Please allow me to express my personal opinion about something. I say "personal opinion" because I want it to be clear that this is not a new forum policy. It's just a suggestion and a request. I have always found all forums that I have ever owned or helped manage to be better off when the moderators did their moderating with a light touch.
One of my pet peeves is the SUBJECT line, both in forums and in emails.
Want to annoy me? Send me an email with no subject.
If you can't be bothered to put a subject line, for whatever reason, (whether you don't think it's important, you are in a rush, or your brain can't figure out what the email is actually about), then I can't be bothered to read it.
When it comes to forums, I frequently see people putting some generic words or phrase in the subject line. Something that has zero description as to the topic of discussion.
My best guess is that some people think that they are making it a teaser and that some people will not be able to resist clicking on it out of curiosity to find out what the post is about.
Not me. I just pass it right by.
So if you want to talk about me behind my back in plain sight, put a subject line like this:
So, I was thinking ...
I'll be sure to pass it by.
On the other hand, if you want me to actually read it, put a subject line like this:
Kevin is a Turd
- or -
Review of New Balkan Sobranie
Anyway, in my opinion, generic, nondescript subject lines are either someone thinking they are being clever when they are not, or someone just being lazy.
One more thing - can you please use the teeny tiny bit of extra effort to Capitalize Each Word as the subject is an actual Title.
One of my pet peeves is the SUBJECT line, both in forums and in emails.
Want to annoy me? Send me an email with no subject.
If you can't be bothered to put a subject line, for whatever reason, (whether you don't think it's important, you are in a rush, or your brain can't figure out what the email is actually about), then I can't be bothered to read it.
When it comes to forums, I frequently see people putting some generic words or phrase in the subject line. Something that has zero description as to the topic of discussion.
My best guess is that some people think that they are making it a teaser and that some people will not be able to resist clicking on it out of curiosity to find out what the post is about.
Not me. I just pass it right by.
So if you want to talk about me behind my back in plain sight, put a subject line like this:
So, I was thinking ...
I'll be sure to pass it by.
On the other hand, if you want me to actually read it, put a subject line like this:
Kevin is a Turd
- or -
Review of New Balkan Sobranie
Anyway, in my opinion, generic, nondescript subject lines are either someone thinking they are being clever when they are not, or someone just being lazy.
One more thing - can you please use the teeny tiny bit of extra effort to Capitalize Each Word as the subject is an actual Title.
