to actually spell out words like "you" and "are", or to use punctuation.

 

[Deedubs]

.. and it's "an internet forum".

Yeah, you're smugness looses all it's smug with bad grammars.

I'm sure his use of the incorrect article was a accident.

I am horrible at grammar. This quote just made me laugh.

 

[Ziltoid]

Meh. The only rules I try to post by are the ones that can get my sorry butt banned.

 

[FilterFunk]

Also, take the time to understand what you read, especially when reading the OP. Never submit a post based on just the title of a thread.

 

[bolophonic]

I think that people who refuse to capitalize or punctuate their sentences should be publicly shamed.

 

[Bloodhammer]

yeah me too I have trouble with the run on sentences with no punctuation I mean it's not that hard to type a period and capitalize the first letter of a sentence but oh well what can you do I just usually skip over those posts because they're so hard to read without getting a headache

 

[P. Aaron]

.. and it's "an internet forum".

It's not the internets?

 

[bluesblaster]

thought it was interlinkz

 

[AQUANOVA]

I always liked this.
Posting and You

 

[Deedubs]

I always liked this.
Posting and You

Loved it!