Boo! Type Better! Post Jihad Commenting
There has been a plague of "O$U", "tUoOS", "fOSU" (among other needless name calling), "lol", "rofl", "lmao", and other shortened words such as "wut" and "cuz". There has also been increasing violence and unnecessary swearing. [Note: Some swearing is alright; it can be cathartic. But the level of swearing around here lately has been over used to the point of being near meaningless.]
I'm not even concerned about grammar, punctuation, or spelling. Just 14-year-old texting habits. This isn't scout/rivals/mlive. We hold ourselves to a [slightly] higher standard.
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September 6th, 2009 at 12:29 PM ^
It's annoying, IME. No sugarcoat.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:31 PM ^
Of course, it may also just coincide with the fact that she season started and lots of people who don't come here during the off-season are coming back around. But the boards are definitely more clogged with monotonous and useless material as of late.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:32 PM ^
Amen. But how are the posts' pad level?
September 6th, 2009 at 12:40 PM ^
lol
wut
September 6th, 2009 at 12:53 PM ^
Yes, but all this will disappear once Barwis gets ahold of the 3-star commenters.
September 6th, 2009 at 1:13 PM ^
We need to keep things respectful, thoughtful and at an adult level. Generally, I like to use the following tenets as a guide to posting:
- Language, grammar and coherency is important.
- Obey the guidelines set out by Brian et al. It's their blog.
- Lively debate is encouraged.
- Disagreement is fine, as long as it's respectful.
- Opinions are fine, as long as they are supported.
- Never use immature language or namecalling.
- Geauxfurs are the exception to the above.
- Sportsmanship is always important.
Those are just my guidelines, but feel free to follow L-O-L-D-O-N-G-S if you like.
September 6th, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
+100 cocktails to you sir.
September 6th, 2009 at 1:19 PM ^
This needs to be stickied to make sure people see it and understand it.
September 7th, 2009 at 12:37 AM ^
co-signed.
September 6th, 2009 at 5:23 PM ^
FA's board moderation and role as voice of reason is a welcomed improvement to the quality of this here message board, let alone his/her excellent non-revenue sports posts.
This blog is getting better all the time. Kudos.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:23 AM ^
I felt like this post should be bumped. Plenty of poor posting going on, particularly the part about typing like 14 year olds.