Look before you post

[Pleonast]

Continuing the discussion from DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Indicted 08-01-23):

@Aspenglow

Moderating:

Many of you have gotten waylaid into another hijack. Some of you are engaging in this a lot lately. I’d rather not name names, but if you see yourself in this mod note, please be more mindful of your posts in various threads going forward to make sure you’re discussing the topic of the thread.

Discussion of Trump’s death threats in connection with this case are fine. "Whatabout"ing about Bush and Obama’s similar language belong in another thread.

As a courtesy to other posters, I do three things before posting in a thread:

1. Catch up to what’s already been posted in a thread.
2. Check the forum.
3. Check the thread title.

I still make mistakes, but I stop myself enough to not make too many.

[gnoitall]

@Pleonast

Check the forum.

This.

I don’t know how many times I catch myself about to submit a proper Pit post… in a non-Pit forum.

And you see folks getting modded and using that as their explanation a fair bit too.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

[Roderick_Femm]

@Pleonast

As a courtesy to other posters, I do three things before posting in a thread:

1. Catch up to what’s already been posted in a thread.
2. Check the forum.
3. Check the thread title.

I still make mistakes, but I stop myself enough to not make too many.

Step 1 does not, I hope, necessarily mean reading the entire thread, if you have not been following the thread closely and it is a long thread. If you come across a post you want to respond to, it should be enough to track back a reasonable distance to see what the conversation has been that led up to that post. And anyone pointing out that your point was covered in post 17 of a 100-post thread should do so politely.

[Atamasama]

4. Don’t post under the influence of alcohol, sleep deprivation, illness, or anything else that will impair your observational skills or judgment.

(Unless it’s the Pit, then it’s funny. I speak from experience.)