+clearpath Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... I wear a robe...thank you. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+Mustard Devil Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Cachers who collect dirty golf balls If I'm lucky carleenp wont see this post Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... I don't bother with the underwear Quote Link to comment
+DiskDevil Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) The same useless topics over and over,along with the same lame answers. Ex: Geocide...What's the best GPS...Garmin or Magellan...etc Also...A new thread started after a Mod closed the first one. It WAS closed for a reason. Edited January 23, 2006 by DiskDevil Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 They do and some voice it on the mod account, others will do it under their normal account, but trust me, one way or another they let you know how they feel about something. The mods are sock puppets.....I feel so used now! I thought they were real people! Somehow everything makes more sense now. Anyhow Back On Topic -- Personal conversations between 2 people in the middle of threads drives me crazy. Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Top 5 Forum Peeves: By Airmapper Letterman. 5: Public reviewer complaints 4: Know-it-all newbies, one cache find and their an expert. 3: The same topics over and over and over again. 2: Did I mention the same topics over and over again? And the #1 pet forum peeve is: Newbie after newbie saying, "I can't seem to search for some reason." "search doesn't work for some reason." "I can't search is it a premium feature." Quote Link to comment
+DiskDevil Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 The mods are sock puppets.....I feel so used now! I thought they were real people! Somehow everything makes more sense now. This one too...We are told no sock puppets,but the main people that police these forums could work for Sesame Street. Quote Link to comment
+Evil Chicken Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Top forum pet peeve... Lurkers! Quote Link to comment
+mizdeeds Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 My personal beef: Original Poster (OP): Who/what/why question, typically cache approval related Forum Regular 1: Answer Forum Regular 2: Answer from a different angle Various other posters (VOP): confirming FR1/FR2 OP: You don't get it! Re-asks same question, with angst VOP: You have the correct answer already Approver: Yep. OP: Argh! What I am asking is <repeat question> 3 pages later OP: GAH! SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR! What he said. Quote Link to comment
+yumitori Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Whining about the volunteers all of the time. Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) People who don't bring the good whine, just the grocery store crap in a box with a spout, or a big jugs with screw on tops. And the cheez that gets served with that crap, don't even get me started on that. edit spelink, cuz it botherz sum peeple Hey! Some people like that boxed stuff (paging Dr. Pip), and what exactly do you have against big jugs? Edited January 23, 2006 by Corp Of Discovery Quote Link to comment
+Team Tigger International Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 All those guys in togas and sandals with them wierd leafy things on their heads. And why can't they speak English! This is America gosh darn it! Oh, ummm, sorry, wrong forums. Wulf Quote Link to comment
Ghengis Jon Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I hate posts that add nothing to the thread. Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... I don't bother with the underwear MY EYES, MY EYES!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
SlawDawg Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Disrespectful and ignorant avatars. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) I hate posts that add nothing to the thread. Un huh! Like when people post only this and nothing else. It certainly doesnt add anything interesting or constructive to the thread. Actually, to me this seems to send out an invitation for even more angst. Edited January 23, 2006 by Mudfrog Quote Link to comment
+ODragon Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Reading comprehension (or lack there of) as in when someone posts something and then hours later someone else posts exactly the same thing as said in the tread, often in the same thread. Thus both adding nothing new and showing they don't read that well. Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... Hey I am wearing a bath robe. It's to cold to just wear underwaer, besides, I am out if clean underwear. I an still try to find the negative that were mentioned earlier. Quote Link to comment
+Car54 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 .......what exactly do you have against big jugs? Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I hate posts that add nothing to the thread. Un huh! Like when people post only this and nothing else. ... I agree. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I like popcorn I like ice cream I like drama This place is like a soap opera that you can take place in, thats cool. Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) I hate posts that add nothing to the thread. Un huh! Like when people post only this and nothing else. It certainly doesnt add anything interesting or constructive to the thread. Actually, to me this seems to send out an invitation for even more angst. Why not a rat eating popcorn Edited January 23, 2006 by JohnnyVegas Quote Link to comment
+Jhwk Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Actually read the FAQ before you asking your "noob" question. we were all noobs once... did you read the FAQ first? Quote Link to comment
Hugh Jazz Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I am offended when people post the popcorn smiley. Please refrain from using it anymore. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+ParrotRobAndCeCe Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 4: Know-it-all newbies, one cache find and their an expert. One of mine is people who misuse "their", "there" and "they're" Quote Link to comment
+fox-and-the-hound Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) It's such a downer when people don't bother to log that they took a bug or coin from a cache. I think only one of every three listed bugs is ever in the cache it says it is. Seriously, how hard can it be? You made your log entry, make your bug/coin entry. I couldn't care less if a cache has a trackable in it, but it's annoying when it's not there and makes one hesitate to ever release trackables when they just disappear so fast. Ok...wow... I DO feel better! thanks for thread! well I know this isn't specifically about forums, but it is a subject that shows up again and again! Edited January 23, 2006 by fox-and-the-hound Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people sit at their computer in nothing but their underwear and post messages. It's annoying and distracting ... I don't bother with the underwear MY EYES, MY EYES!!!!!! You haven't read the kilt thread, have you? Quote Link to comment
Hugh Jazz Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 It hacks me off when people write: "suppose to" instead of "supposed to," "use to" instead of "used to," "walla," "whah-lah," or "waa-laa," instead of "voila," and (drum roll) "to" instead of "too" when meaning "also." Quote Link to comment
Spinny Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 General mis-use of the apostrophe, most especially its versus it's. Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What I can't stand is all these loggers who have been here for a long time and are all smug and derogatory to anyone that doesn't believe what they do. All they do is complain about: caches Moderartors Reviewers GC.com NOOBs Hides to easy hides to hard hides Cmon! Ok we get it, you have been doing this for awhile and are ever SOOOOO experienced, doesn't mean you gotta turn into a giant Dork ridiculing everything else. If everything is so bad then shut up and find another hobby, like poking bears with short sticks, or walking into biker bars in a tutu, or maybe something daring like swimming in a meat suit in shark infested waters. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I can't believe he called me a dork. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 ...1. "Nothing to see here. Move along" (or otherwise trying to close a thread they view as "finished" ... I used that once and I have regretted it ever since. Too bad the forum search feature wasn't working. Then I'd know if I was to blame or if someone else has the distinction of starting something annoying. Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I can't believe he called me a dork. I think he actually said "giant Dork". Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) I can't believe he called me a dork. I think he actually said "giant Dork". I did NOT laugh! well...maybe I did..... Edited January 23, 2006 by ATMouse Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Well, I am certainly no giant. Quote Link to comment
+Subterranean Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 One type of annoying post that I see way too often is someone making a pun/joke because they saw their username used in a sentence. For example, someone might post the sentence, “I hate finding micros in the middle of the woods.” Six posts down you see a post by a cacher named “MiddleoftheWoods87” that is something like, “Hey, why do you hate finding micros in me?” Clever. Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Yes it was giant dork Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What annoys me most about the forums isn't the angst, the banned members, the discussion or even the warnings. It's the use of information as power by withholding it. "We know something you don't, shut up, and get over it, you don't need to know, you just need to comply". Some reviewers and mods have this issue. They act like being helpful and sharing some of their knowledge is personally distasteful and that we are nothing more than trailer trash in a 5 star establishment unworthy of such profound knowledge. Fortunately this has destroyed their credibility and so when they are wading in a thread being unhelpful and causing hate and discontent, it's generally amusing. Right up until they mistreat a newbie. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 One type of annoying post that I see way too often is someone making a pun/joke because they saw their username used in a sentence.... Its funny that the things that bug some people are the things that make the forums worth while to others. On a few occasions, a thread has gotten really angsty and someone like Criminal would lighten the mood in just the way you described. The act of injecting a bit of humor into the forums through this type of comment or the use of or or or the famous 'I accept your apology' or whatever makes the forums. If it was all advice and whining, most of us would have given up on the forums long ago. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) ...Some reviewers and mods have this issue. They act like being helpful and sharing some of their knowledge is personally distasteful and that we are nothing more than trailer trash in a 5 star establishment unworthy of such profound knowledge. ... I give this place 3 1/2 stars. Tops. We don't even get good room service, after all. Edited January 23, 2006 by sbell111 Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I like popcorn I like ice cream I like drama This place is like a soap opera that you can take place in, thats cool. Nice one. I hate posts that just quote a nother post and say "yeah, that's it" Quote Link to comment
+Subterranean Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 (edited) The act of injecting a bit of humor into the forums through this type of comment...makes the forums. Good point, but what annoys me about it is how infinitesimally small that "bit" of humor really is. No, but you really do have a good point. Edited January 23, 2006 by subterranean Quote Link to comment
CamoCachers Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 i dislike the way feelings and thoughts sometimes dont come across properly over the net. a few days ago, i made a post that at first may seem like i was complaining, but it was actually more about getting more reviewers and lightening the load for everyone. well of course everyone just comes in and tells me to be patient. i dont think more than 3 or 4 people actually read my original post. of course i made other posts in the same thread to clarify the point, but no one actually read them either. just bashing me for bashing the reviewers, and i also received a few emails bashing me for complaining about the job a volunteer is doing. maybe it was a bad title, maybe i shouldnt have mentioned being impatient myself, but a lil comprehention on the parts of a few people wouldve done a world of good. honestly, if i didnt enjoy geocaching so much, i wouldve been turned away from it by the words of some emails ive gotten since the beginning of my posting here in the forums. not speaking of my latest post, but some way back when i started and the emails i received from a few people because of them. luckily im a really easy going guy and laugh them off. but some people on these forums are really mean. which brings me to the second thing i dislike about internet forums. internet warriors. its easy to talk big behind a computer. Quote Link to comment
Pto Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What annoys me most about the forums isn't the angst, the banned members, the discussion or even the warnings. It's the use of information as power by withholding it. "We know something you don't, shut up, and get over it, you don't need to know, you just need to comply". Some reviewers and mods have this issue. They act like being helpful and sharing some of their knowledge is personally distasteful and that we are nothing more than trailer trash in a 5 star establishment unworthy of such profound knowledge. Fortunately this has destroyed their credibility and so when they are wading in a thread being unhelpful and causing hate and discontent, it's generally amusing. Right up until they mistreat a newbie. This is MY biggest pet peave. It happens too much around here, and is the norm on my local board. Its pretty sad when a person needs to pull this type of cr**p just to make themselves feel important, etc. Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I think the issue for alot of us is the people who are the elitists who think that everything should be the way they want it and to disagree is to be a scrub. they also feel that no one should ask any questions they may have been asked before. Hello! That's what forums are for. To discuss new things and for new people to learn new strategies for hunting caches and how to use the web site. It is that way on every web forum you go into. So you seasoned vets of this game get used to it. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't like it when people leave a sentence open-ended using these '...'. Come on , close your sentence with a '.' or a '?' or even a '!'. By not closing your sentence, its showing that you are somewhat lazy and possibly don't know what to say next ... That's just my opinion ... Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Sometimes, I use too many commas. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Sometimes, I use too many commas. I've gotten in the habit of doing this quite a bit,,,,, How do i make it stop??? Oh, and I sometimes put in too many question marks as well! Quote Link to comment
Spinny Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 From Get it Write: Another use for the ellipsis is to indicate that a sentence trails off, unfinished: "We thought the doors were locked, but just to be sure . . ." This type of terminal ellipsis always consists of three spaced dots, rather than four, with no space between the last dot and the closing quotation marks. However, we should generally avoid this construction in expository writing, including business writing, because in such contexts we want our thoughts to be clear and complete. An unfinished, incomplete construction is more appropriate in informal or creative writing. Occasionally we encounter writers who use ellipses widely and without discretion in place of other punctuation marks. Such usage is always inappropriate in professional contexts. Not only does the writer appear vague and uncertain (even, perhaps, as if he or she is not confident about using other marks of punctuation), but the writing is difficult to read in the absence of more appropriate punctuation. © 2005 Get It Write Just being pedantic. Quote Link to comment
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