Starting a new topic

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Vikas


I think I need to find somebody here on the forum, make him my mortal enemy and go relentlessly after him. Would it work?


Maybe youve already rubbed folks the wrong way so they ignore your posts?

 

[FoxS]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: Vikas


I think I need to find somebody here on the forum, make him my mortal enemy and go relentlessly after him. Would it work?


Maybe youve already rubbed folks the wrong way so they ignore your posts?


Like GHT?

 

[Vikas]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Maybe youve already rubbed folks the wrong way so they ignore your posts?


Really? I wonder who is that lucky person! I am glad that *you* are still responding

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
Is there something that I can do to wind up you guys?

Yes, you could become a troll. We've had quite a few of them here. I value them for the entertainment they provide.

 

[KrisZ]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Talk about thinking of buying a car you can't afford. Or you could afford it after your big yard sale.
Buy a car with an overdue timing belt and brag about your new stereo you put in, assembled by chinese laborers and sold at walmart.
Dispute statistics and anecdata in the gun section.
Make extravagant claims of mismatched 12 year old tires with wrong load ratings holding the road great at 100 MPH.
Scan owners manuals of worldwide cars from tropical places that recommend 20W50 oil.





All true and tried methods to get BITOG going.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
Why is that when I create a new topic, it slowly dies down? I wish I had the gift that some you have which allows the topic to go in to full flame fest. Like a clockwork, all you have to do is to look at the author of the topic and you know instantly if you need to grab popcorn or not. I start a topic which I think is interesting but you guys just give up on me. Is there something that I can do to wind up you guys?


Consider it a compliment. Come for an answer and get a good BITOG response. In and out service.

Post and just be a pot stirrer and expect a long ration of who-who? Everybody used to think I was Mr. Trouble or something, but never once have I started a topic with the expectation of a long multipage thread about nothing. OK there was the ROCK, but that was humor.

Seriously don't have the expectation: "lot of responses - must be good" and life will be good.

Back to work.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
The thing is some people can start a completely innocuous topic which have none of that characteristics and it still ends up in a huge fight and the topic gets locked.


Since you mentioned that, it happens all the time to me when I mention my Prius. Not sure if this good or bad though.

 

[KrisZ]

Originally Posted By: Pablo


Consider it a compliment. Come for an answer and get a good BITOG response. In and out service.


That's how I spot posters that I feel are knowledgable and try to seek their advice. In and out, concise posts that go straight to the matter at hand. They may be "dry" on the fluff material and some people may find these posts as rude, but to me these kinds of posts are a sign of analytical mind or left brained person. All good traits for problem solving or getting an honest advice. That's not to say that only these people are worth listening to. We have plenty of members that can give great advice or info and present it in a form that enjoyable to read, or downright funny. But these posters are harder to spot in my opinion.
The drama queens have usually no useable knowledge so they make it up with, well drama. Typical mentality of bigger post count = more knowledge. This probably works on most forums out there, but fortunately not here.

 

[Vikas]

Becoming serious for a second, it is very unfortunate that all you have to do to see if a topic is going to be locked soon is to look at who started it. The topic itself seems to be immaterial and could be as simple as "is sky always blue?" but it will get locked if it was opened by those type of people.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
Becoming serious for a second, it is very unfortunate that all you have to do to see if a topic is going to be locked soon is to look at who started it. The topic itself seems to be immaterial and could be as simple as "is sky always blue?" but it will get locked if it was opened by those type of people.


OK, I'm going to ignore this one.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

Start a thread asking about which product should buy, ignore all advice given, change the products you're considering constantly, end up buying something completely different than what you ever listed, and then turn around to belittle everyone who has given you advice and call you out for your lack of logic. That seems to get ~40 pages of discussion.

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
Why is that when I create a new topic, it slowly dies down? I wish I had the gift that some you have which allows the topic to go in to full flame fest. Like a clockwork, all you have to do is to look at the author of the topic and you know instantly if you need to grab popcorn or not. I start a topic which I think is interesting but you guys just give up on me. Is there something that I can do to wind up you guys?


If you start flaming buster, it would work for me.

 

[FoxS]

Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
Start a thread asking about which product should buy, ignore all advice given, change the products you're considering constantly, end up buying something completely different than what you ever listed, and then turn around to belittle everyone who has given you advice and call you out for your lack of logic. That seems to get ~40 pages of discussion.

GHT

(Am really just posting to keep the thread alive for Vikas' ego)

 

[01rangerxl]

Pick a more controversial topic, or divulge every detail of your life for the world to see. Bad decisions preferable.

 

[Trajan]

Start one saying you're leaving.

 

[Whitewolf]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2

I think I need to find somebody here on the forum, make him my mortal enemy and go relentlessly after him. Would it work?


I'll play if you want, what topic?

 

[The Critic]

I was hoping for my Monroe Brake Service video thread to get pages of commentary, but boy was I disappointed.