When you post a + thread, do you prefer (+) or [+] or what?

[niklinna]

Hey kids! What is your favorite way to set off a + sign when posting a [+] thread (or a (+) thread, or a <+> thread, or a “+”, or a «+» thread...)?

 

[Morrus]

Oh god.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I vote -(-).

This thread is the real deal! These are the hard hitting topics we need to discuss for our hobby in 2023.

 

[niklinna]

I vote -(-).

This thread is the real deal! These are the hard hitting topics we need to discuss for our hobby in 2023.

Oh crap I didn't make it a {+} thread.

 

[pemerton]

I voted for [+], persuaded by your "sturdiness" rhetoric.

Then I looked at the title for the only + thread I've created: Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+)

So apparently I should have voted "this is all so confusing"!

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Finally a thread discussing something truly important.

I voted for brackets. I think square brackets speak with editorial voice rather than the authorial voice of parentheses, and, as +ifying a thread is taking an editorial license with other people's commenting options, square brackets seems more authentic to the +'s function.

Just throwing a + out to the winds unprotected is, of course, unseemly. Naturally it's only so long until some maverick or renegade uses curly brackets or chevrons, but such innovations should also be condemned as meaningless egotistical affectations.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I voted for [+], persuaded by your "sturdiness" rhetoric.

Then I looked at the title for the only + thread I've created: Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+)

So apparently I should have voted "this is all so confusing"!

Just remember it's not hypocrisy to recognize the error of your ways.

 

[Campbell]

I voted for [+], persuaded by your "sturdiness" rhetoric.

Then I looked at the title for the only + thread I've created: Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+)

So apparently I should have voted "this is all so confusing"!

It is not too late to edit the title of the Torchbearer thread to use brackets.

 

[pemerton]

Just remember it's not hypocrisy to recognize the error of your ways.

It is not too late to edit the title of the Torchbearer thread to use brackets.

I think I'll leave it as it is - a modest testament to the errors each of us is a capable of.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

I'm a minimalist, I like very simple game systems, and I like my +'s to just stand for themselves! Obfuscation is for the devious!