Is it me, or are awfully written posts increasing?

[pythonmegapixel]

In the past week or so, I've seen far more than usual of:

• Posts written entirely in code tag
• Posts written in massive font, or all-caps
• Posts littered with dozens of emoji
• Posts with "PLEASE HELP ME" written bold and underlined in huge font
• Posts Written Like This With The First Letter Of Every Word Capitalised Which Is A Pain To Read And Looks Stupid
• Posts dumped in General
• Posts which quote other massive posts without snipping, or quote OP, creating needless clutter

 

More often than not they are from accounts with only a few posts.

 

Has anyone else noticed that these are increasing, or is it just me?

Why are there so many of them? Do people not look at a few other threads before posting to get some idea of how it's supposed to work?

[lewdicrous]

You're just noticing them more. It's been a thing for a while.

[kelvinhall05]

Welcome to LTT forums.

[PlayStation 2]

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

46 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

In the past week or so, I've seen far more than usual of:

• Posts written entirely in code tag
• Posts written in massive font, or all-caps
• Posts littered with dozens of emoji
• Posts with "PLEASE HELP ME" written bold and underlined in huge font
• Posts Written Like This With The First Letter Of Every Word Capitalised Which Is A Pain To Read And Looks Stupid
• Posts dumped in General
• Posts which quote other massive posts without snipping, or quote OP, creating needless clutter

 

More often than not they are from accounts with only a few posts.

 

Has anyone else noticed that these are increasing, or is it just me?

Why are there so many of them? Do people not look at a few other threads before posting to get some idea of how it's supposed to work?

I hate when people quote the entire OP.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Rig Reboot probably caused it.

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

5 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

I hate when people quote the entire OP.

 

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Rig Reboot probably caused it.

 

or when people don't -snip- images or videos.

[Moonzy]

"as the channel gets more popular, the questions keep getting stupider" - Buildzoid

[Lii]

14 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

I don't think that they are just youngsters

Rather I would say the opposite

 

Anyway he is describing a medium mobile user 

 

[pythonmegapixel]

1 hour ago, pythonmegapixel said:

In the past week or so, I've seen far more than usual of:

• Posts written entirely in code tag
• Posts written in massive font, or all-caps
• Posts littered with dozens of emoji
• Posts with "PLEASE HELP ME" written bold and underlined in huge font
• Posts Written Like This With The First Letter Of Every Word Capitalised Which Is A Pain To Read And Looks Stupid
• Posts dumped in General
• Posts which quote other massive posts without snipping, or quote OP, creating needless clutter

 

More often than not they are from accounts with only a few posts.

 

Has anyone else noticed that these are increasing, or is it just me?

Why are there so many of them? Do people not look at a few other threads before posting to get some idea of how it's supposed to work?

Yes I Agree With Every Thing That Has been Said HEre  btw pls check oout my youtube channel

 

 

 

[Sauron]

It's possible it's a little worse than usual due to new graphics cards launching.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

I have been guilty of quoting long comments a couple of times, but once is pointed out to me I have stopped.

 

Unfortunately, I'm sometimes on my phone when replying to comments and, as many will be aware, a forum is generally never as intuitive or usable on a phone as it is in a desktop format.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

It's always been that way on the forum. We have a ton of people who come and go after their questions have been answered, never to be seen again.

[pm128]

4 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

Huh funi meme man has a forum let's ask them some techy technology tech

 

[piratemonkey]

6 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

HEY excuse you. My intelligence is high (insert big brain joke). 

I have seen other people my age, and their posts are riddled with spelling mistakes and is quite annoying. It takes time to get up to speed using capitalization and punctuation and everything like that. My early posts are like that

[pm128]

My grammar is good for 14-14 yo from non English speaking Europe

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

7 minutes ago, pm128 said:

My grammar is good for 14-14 yo from non English speaking Europe

Interesting range you got there. 14 to 14 hahahahaa.

[Arika]

6 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

Always happens this time of the year. We get an influx of people because of ROGRigReboot. Some stick around after it's over. Most disappear. 

[Rybo]

9 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Welcome to LTT forums.

fixt

[TetraSky]

9 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

As the audience seemingly gets younger every year and the overall intelligence of this forum dips, I think it has gotten worse over the year.

I can assure you, it's about the same as it was in the early days of the forum.

 

Welcome to the internet. 

[PineyCreek]

Ever worked in customer service?

 

Trust me, people have been writing this way (and occasionally talking in the same fashion) for decades.

[TempestCatto]

10 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Posts written entirely in code tag

I've never seen this?

 

10 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Posts which quote other massive posts without snipping, or quote OP, creating needless clutter

My biggest pet peeve here. If I was a mod, I'd be nonstop sniping posts and alerting users as to why. It would just never end. I mean, how dumb does one really have to be?

 

 

Otherwise, I have noticed all of this as well. But it happens so often I've become mostly numb/used to it. I do think we need to do something about it though. Really damn frustrating when you're trying to help someone out, your dyslexia freaks the fuck out because they used some weird ass font and now words just don't exist anymore.

[piratemonkey]

2 hours ago, TempestCatto said:

My biggest pet peeve here. If I was a mod, I'd be nonstop sniping posts and alerting users as to why. It would just never end. I mean, how dumb does one really have to be?

Depending it might be beneficial especially with new users. They will probably not quote you when responding so then you don't see it. Also when responding to specific parts of a question it's fine. Besides that it's annoying especially with pictures or videos on op's post

[pm128]

8 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Interesting range you got there. 14 to 14 hahahahaa.

I was on a mobile phone

[straight_stewie]

15 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Rig Reboot probably caused it.

wHeN iS rIg RoG rEbOoT^Coronavirus?