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Blayne Bradley
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I think putting the word mayfly in the title is a bad idea it just encourages people to not obsessively click on the thread title and as such I think people should agree to stop putting it in the titles. I think retroactively referring to shortlived threads as mayflies is ok but intentionally making a thread a mayfly from the get go is just bad, bad, BAD.
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If we start calling shortlived threads Blaynes will you delete all of yours?
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You make a case for not putting mayfly in a thread title. . . by starting a thread with mayfly in the title.

o_O
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quote:
Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
... it just encourages people to not obsessively click on the thread title ...
How is this a bad thing, again?
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CT, I click on your mayflys obsessively.
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ClaudiaTherese
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[Angst]

( [Smile] )

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Edited to add: I want a petition to replace [Eek!] with the shocked smiley from Mike's forum, more like this
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Euripides
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quote:
Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese:

I want a petition to replace [Eek!] with the shocked smiley from Mike's forum, more like this
I would sign such a petition.
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Qaz
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quote:
Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
... intentionally making a thread a mayfly from the get go is just bad, bad, BAD.
Why is that?
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We need an eyebrow wiggling smiley, because I do that a lot when I post, and I want to be sure people are getting that.
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BlackBlade
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quote:
Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese:
[Angst]

( [Smile] )

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Edited to add: I want a petition to replace [Eek!] with the shocked smiley from Mike's forum, more like this
I dunno, the eye twitching kinda sells it to me.

I do wish we had a "mashing F5" graemlin, for threads where we wait impatiently to see if somebody else has responded to a thread.

Also our crying graemlin is not convincing enough for me.
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mr_porteiro_head
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quote:
I think putting the word mayfly in the title is a bad idea it just encourages people to not obsessively click on the thread title
Why is it bad to not encourage people to act obsessively?
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Noemon
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I'm a little hazy on exactly why having the word "mayfly" in the subject would cause people to behave less obsessively, for that matter.
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quote:
Also our crying graemlin is not convincing enough for me.
How about this one?
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I think there may be an element of humour in this thread that we are not picking up on [Smile] ?

Just suggestin'
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Noemon
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::smacks forehead::

I think you're right, Teshi.
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Lupus
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but then we wouldn't have the fun of finding a very old mayfly and being amazed at is longevity.
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quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:
We need an eyebrow wiggling smiley, because I do that a lot when I post, and I want to be sure people are getting that.
Like this?
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quote:
Originally posted by breyerchic04:
If we start calling shortlived threads Blaynes will you delete all of yours?
Oh Snap!
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I like this one.
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