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01/05/2007 04:30:13 AM · #1
Many folks have been guilty of threadcrashing at one time or another. And some of us just have a compulsion to do it, probably to compensate for lack of photography skills. Because threadcrashing is essentially my form of Tourette's Syndrome, I have adopted a set of guidelines to help keep it under control so as not to be considered some form of barnyard animal or be ejected from the site. I thought I would share them in hopes they might help others with this same affliction (you know who you are).

First, a definition...

Art's Definition of Threadcrashing: Threadcrashing (NOT Threadjacking, which I am occasionally and regretably guilty of as well) is posting a witty, clever, timely post in the middle of someone else's thread that you are not otherwise participating in, strictly for the purposes of causing liquid damage to the keyboards and monitors of the thread followers by provoking a spontaneous, uncontrollable burst of gut-busting belly laughter. Ok, the liquid damage is not required, but it's how we keep score. A ROFL or LOL, cheap laugh or mild grin are also acceptable outcomes.

Art's Threadcrashing Rules of Etiquette

1. If you have to think about posting something for more than 30 seconds, let it go. Spontanaety is a critical ingredient to a successful crash post.

2. Your post should be loosely related to the thread topic or at least the post above. Exceptions are popcorn.gifs and dead_horse.gifs.

3. Use popcorn sparingly and appropriately. Popcorn posts are appropriate (and actually useful in many cases) in threads with 10 or more posts of rapidly escalating drama OR after the first post of a thread topic that is inevitably headed for drama.

4. Don't bring out the dead horse in a frequently recurring thread topic UNTIL the horse has been beaten with at least 10 posts or so just to give folks a chance to try to resuscitate the horse.

5. NO offensive language or sexual inuendo - unless the thread topic is "!#%*&@!!" or "Post your sex talk here" or "30 Days of Sex talk and Cussing"

6. While the initial idea should be somewhat spontaneous, it is acceptable to spend a little time thinking about execution. The amount of time should be proportionate to the expected payoff (number of people involved in the thread, the general mood of the participants, etc).

7. If you can say it with a picture, do so - it is a photography site after all.

8. Avoid overuse of specific crash posts (i.e. rake, cheese, etc.) - although they are always good to bring back after they've disappeared for awhile.

9. The crash post should be universally understood by the thread readers so as to affect the broadest audience. Don't post an inside joke that only you and the OP or last poster know about.

10. PREVIEW your post first! A botched crash post is like listening to a John Kerry humor attempt.

11. Highly charged emotional threads are generally off limits unless you are 100% positive that your post will serve to bring a dead pet back to life or at least lighten the mood.

12. Avoid threads with too many SC members in them - more chance of getting slapped by the man.

13. No more than one crash post per thread. Some exceptions if the thread goes on for several hundred posts.

14. Rapid sequential multiple thread crashing (the "Gattling Gun" technique) is ok, but limit this technique to no more than once a week and no more than 5 threads and they better ALL be successful or you risk backlash.

15. In terms of reaction from the thread participants, silence is a form of backlash - you failed. If this occurs, just slide away peacefully as if nothing ever happened and lay low for a few home page thread cycles.

16. For every couple crash posts, contribute something useful to a thread or two by posting a simple "Wow, that's great news!" or "I like the third shot the best" or "I agree with [pick one of the previous posters]" - Be sincere or risk people thinking it's a botched crash post (see the last note on rule #10)

This is all I could think of off-hand. Keep in mind these are my guidelines, some of which I, myself, violate once in awhile. You are obviously free to do whatever you want. If you can think of any to add, post 'em here.

I would hope that if I ever do offend or annoy someone or cross any lines, that they would feel free to PM me and let me know. I haven't been PM'd yet, but I suspect I have annoyed some and I think I am pretty good at detecting it anyway, so you can always use rule 15 against me. If you are a member of the "I am here for the photography (and not that Expert Editing crap either) and I believe this nonsense should be banned and the threadcrashers exiled!" group, then click the drop down at the top of this page and select "Ignore" while the rest of us plot against you. ;-)

Lastly, I declare this post to be Beef free, Tofu resistant and lactose intolerant. At least up through this first post.

edit: fixed numbering. *mumbling: Rule 10!, Rule 10!, Rule 10!*

Message edited by author 2007-01-05 14:25:56.
01/05/2007 04:34:28 AM · #2
Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How dare you post this before I put my nuns habit on....gotta be a good girl ya know...or else I might be mistaken for a barnyard animal too...and one wouldn't want that now!!
01/05/2007 04:47:28 AM · #3
Just ignore me.
01/05/2007 04:47:54 AM · #4
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Message edited by author 2007-01-05 04:49:05.
01/05/2007 04:52:00 AM · #5
Originally posted by Germaine:

And Rule No. 15 is?????

Rule #15 is a result of ignoring Rule #10 when I posted. :/

OR, you can consider it the "Mystery Rule" or "Fill in the blank" rule that pretty much supercedes all other rules and allows you to wreak havoc wherever you desire.

...nah, I'm sticking with my first answer.
01/05/2007 04:53:24 AM · #6
Originally posted by Germaine:

..

Wait, now I remember - Rule #15 is NEVER edit out your post when someone already had ample time to quote you. :P
01/05/2007 04:57:31 AM · #7
Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Just ignore me.



;P
01/05/2007 05:03:28 AM · #8

01/05/2007 06:32:59 AM · #9

01/05/2007 07:09:51 AM · #10
We could also start up this thread again. Surely there is more to be said.
01/05/2007 07:19:10 AM · #11
Originally posted by quiet_observation:

We could also start up this thread again. Surely there is more to be said.

Nope. That thread should be locked. :)
01/05/2007 07:31:37 AM · #12
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

We could also start up this thread again. Surely there is more to be said.

Nope. That thread should be locked. :)



01/05/2007 07:38:44 AM · #13
Originally posted by eyewave:


"people order our patties" - if you have young children that watches cartoons you will know what cartoon that come from... :P
01/05/2007 07:41:09 AM · #14

01/05/2007 08:47:07 AM · #15
I prefer the easier rendition:

01/05/2007 09:13:49 AM · #16
Hey! I found a great recipe for Baked Alaska! :)
01/05/2007 09:27:17 AM · #17
I think threadcrashing is like stem cell research.

(This may violate rule #9. If so, I apologize.)

Liza
01/05/2007 09:32:02 AM · #18
Originally posted by idnic:

Hey! I found a great recipe for Baked Alaska! :)


I got my gear ready - let's cook!
01/05/2007 09:43:07 AM · #19
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:

Originally posted by eyewave:


"people order our patties" - if you have young children that watches cartoons you will know what cartoon that come from... :P


Oh, I thought it meant "post odd onion pictures" :-o
01/05/2007 09:48:51 AM · #20
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=370075
01/05/2007 09:49:10 AM · #21

01/05/2007 10:03:59 AM · #22
ROFL...very funny material:-)

Speaking of beating a dead horse:
How about this CNN news article " Really cold case: Why is man sitting on dead horse?" for a thread jack for ya?;-)

//www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/05/dead.horse.ap/index.html
01/05/2007 10:10:01 AM · #23
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Lastly, I declare this post to be Beef free, Tofu resistant and lactose intolerant. At least up through this first post.


hey! as a lactose-intolerant-american, i take great offense at this...

SC, i demand this thread be locked!
01/05/2007 10:15:11 AM · #24
Originally posted by elru21:

I think threadcrashing is like stem cell research.


what? legal, but not federally funded?

and scott, yes... i have a 3 year old and i know all about poop...

my favorite part of that episode is the abrupt and sudden ending...
01/05/2007 10:50:31 AM · #25
Did somebody say, "Coffee?"
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