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Be honest.

On any forum there are good threads and there are bad threads. This forum is not an exception. There are plenty of bad threads here.

But why? What do you think makes a thread bad?

Me posting makes the thread die HARD.

Bad threads have no humorous or productive content.

madcat7673 posting makes the thread die HARD.

This thread is bad and you should feel bad !

This one. A thread aboot a thread = FAIL in my books.

I double-posted, now don't post let's watch it die.

when a thread spirals off into hi-larious combos or desu spam

Hey you guys hear about that tf2 update with the shop?

No.

I think troll thread (unless counter-trolled, like that u2uber thread), or stupid thread.

Or one with madcat7673.

Okay, is there any way that we could work together to make a lower percentage of bad threads?

Yeah.
It's called not making shitty threads.

But are all threads bad at the beginning?

Or do they become bad over time?

Can bad threads be turned into good threads?

Be more specific.

What is a thread?

A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF BADNESS! But enough talk, HAVE AT YOU!

A lot of bad threads work like this:

"I have an opinion, so I'll make a thread asking everyone else their thoughts on the subject, but use it to talk abut myself."

Bad threads have no DESU.

you just said desu

To be fairly honest, I consider a thread to turn bad when it runs out of constructive posts about it and is then taken over by troll/spam/flood posts.

Trolls and flood are always a sign of lack or loss of interest.

Okay, is locking threads that no one is interested in unfair?

Or is it ending a threads misery?

It really depends on your viewpoint.

If you're a true spammer, one who continues to bump and necro threads with trite posts, it is likely you will dismay when your favorite reaction face thread is lost within the annals of the internet.

If you're like me, you're sick of seeing the same shit over and over, taking up the space below the JFF forum title and blocking out other potentially constructive threads.

GIS for "Bad Thread"

I think a thread is bad when you can't even scroll through it, because it's so lagged down by images we don't really need in the first place
Like wallpaper threads, waste of space. I know we enjoy them and seeing what everyone has for a wallpaper, but the images lag the thread so badly, I just ragequit and go to a different thread. (I've done it myself, I'm not putting the blame on anyone ._.)

In my opinion a good thread is one where everyone participates. Threads like getting to know you it's enoyable to see how people answer the questions you ask, and no one is lagging it down with pictures everyone has seen over 9000 times. cough Vlad cough

embed spam to add to moarguns point

^ buy faster internet.

But in general I kinda get sick of the same things over and over, should actually contribute to the problem and piss people off, would be funny.

One cannot just buy faster internet.

Also, when the computer's taken, i visit KYM on my wii, so embed spam owns it.

And I agree with tomberry and moargun. The best threads are the ones where everyone participates, and where there's alwyas something fresh and constructive to do in it.

Using Moargun's example, the getting to know you thread has a variety of questions, changing daily, so it's always new and fun.

I like how close this is to the new member thread.