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Author Topic: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?  (Read 2949 times)

Katsuun

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How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« on: August 18, 2009, 07:25:14 am »
After a long, unannounced hiatus and several intercontinental journeys, I have finally returned to the DF forums. However, my departure left me to abandon several (4, at my best count) forums I had been running. This got me thinking, and after picking at the question by myself for a while, I decided to present it to the forum goers.

So basically, how annoying is it for you when somebody abandons a post they created that you are a participant in?
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2009, 07:27:09 am »
I believe you mean "threads". If this is so, then I agree whole-heartedly.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 07:33:00 am »
Yes. I promise myself that even if I lose interest, I will find a way to keep my thread going. After Penguin of Honor abandoned his RTD, I decided never to subject my players to that. It was annoying and upsetting (I was a frigging weather mage!)
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2009, 07:36:14 am »
Yeah, it seems to be a reacurring theme for any forum games.  I rarely see it happen anywhere else though.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 09:44:44 am »
I find it EXTREMELY frustrating, especially if I have a well thought out character that I like, which I usually do. A finite length hiatus is not to bad, but a thread permanently ending makes my cry inside.
Also, webcomics, I HATE when a webcomic just dies.
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Vester

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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 10:08:28 am »
Honestly discussion threads aren't that bad if abandoned. It's the RTD's and Let's Plays and Community Fortresses that sting when they're left hanging there.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 12:33:04 pm »
which reminds me, i need to get a move on with my next update for my lets play. JUST GO THERE FOR GODS SAKE!
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 01:46:50 pm »
This is exactly why I haven't started any of the bazillion forum games I want to do. Because I will get distracted, and they will fail :P Probably, anyway. Discussion threads, though, shouldn't need the OP around to stay alive, provided they were interesting to begin with.
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Vester

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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 06:27:33 pm »
Although they get derailed fast, especially the ones in Life Advice.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2009, 06:33:29 pm »
...You're talking about the Texas thread, aren't you?
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2009, 06:37:19 pm »
I HATE finding old projects or comics areound the web that have been discontinued. It makes me feel empty inside.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2009, 07:03:54 pm »
Quote from: kinseti on August 18, 2009, 06:33:29 pm
...You're talking about the Texas thread, aren't you?

:D Among other things. Although the Texas thread didn't have any guidelines beyond, "Hi, I'm from Texas, what's yours?"

Also, x2yzh9 seems to have a thing for starting a topic, then wandering off. Look what happened to the "How to get a girlfriend" thread.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2009, 07:15:45 pm »
Yes, I just realized that I used "posts" incorrectly.

Anyways, I'm guilty of this as well, and have learned from experience that I'm liable to eventually abandon anything I start out of boredom. It's probably best if I stop making things and just stick to joining existing ones, if thats the case. Thanks for the feedback guys!
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how would a Fortress based curse work?

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Rocks fall, everyone dies.

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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2009, 07:28:45 pm »
Heh. Right now I'm the first (and only) acii draw based story still active. I have such a massive ego that it appeals to me enormously.
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Re: How Annoying are Abandoned Posts?
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2009, 07:34:18 pm »
Just about everyone on this forum has a massive ego because they can understand ASCII graphics.
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