# Posting styles you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999 "2011-11-05T22:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/221 "2011-11-18T13:03:01Z")
Posting a link to Wikipedia isn’t an answer to a question (no, not even to a question that can be answered by a link to Wikipedia). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/222 "2011-11-18T13:24:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [AUGH, what is this 80’s song?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939) if you read from the start, post 25 is pure gold. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/223 "2011-11-18T21:10:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Not many people know that…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283407) > [AUGH, what is this 80’s song?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939) Thank you for the originating references, much obliged. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/224 "2011-11-18T23:27:12Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Posting a link to Wikipedia isn’t an answer to a question (no, not even to a question that can be answered by a link to Wikipedia). Sure it is, it’s just the answer to the question the OP didn’t, but probably should have, asked themselves - which is, “what page would a 10 second google search provide me that contains the answer to this question I probably shouldn’t waste everyone’s time with?” ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/225 "2011-11-19T07:21:55Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > Or conversely, starting a post or email with “Dear All”. It’s simultaneously familiar and impersonal. I get you’re including everyone (hence the “all,”) but to me it’s contradictory. “Dear” should be reserved for singling someone out (“Dear Uncle Bob”), not addressing a group of people. I see your point, but I’d bet that most people read “Dear” in that context as a word announcing the beginning of a letter or email, rather than a term of affection. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/226 "2011-11-19T13:47:39Z")
Probably guilty of this myself, but here goes: When a poster begins by saying, “As most of you probably already know…”. Usually, I have NO idea what they are talking about, and their username is generally completely unfamiliar to me. Seems pretty ballsy to assume you’re that memorable. I hate when people quote poetry or song lyrics and it goes on forever. Especially when it’s the sole content of their post. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/227 "2011-11-19T14:10:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Not many people know that…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283407) Oh man I am laughing all over again at that. In particular **Cervaise** ’s first post, which I think is the wittiest thing I’ve ever read on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/228 "2011-11-19T15:11:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Oh man I am laughing all over again at that. > > In particular **Cervaise** ’s first post, which I think is the wittiest thing I’ve ever read on the SDMB. **Cervaise** didn’t post in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/229 "2011-11-19T18:10:07Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > **Cervaise** didn’t post in that thread. Why didn’t I read your post instead of spending the last 10 minutes looking for **Cervaise’s** post? WHY? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/230 "2011-11-19T18:13:36Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > – when someone posts a link with no description of the video, audio, or text behind the link. Please provide a summary or a quote of the relevant portion. If its an image of a celebrity at least provide identification. > > – signing posts Yes, to both. I hate the whole “what do you think of this” type post. If you think it’s important enough to start a thread about, you can post a summary or cut & paste a paragraph or two. I also agree with **Little Nemo** when he sez _"I hate those “I deny the existence of this work” posts. Something “I really loved The Matrix. Thank God they never made a sequel to it.”_ Also here in the Pit, when someone complains about posting style, immediately a number of 8 year olds will post exactly that (don’t we have a age requirement?). It’s rarely funny. I also hate “Here let me fix that for you”. Not funny, and sometimes against the rules, depending on how done. Joke answers to the OP in GQ- before the real answer has been posted. Sure, once a solid authoritative answer has been posted, then make your little pathetic penis jokes. (and by that I mean _your penis_ is little and pathetic). ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/231 "2011-11-19T18:21:17Z")
It would be much harder to come up with a posting style I actually like, rather than the low hanging fruit of almost everyone who posts. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/232 "2011-11-19T18:22:24Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > **Cervaise** didn’t post in that thread. > [@Cat Whisperer](#): > > Why didn’t I read your post instead of spending the last 10 minutes looking for Cervaise’s post? WHY? Mea culpa. :o I meant the [death ray](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225) thread which isn’t even linked here. No idea how I found it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/233 "2011-11-19T18:32:07Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > It would be much harder to come up with a posting style I actually like, rather than the low hanging fruit of almost everyone who posts. You’re not even on the tree anymore. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/234 "2011-11-19T18:38:24Z")
The worst possible posting style would be complaints about how other people post. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/235 "2011-11-19T18:48:53Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > The worst possible posting style would be complaints about how other people post. Very postmodern. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/236 "2011-11-19T19:43:12Z")
> [@fxmastermind](#): > > the worst possible posting style would be complaints about how other people post. whatabout unitelligeble&\*^^ gibberish&^^&(^(^(^??? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/237 "2011-11-19T20:52:48Z")
From the incredibly inane and seemingly endless trolling thread ‘[Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602177&page=29)’: > [@Rantings about stupid nuclear reporting, and I want to bitchslap somebody, also other crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantings-about-stupid-nuclear-reporting-and-i-want-to-bitchslap-somebody-also-other-crap/576077/1424): > > When I first read that I wasn’t sure, but I have to agree now. He really was a complete waste of time. > > The few possible candidates were all locked, and I was told by a Mod not to start a thread about Fukushima. > > I almost bitched about it at the time, but then I realized, nobody gives a fuck. This is pretty much a good representative sample from the thread in question. Here FXM is trolling for people to pay attention to him by quoting a post made by levdrakon pages and pages ago (not that I’m going to go back and see exactly where Lev posted that in a 29 page cluster fuck of a thread). On the page in question, FXM’s posts are about 80% of all the posts on the page, with a few guest appearances from notable posters such as gonzo, and a couple one off posts by a few others. It’s almost exclusively the FXM show, and has been for most of the thread. I’d say if there is one posting style I REALLY hate (besides the drive by link from gonzomax) it’s this. Why the mods continue to allow this bullshit is a mystery to me. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/238 "2011-11-19T21:24:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Joke answers to the OP in GQ- before the real answer has been posted. Sure, once a solid authoritative answer has been posted, then make your little pathetic penis jokes. (and by that I mean _your penis_ is little and pathetic). GQ: It’s serious business. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/239 "2011-11-19T21:56:17Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > GQ: It’s serious business. So’s my dick. It’s a turf war. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999/240 "2011-11-19T22:09:53Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > So’s my dick. It’s a turf war. Your dick is a turf war? Are you trying to manscape out the crabs or something? Jesus, man. See a doctor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999.md?page=13)