# Tuckerfan - How bored are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603 "2005-06-30T23:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/81 "2005-07-03T13:31:58Z")
> [@Nicodemus2004](#): > > And maybe you’ll get the same ground-swell of support in your Pitting. > Maybe not. Exactly. There’s no difference between my theoretical urban planning URL-and-quote messages and **Tuckerfan’s** similar aerospace-related posts. However, because mine deals with a niche topic, it’ll probably be more pit-worthy. However, it’s a subject that’s just as important to me as the space-related messages are to **Tuckerfan**. If everybody posted five URL-and-quote messages about their favorite topics, the board would be a mess. If we decided that such posts are okay for “popular” topics, well … who decides what’s popular? Is it fair to those who are interested in topics that don’t have such a broad appeal? Think **Tuckerfan’s** postings are just fine? Well, how about adding five juggling-related URL-and-quote messages a day from **Opal** , five Russian monarcy-related URL-and-quoute messages from **Guin** , some daily Bible lessons from our evangelical Christian users, links to Slashdot articles from the SDMB’s Linux geeks … well, it the becomes difficult to “just ignore it.” The SDMB is a discussion board, not the equivalent of a broadcast medium or RSS feed. Ideally messages should be posted in a way that fosters intelligent discussion among its members and guests. Just IMHO, of course. Hey, if the powers that be decide one-way space and science announcements are okay, and those dealing with less popular topics aren’t, who am I to stop it? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/82 "2005-07-03T19:23:33Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Exactly. There’s no difference between my theoretical urban planning URL-and-quote messages and **Tuckerfan’s** similar aerospace-related posts. However, because mine deals with a niche topic, it’ll probably be more pit-worthy. However, it’s a subject that’s just as important to me as the space-related messages are to **Tuckerfan**. If you, and others started doing that - yes, it would be a problem. However, only a small one, really. Going on to page two of new threads isn’t _that_ onerous an operation. Like **Miller** said, I’m not likely to read any such posts you make about urban planning, but feel free to knock yourself out posting 'em. Then again, I don’t read most movie related posts, or several other ‘general’ categories of thread in the fora I do frequent. As someone who’s made OPs only to see them drop into the SDMB equivalent of the Marianas Trench without a peep (or even a single view), I can’t say I have a problem with niche audience posts. I’d just wish I knew how to make 'em more popular. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/83 "2005-07-03T20:22:53Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > As someone who’s made OPs only to see them drop into the SDMB equivalent of the Marianas Trench without a peep (or even a single view), I can’t say I have a problem with niche audience posts. I’d just wish I knew how to make 'em more popular. 😉 Key ingredients: 1 Bush 2. Cats 3. Gay rights 4. SUVs 5. Fundamentalists 6. Celebrity dipshit of the week ---
**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:** [July 3, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/84 "2005-07-03T20:56:49Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Key ingredients: > > 1 Bush > 2. Cats > 3. Gay rights > 4. SUVs > 5. Fundamentalists > 6. Celebrity dipshit of the week You forgot 7. Driving fast in the slow lane. ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/85 "2005-07-03T21:07:46Z")
Oddly enough, this pit thread provoked my first visit to the mpsims board–it’s easy to avoid–and I DO believe the “m” stands for “mindless”, does it not? That said, it appears on casual analysis to set forth a category of posts that are almost guaranteed to strike some/many as a waste of time to read. (probably that’s why I never visited) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/86 "2005-07-03T21:17:15Z")
M stands for Mundane. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/87 "2005-07-03T22:11:42Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > You forgot 7. Driving fast in the slow lane. Even better: Driving slow in the fast lane. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/88 "2005-07-04T00:16:57Z")
Here’s another experiment: Have Tuckerfan put all his links in one thread. AND Give him vBulletin powers to change the title of his thread at will. Thread titles would look something like: **Tuckerfan Tech Links: UPDATE: Deep Impact Detects Traces of Kryptonite!** ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/89 "2005-07-04T04:22:01Z")
I don’t know how bored Tuckerfan is, but I’m so bored I’ll read all of his shit. Tuckerfan is cool. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/90 "2005-07-04T17:57:10Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > …Tuckerfan is cool. Plus word on the street is that he has a very large penis, so you know that has to count for something. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/91 "2005-07-04T21:02:51Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Plus word on the street is that he has a very large penis, so you know that has to count for something. Yeah, 21. only if he’s nekkid. I’m a tucker fan and I drive a GM. Is that wrong? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/92 "2005-07-05T01:23:51Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Even better: Driving slow in the fast lane. Ah, crap. That’s what I meant. Although fast in the slow lane is also annoying. 😃 So, very large penis, eh? Are we talking 18"… ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/93 "2005-07-05T02:53:09Z")
This has taken a disturbing turn. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/94 "2005-07-05T03:52:32Z")
> [@Nicodemus2004](#): > > This has taken a disturbing turn. Glad to be of service ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/95 "2005-07-06T19:22:50Z")
Heck, if Tucker was interested in increasing his post count by reporting breakthroughs in health care, we’d have a case of [these](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/apn-health-beauty/tumepa100pa.html). [sub]Anything for a laugh.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/96 "2005-07-06T19:45:18Z")
> [@alaricthegoth](#): > > Oddly enough, this pit thread provoked my first visit to the mpsims board–it’s easy to avoid–and I DO believe the “m” stands for “mindless”, does it not? That said, it appears on casual analysis to set forth a category of posts that are almost guaranteed to strike some/many as a waste of time to read. (probably that’s why I never visited) I’m sure you’ll be missed. Poopyhead ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/97 "2005-07-06T20:46:36Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > If everybody posted five URL-and-quote messages about their favorite topics, the board would be a mess. If we decided that such posts are okay for “popular” topics, well … who decides what’s popular? Um… everybody? Look, a lot of people like **Tuckerfan** ’s threads and think they’re a valuable contribution to the boards. Does there need to be better reason to let him keep making them? Sure, maybe (well, probably) your urban planning threads won’t get as good a reception, and you might even be asked to stop posting them if they’re not getting any sort of a response. So what? Not everything about this board needs to be lawyered to death. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/98 "2005-07-06T20:55:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Um… everybody? > > Look, a lot of people like **Tuckerfan** ’s threads and think they’re a valuable contribution to the boards. Does there need to be better reason to let him keep making them? Sure, maybe (well, probably) your urban planning threads won’t get as good a reception, and you might even be asked to stop posting them if they’re not getting any sort of a response. So what? Not everything about this board needs to be lawyered to death. If people only posted things which they thought that everybody would respond to, there’d be no posting at all, since each of us are interested in different things, and none of us are interested in every single thread that’s on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/99 "2005-07-06T21:19:27Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > If people only posted things which they thought that everybody would respond to, there’d be no posting at all, since each of us are interested in different things, and none of us are interested in every single thread that’s on the board. **You Go Boy! Keep up the good work!** Nic ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603/100 "2005-07-06T21:22:52Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > If people only posted things which they thought that everybody would respond to, there’d be no posting at all, since each of us are interested in different things, and none of us are interested in every single thread that’s on the board. Well, I think **elmwood** is trying to say that if he posted as frequently as you do on a less interesting topic, he’d be told to stop or pitted more succesfully than you have been here. While that may be true, it’s not a valid reason for you to post less frequently on space-related topics. But over all, I certainly agree that threads don’t need to be universally appealing to be valubale additions to the boards, and I previously said that I’d have no problem with **elmwood** ’s hypothetical urban planning-palooza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckerfan-how-bored-are-you/310603.md?page=6)