The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[dragoner]

I thought breaking up posts was akin to trolling

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I was once on a forum on which one particular poster would break a relatively short post down into individual bits, then write a paragraph or more of rebuttal to each. Seriously; sometimes this guy would break up a single sentence to argue as if there were separate points in it.

Maybe he was just going all Roland Barthes on the posts?

"I'm not trolling you; I am trying to understand the semiotics of your posts by deconstructing the text and exposing the fact that it has multiple signifiers that do not refer to the same fixed signified."

There is a fine line between clever and stupid, after all!

 

[billd91]

I thought breaking up posts was akin to trolling

It shouldn't, if used with sensible moderation. I see it as more like posting walls of text with no paragraph breaks. It's technically OK, but really annoying if you go overboard with it.
Breaking up posts to direct responses to a particular point can be helpful if done well.

 

[Ryujin]

It shouldn't, if used with sensible moderation. I see it as more like posting walls of text with no paragraph breaks. It's technically OK, but really annoying if you go overboard with it.
Breaking up posts to direct responses to a particular point can be helpful if done well.

This guy was breaking up several sentences in order to respond to each of them, individually and differently, when they were part of a single coherent thought.

 

[billd91]

This guy was breaking up several sentences in order to respond to each of them, individually and differently, when they were part of a single coherent thought.

So he was the poster boy for using the practice immoderately.

 

[dragoner]

Yes, it's the doing it too much, and having too many breaks, as well as often posting with multiple tangents.

 

[Ryujin]

Yes, it's the doing it too much, and having too many breaks, as well as often posting with multiple tangents.

As I said, even breaking up single sentences. That's pretty extreme.

 

[dragoner]

As I said, even breaking up single sentences. That's pretty extreme.

That is totally doing it. I remember years ago, watching people troll on the myspace forums, some of it was like an art form, esp in the religion and philosophy, or politics subforums.

 

[el-remmen]

I have at least two more "True/False" poll statements lined up for tomorrow and the day after, and plan to continue to post them daily as the inspiration strikes.

Do I have a secret agenda with these posts?

 

[payn]

I have at least two more "True/False" poll statements lined up for tomorrow and the day after, and plan to continue to post them daily as the inspiration strikes.

Do I have a secret agenda with these posts?

Im sure at the end, whatever theory you had, will be proven absolutely correct.