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a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
Please make your voice heard.

I've been noticing that a popular thread topic is ITT threads......while some of these are good, the majority of them just seem to me to be super low effort and boring and they take up space and I hate them and I start trembling everytime I see a new one pop up and I just can't take my eyes off them and its become a real thorn in my side

So what do you, thhe POSTERS OF GBS FORUM, have to say?? Should I just indiscriminatly shut them down as soon as they open like a whack-a-mole game where I'm crouched over the game board with an insane grin and blood lust raging in my eyes? (this is my choice)

Or should we tolerate them?

VOTE NOW! I'll do whatever the people want.

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ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot
should have been an ITT thread

whatever, let the invisible hand of the free posting market decide

Son of Rodney
Feb 22, 2006

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

this is some time machine poo poo lmao, I remember these being banned like 8 years ago for the same reasons

I don't really care I think it's silly to complain about it

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
I have made my feelings about ITT threads known. voted gas

ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I can't just be anything or do anything. I am what I am. Texas man. :clint:

rabble rabble
Mar 24, 2015



Nap Ghost
they were banned for a long time for this exact reason, then sorta allowed again after the October madness. they are a tool, like any other, ripe for abuse

gas the bad ones keep the good ones

Tiberius Thyben
Feb 7, 2013

Gone Phishing


ANIME IS BLOOD posted:

should have been an ITT thread

whatever, let the invisible hand of the free posting market decide

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:

ANIME IS BLOOD posted:

should have been an ITT thread

whatever, let the invisible hand of the free posting market decide

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
I think some of them can be fun and would not like to see them banned outright

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

this thread is discriminatory against low effort shitposters

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


rabble rabble posted:

they were banned for a long time for this exact reason, then sorta allowed again after the October madness. they are a tool, like any other, ripe for abuse

gas the bad ones keep the good ones

So gas all of them.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

ANIME IS BLOOD posted:

let the invisible hand of the free posting market decide

SirEvelynTremble
Dec 25, 2013

FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO
If you gas all ITT threads wouldn't this one get gassed too?

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
MMhhmmmm mmmmm mhmmmmmmm Yes..yes... very good points everyone.......

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

some of them have been really good. i forget which ones

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

SirEvelynTremble posted:

If you gas all ITT threads wouldn't this one get gassed too?

Of course Stalin Avatar poster

SirEvelynTremble
Dec 25, 2013

FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

8 track betamax posted:

Of course Stalin Avatar poster

what happened to the dog with the waggly tail?

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
Betamax, if you gas them all can you send my suburban mom one to comedy purgatory since it has a 4 rating and has lasted a while, tia

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
i think someone has repressed childhood memories about toilet water hitting an rear end and wants to take it out on the people

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Betamax, if you gas them all can you send my suburban mom one to comedy purgatory since it has a 4 rating and has lasted a while, tia

Yeah, ones that have good ratings or whatever will be allowed to live for a while or sent to comedy heaven

BIG-DICK-BUTT-FUCK
Jan 26, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
They can be low-effort sure but they spawn some good discussion more often than not IMO

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
i am.... AMBIVALENT

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
remember in the end what the toiler water hits... an rear end

Takane
Aug 24, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Gas them.

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

They can be low-effort sure but they spawn some good discussion more often than not IMO

Hmmm, interesting point BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

maybe we could compromise and adopt a system where the popular itt threads that people are enjoying get bumped to the top of page 1 each time someone posts in it, and the dumb threads no one likes get pushed down by other, more popular threads until disappearing entirely from the first page. idk if SA has the budget to implement a complex system like that but i think it would work pretty good.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

They can be low-effort sure but they spawn some good discussion more often than not IMO

Yes, I think it's good to let the seeds grow for a page or two. I believe every thread has a potential.

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Parallax Scroll posted:

maybe we could compromise and adopt a system where the popular itt threads that people are enjoying get bumped to the top of page 1 each time someone posts in it, and the dumb threads no one likes get pushed down by other, more popular threads until disappearing entirely from the first page. idk if SA has the budget to implement a complex system like that but i think it would work pretty good.

The tech just isnt there yet

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer

Parallax Scroll posted:

maybe we could compromise and adopt a system where the popular itt threads that people are enjoying get bumped to the top of page 1 each time someone posts in it, and the dumb threads no one likes get pushed down by other, more popular threads until disappearing entirely from the first page. idk if SA has the budget to implement a complex system like that but i think it would work pretty good.

these forums run on :gas:

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008



Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
lmao

YeahTubaMike
Mar 24, 2005

*hic* Gotta finish thish . . .
Doctor Rope
the suburban itt threads are consistently hilarious, i say we should keep them

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Haha cool except please use waaffleimages next time

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

8 track betamax posted:

Haha cool except please use waaffleimages next time

waffleimages doesn't exist and this isn't 2006

rio
Mar 20, 2008

Some are amusing but the verdict is still out on this one....

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
I should be the only poster allowed to make ITT threads

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

actually wait, why do you have a default avvy 8TBM?

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
time to get serious

one of the posters who posted in this very thread is armed with an explosive belt that will explode and kill all of us if the ITT threads are gassed, you didnt even notice him walk in

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

E Equals MC Hammer posted:

actually wait, why do you have a default avvy 8TBM?

Somebody wanted to give Lowtax a bunch of money as a new baby present

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Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

that's pretty tragic, should I find you an avatar that represents your true inner self?

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