Weird, Im getting annoyed with that too. Just this morning I was trying to figure out how to use the search feature to find all posts containing only a smilie so I could get a count on them. Perhaps Oracle knows how to do this.
It's not possible, unless there's no bbcode unfortunately
I've noticed a lot of it recently, and some topics are also getting wildly off topic...
This is sort of expected. Occasioanlly the topic of a thread swings in a different direction because of someones comment. Even though the new direction is off topic it is often an interesting topic (for example the dadsherms computer science thread which turned into a discussion on parsers, my fault sorry). If a new topic is started it makes it more difficult to quote people.[/quote]
That sort of off-topicness is fine. I'm talking about what na_th decscribes here:
I've seen threads where someone asked, someone replied and that was done, and then someone else posted an one liner and began a one liners battle that lasted three pages.
Strenghten the forum rules? I don't see that's a solution, 'cause I always said that represion causes rebelty and "upsetness". All we need is a call. And some action. Please ignore one liners, don't reply to them. When people are not attended they get bored, that's a fact. If one liners feel that they are annoying... well, that could prevent them from keeping posting unsenseless scum.
Nobody is changing rules, just changing thresholds at which they get annoyed enough to enforce some of them
. You've said you're fed up - so I'm trashing useless one-liners from now on, cos I'm also getting fed up. As an admin I feel I have to read as much of the forum as possible, so I get annoyed also when I see rubbish...
Anyway, I just wanted to stick in my one liner that I agree...Although what if you simply have to say "But I'm not sure I understand...you have to AND bit 4 with the resulting INP bit?"
That's a one liner, and the only way you could make it longer is by putting a bunch of smilies and stupid comments.
That's a fine one-liner. It askes a relevant question to the topic. I'm talking about posts that don't
contribute anything
I have a small idea too help out with the one liner spamers. If someone does that they get a warning the first time (there could be exceptions though, if there just saying stuff right to the point...). Second time maybe is a tempory supension of the account. Third is banning the person.
We've got a 3-strike system here anyway, and span is considered a warning, however I feel it's probably waaaay too harsh to give warnings out for just one rubbish post... that doesn't mean I'm not going to if someone is acting the fool all the time.
