Use descriptive thread titles, please

[chrisbliss18]

Lately I have noticed a string of horrible thread titles. Not to pick on anyone in particular but the following titles are very bad and don't help people know what the thread is about: "breaking news", "photos", "Steam", "Problem...", "hey", "Epic win", "Ownage", etc.

Please for the benefit of readers that may or may not want to read your thread, use a descriptive title for every one of your threads.

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[Icarus]

Lately I have noticed a string of horrible thread titles. Not to pick on anyone in particular but the following titles are very bad and don't help people know what the thread is about: "breaking news", "photos", "Steam", "Problem...", "hey", "Epic win", "Ownage", etc.

Please for the benefit of readers that may or may not want to read your thread, use a descriptive title for every one of your threads.

</rant>

Dude theres about three new threads a day and it takes about five seconds to get the gist of any thread.

 

[blackhawksniper]

Dude theres about three new threads a day and it takes about five seconds to get the gist of any thread.

Ya, but I would have to agree with chrisbliss, it is pretty annoying

 

[Macaroni]

Thanks, I think the same.

 

[Caval1er]

I like the surprise! (jk it is annoying)

 

[Baron Rojo]

lol this is funny.

 

[Selmuir]

Yeah i like the thread names, you open them and they surprize you....

 

[Deathscythe]

just open the thread up and find WTB is going on

 

[Evil-Jester]

^^

 

[sokO]

Doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Zopy]

Yeah, I agree with Chris.

There's a few forums around that give you a temp ban if you use undescriptive thread titles.

 

[Icarus]

This isn't one of these forums though.

 

[Rellik]

i don't mind "vague" thread titles. but completely pointless/confusing/WRONG titles are annoying

 

[Ducttape]

: um

 

[apocalypsefu]

People post threads here?

 

[chrisbliss18]

But it is a problem. I don't look at a thread once. I look at a thread and if I like the topic, I like to come back and see what other responses have been made. Unfortunately, that's difficult when there are so many threads with worthless titles.

Seriously, how hard is it to spend a moment to put a title that actually describes what the thread is about? If the thread isn't worth a decent title, then throw what you have in the ShoutBox and not into a thread.

I don't want to ban anyone or scold anyone. All I want is for thread posters to realize that thread titles are important to some people, not hard to do decently, and can make a difference on whether people will bother to look at your thread.

 

[DrunkenSailor]

I am with Chriss on this one, if the title isnt interesting then I move on down the list.

 

[Legend]

Doesn't bother me at all.

Yea I dont find it much of a problem

 

[Blindsfell]

I look at almost every thread so it dont bother me much either..... but anywho, you could just keep ur mouse over the thread and read the first sentence instead and thread the intro to the post.

 

[Dreadmaker]

/agree.

better titles are ALWAYS better.