How do you feel about stopping a thread in its tracks?

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-02-2012, 02:09 PM

When a short or long, popular or virulent thread suddenly comes to a halt... and you were the last one to post there... how does it make you feel? Are you glad to be the one to end it... or are you sorry you ended it? Do you feel powerful... or guilty?

red_phoenix · 04-02-2012, 04:01 PM

Definitely guilty...

Bilbo1967 · 04-02-2012, 04:03 PM

Guilty, definitely.

kindlekitten · 04-02-2012, 09:29 PM

however there are some threads that SHOULD be killed daid

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-02-2012, 10:58 PM

Sure... and the sooner, the better. (I refuse to name names.) But some threads seem reasonable and healthy... until your last post. Did you really say the last thing that needed to be said? Or did you say the thing that convinced everyone to run screaming from you?

Billi · 04-03-2012, 02:50 AM

I wouldn't feel guilty at all but on the other hand I would never assume that it has really been what I'd written that has stopped this thread. That is a little bit too presumptuous, in my mind. I don't think that with my posts I could bring anyone to write in or stay away from a thread.

Why do you ask? Did it happen to you that you've stopped a thread that had been running for a long time? Or is it more a general debate?

Sweetpea · 04-03-2012, 03:17 AM

Nobody likes to talk to me

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-03-2012, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

Why do you ask? Did it happen to you that you've stopped a thread that had been running for a long time? Or is it more a general debate?

Just talking. I have seen a few threads stop just after I've posted; and no, I don't rationally believe I was the cause of the thread's stopping.

But there's the irrational side of me (he sits next to the paranoid side of me, the conspiracy side of me, the wimpy Mirror, Mirror side of me and the sex-crazed side of me) that points to every ended thread and says, "Hey. I did that."

Then the sides argue a bit.

"No you didn't."

"I did!"

"What makes you think you have that much power?"

"Well, look! It stopped! QED!"

"You're so crazy."

"Yeah. Better not say it too loud, or the mods might cut you off."

"Yeah, they've done it before."

"Oh, yeah? When?"

"Have you seen HighKite around here lately?"

"Who?"

"There ya go."

"I hope the babes are reading this..."

Well, okay: They argue a lot.

So, anyway, this poll is for those irrational sides of us to crow or vent a bit.

red_phoenix · 04-03-2012, 08:48 AM

Man...I though I was the only one who had voices arguing inside my head. It's nice to know I'm not alone.

HomeInMyShoes · 04-03-2012, 09:18 AM

I feel shame and guilt.

I think it may have been me that killed the book dialog game thread and I felt bad, but then pdurrant managed to kill it for more than two months.

Sweetpea · 04-03-2012, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red_pheonix

Man...I though I was the only one who had voices arguing inside my head. It's nice to know I'm not alone.

My irrational side just wins way too often!

Daithi · 04-03-2012, 04:09 PM

I'd like to think that threads I've killed were either because they were going to die anyway, or because I made such a convincing argument that others realized there just wasn't anything more to say.

However, I suspect that others may have been thinking, "this guy's a jerk, but I don't feel like arguing with him."

Lately, I've actually tried to stick to the lighter subjects and areas like the Lounge. I'm trying to stay away from getting into confrontations, but every now and then I get sucked into one of the dead horse threads.

There is a poster here (not in this thread yet) who argues very well, and usually takes the exact opposite position of me on a lot of issues. I put him on my ignore list just so he wouldn't set me off.

pdurrant · 04-03-2012, 04:21 PM

Very guilty, unless it was one particular thread, when I would feel triumphant.

kindlekitten · 04-03-2012, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

I'd like to think that threads I've killed were either because they were going to die anyway, or because I made such a convincing argument that others realized there just wasn't anything more to say.

However, I suspect that others may have been thinking, "this guy's a jerk, but I don't feel like arguing with him."

Lately, I've actually tried to stick to the lighter subjects and areas like the Lounge. I'm trying to stay away from getting into confrontations, but every now and then I get sucked into one of the dead horse threads.

There is a poster here (not in this thread yet) who argues very well, and usually takes the exact opposite position of me on a lot of issues. I put him on my ignore list just so he wouldn't set me off.

that's why I pretty much stick to the lounge anymore. why bother pig wrasslin'

Bilbo1967 · 04-03-2012, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

that's why I pretty much stick to the lounge anymore. why bother pig wrasslin'

Sometimes, I'm just in the mood

View Poll Results: How do you feel about stopping a thread in its tracks?
I AM THE WORD OF AUTHORITY. BOW TO ZOD!	4	9.76%
I showed my clever today!	2	4.88%
Hmm... was it something I said?	9	21.95%
Nobody likes talking to me.	9	21.95%
Oh, God, I killed it...	17	41.46%
Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll

04-02-2012, 02:09 PM	#1
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	How do you feel about stopping a thread in its tracks? When a short or long, popular or virulent thread suddenly comes to a halt... and you were the last one to post there... how does it make you feel? Are you glad to be the one to end it... or are you sorry you ended it? Do you feel powerful... or guilty?

04-02-2012, 10:58 PM	#5
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Sure... and the sooner, the better. (I refuse to name names.) But some threads seem reasonable and healthy... until your last post. Did you really say the last thing that needed to be said? Or did you say the thing that convinced everyone to run screaming from you? Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 04-02-2012 at 11:00 PM.

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04-02-2012, 04:01 PM	#2
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Definitely guilty...

04-02-2012, 04:03 PM	#3
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Guilty, definitely.

04-02-2012, 09:29 PM	#4
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	however there are some threads that SHOULD be killed daid

04-03-2012, 02:50 AM	#6
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	I wouldn't feel guilty at all but on the other hand I would never assume that it has really been what I'd written that has stopped this thread. That is a little bit too presumptuous, in my mind. I don't think that with my posts I could bring anyone to write in or stay away from a thread. Why do you ask? Did it happen to you that you've stopped a thread that had been running for a long time? Or is it more a general debate?

04-03-2012, 03:17 AM	#7
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Nobody likes to talk to me

04-03-2012, 08:48 AM	#9
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Man...I though I was the only one who had voices arguing inside my head. It's nice to know I'm not alone.

04-03-2012, 09:18 AM	#10
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I feel shame and guilt. I think it may have been me that killed the book dialog game thread and I felt bad, but then pdurrant managed to kill it for more than two months.

04-03-2012, 04:09 PM	#12
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I'd like to think that threads I've killed were either because they were going to die anyway, or because I made such a convincing argument that others realized there just wasn't anything more to say. However, I suspect that others may have been thinking, "this guy's a jerk, but I don't feel like arguing with him." Lately, I've actually tried to stick to the lighter subjects and areas like the Lounge. I'm trying to stay away from getting into confrontations, but every now and then I get sucked into one of the dead horse threads. There is a poster here (not in this thread yet) who argues very well, and usually takes the exact opposite position of me on a lot of issues. I put him on my ignore list just so he wouldn't set me off.

04-03-2012, 04:21 PM	#13
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Very guilty, unless it was one particular thread, when I would feel triumphant.