I think that a description or summary of something is required to make a new thread on a board. This gets especially bad on Music, Animation, Comics, Films, Games, Litereature, Music, Missions, and Sports (Almost all of them).

There are too many threads that don't include a description. That's why the threads die. Because it opens up no room for discussion.

Here's an example: http://dollars-bbs.org/music/res/1315181246.html

It has the name of the band as the title. It has a picture. The description basically consists of, "I like this band. Look it up if you don't know it. Anyone else like it?" The grammar is bad.

It has 24 posts that mostly consist of, "I like this band" and "I don't like this band."



Nobody can now make a new thread for that because it's a duplicate. If threads like this got saged, people will be more willing to put up descriptions of shit they're talking about.

Here's a thread that's designed the way I want it: http://dollars-bbs.org/music/res/1341933360.html

It's Title is the name of the band (and a bunch of other shit that isn't nessissary). It has a picture. It has a description of the band, and it has good grammar and spelling.

I can't say much for the comments the thread has, but now it opens up more room for a discussion. Instead of everyone saying, "I like this band." People can now discuss it.



The threads withotu a description are like saying, "If you don't know what this is then fuck off." The threads with descriptions are more open to other members who don't know what it is and introduces people to new things.

I personally am picky about music, so I won't try just any band. What if it was a genre that I didn't like? If I know more about it, then I will be more willing to try it because I know what to expect. I know have two chances to comment. I can comment and say that it sounds cool, or I can comment after I try it and say what I think.

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I didn't check for duplicate, but I know that this thread is different from the word limit thread. With a word limit, a thread can still be uninformative. This suggestion's asking to require informative threads.

"Nobody can now make a new thread for that because it's a duplicate"

Uhh what? You DO know you can make a duplicate thread if the duplicate thread is better, right? Better and longer description, etc. Unless that isn't what you meant. Please clarify.

And how are we going to check to make sure a thread is informative? Like insert said, we can always make a new, informative thread if it's something we like (as I've done on mulitple occasions). To be honest, though, your idea is way too similar to Navi's thread about New Thread Restrictions.

>>2 Let me reword that. Many people think that they can't make a new thread because it's a duplicate. Even if it's more informative. I only know that because I read the new FAQ. I don't remember reading it on the old FAQ.

>>3 I don't know how. I just think it's a good idea. I was talking about the thread restrictions when I posted the last part. That's more "Make ist a certain length. This is more "Require detail".

Again, I'd love dome ideas on hoow to do this if anyone agrees. I'm just tired of the mass amounts of threads that have no deatails.

>>4 The duplicate thread FAQ has been there since the first thread. Maybe the wording lead people to think it was all bad or something, but then again, if people read the entire thing, they would have gotten it. So... Anyway.

If you're tired of it, you could do what Sleep does, ask the OP to remake the thread with a better description or something. That's being proactive about the problem. As it's only just one, to at the most like four or something, people doing such thing, it's not gonna get much things done.

>>5 This is why I like you.

Everything everybody has said, and also I've seen quite a few threads with proper descriptions die just as fast and have just as simple replies as the ones with no description. I just think that if people have nothing to say they will say nothing in response to a sentence or in response to three paragraphs.

And yeah, I guess I support having threads with descriptions, but I don't see how you'd enforce that. I don't even think enforcing it is a good idea. It's already something we recommend people do, I say we just continue doing that or lead by example.

"when people make another one they get all hell blown at them because it's a duplicate, whether it's better or not."

Rebutting to this because I strongly disagree with this. The people who are in the wrong here are the ones doing the hell blowing, and I've hell blowed the fuck out of them back, because they're hell blowing over a perfectly better thread than the original. It's even stated in the FAQ, as I've said before. Now, I've seen this only happen like three times, and in the Animation board, and I check all the damn boards to see stuff. So I would know, and I would also hell the fuck blow these guys off for doing such an act.

I'm not gonna bother reading anything else, I'm too lazy today. Just responded to that sentence because it caught my eye.

Uhh, why delete your posts?

Because it wasn't productive for this thread. I think this thread has potential to help the bbs and those comment didn't help it any.

Oh. Fair enough I guess.

>>7 \:D/

My exact thoughts, lol

>>14 Wooohoo! Well I'm glad I saved you the trouble of typing that up then.

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