Continuing the discussion from Shame on you?:
This only works if the thread title is descriptive.
For example the posts above are from a thread titled only “Shame on you?” which is not descriptive enough. Shame on you for what? After reading the opening post, the thread is about posters being moderated for going off topic. I’d suggest a more descriptive title like “Off-topic moderation: Shame on you?” or “Moderator tone: Shame on you?”.
Good idea. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it at the time! I’ll flag it for a mod (as if they don’t have enough flags).
Heh, I already flagged your thread. The mods encourage flags because they can’t be everywhere.
The intent of this thread is to discuss how important thread titles are to keeping threads on topic. I didn’t want to hijack your thread.
Yes, descriptive titles definitely help.
So does actually reading the OP. A lot of people just go off of the thread title without reading the OP or reading earlier posts in a longer thread. This often causes issues when the OP can’t be easily summarized within the limited character length of the thread title.
So, along the same lines, “read before posting” is another good tip.
Yes, we do. Sometimes we’re a bit terse when responding to them, but that’s only because we’re probably in a hurry. We very much appreciate flags. We would rather have too many flags than too few.