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Title: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SdK on February 22, 2012, 02:41:57 PM
So.....when I sign on to goEMAW.com, I go through all the boards and open in separate tabs every thread that I want to read, and then subsequently go through until all the threads are gone. Then I get sad, because all the threads with new posts are gone.

Sometimes I try to stir things up so that there will be a flurry of posts to read. Sometimes I also make posts that I think were awesome, but happen after a game when everyone is busting out their opinions and I feel they go unnoticed. I debate whether I should just start a new thread or post in an existing one.

I'm hyped up on adderall, coffee, and nicotine and wanted to share. Have a great day everyone!
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: steve dave on February 22, 2012, 03:33:22 PM
I do that on some blogs I read.  open each post I'm interested in in a new tab.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Bloodfart on February 22, 2012, 04:50:28 PM
Thanks for the tips!  Now I will be able to spread my message more efficiently.   :ksu:

EDIT:  60% reading right here reading and posting 20% reading new stuff on football forum.  The rest is trolling Shaggy's football forum and their equivalent of this forum.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SwiftCat on February 22, 2012, 05:34:21 PM
I do that on some blogs I read.  open each post I'm interested in in a new tab.

Yes. I do this on other sites, but not here.

I just start on the bball board, read everything I want to read, then go to combo fanning, and read everything there. And then if I feel like it I head over to the daniel sams experience board and see whats going on over there.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: FP TC etc. on February 22, 2012, 06:40:16 PM
I do that on some blogs I read.  open each post I'm interested in in a new tab.

Yes. I do this on other sites, but not here.

I just start on the bball board, read everything I want to read, then go to combo fanning, and read everything there. And then if I feel like it I head over to the daniel sams experience board and see whats going on over there.

Pretty much exactly what I do. Lazy bbsing I suppose.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Cire on February 22, 2012, 06:44:29 PM
Exclusively use the unread topics/replies.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SdK on February 22, 2012, 07:01:41 PM
I seriously open a separate tab for every board that has unreads for me. I then go through each of those tabs opening all threads I want to read in new tabs, and deleting the board tab afterwards, then I start my goEMAW journey. Sometimes I'm like wtf, i was just in basketball, now I'm reading about Obama, then I remember.


Also, though my sig takes up a fair amount of space. It looks amazing when my computer is hooked up to my flatscreen.  :love:
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: wetwillie on February 22, 2012, 08:14:08 PM
I had no idea anyone boarded any other way than Cire just described. How Bazaar.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 22, 2012, 08:29:44 PM
Exclusively use the unread topics/replies.

yes, only go to specific boards if I've been offline a while. I most emoticons in enough threads this usually keeps me covered.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SdK on February 22, 2012, 08:34:19 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F_EwJl6gvLjWA%2FS28zD9y1roI%2FAAAAAAAABUU%2F1cuDateU7Pg%2Fs400%2Fomc.jpg&hash=ca2e0533a4e685899abbffdfd249a4fb6ff99a35)
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 22, 2012, 08:39:08 PM
I pretty much just dominate the page i'm looking at within 10 seconds and move on.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Tobias on February 23, 2012, 12:43:21 AM
I had no idea anyone boarded any other way than Cire just described. How Bazaar.

you're basically a dumbass if you do it any other way.  if you breeze through unread topics, then (and only then) you can go back to the individual boards and resurrect random crap people have forgotten about
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: jtksu on February 23, 2012, 12:49:38 AM
Check the "unread replies" until I am sufficiently depressed.  Check the "unread  whatevers,"  Wash, rinse, repreat.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: pissclams on February 23, 2012, 08:46:13 AM
i live inside of the board itself and read it from the inside out (think of it as a home).  the posts come in from the outside of my home and where i see/read  them depends on the board on which they were posted and what room of my house i'm in.  what you guys see, and what i see, come from totally different perspectives.  i don't choose when to read the posts, they choose when i'm going to read them.

the DHOTA posts appear to be read whenever i'm in the spare room i have in my house that i use for storage. i generally don't go in that room in my house but maybe once per day, to get something.  and i leave immediately.  there's really nothing in the room that interests me (otherwise i wouldn't have it in a storage room), but from time to time i have to get something (like the box that my old router came in so i could box it back up since i got a new one).

as it relates to OV,CD posts, they generally come into my home through my kitchen and my bedroom.  i know it's weird that they would come through my bedroom and kitchen, not like those two places have a lot in common in my house.  but that's how it works.  cooking and sleeping are the two things i like to do most when i'm at home so my guess is that since i like basketball the most, it's a natural fit for them to flow through my favorite rooms.  i love to cook huevos rancheros (from scratch) on saturday mornings while breaking down the k-state cats game coming on later in the day.

the PDSPF/combo fan posts appear to be read through my living room, generally when i'm laying on my couch.  although they can appear when i'm in any room in my house, it's most often that they appear to be read when i'm in the living room, watching television and what not.  no surprises here.

the DKD posts are in the sub basement of my house, and i've not been down there in at least a year, maybe 2.  i don't go into that room of my home and have no reason to, therefore i have no idea of what posts are trending down there.  it's a very stupid, dark, part of the home, and i imagine the threads there resemble it.


good talk guys, thanks for discussing message board styling with me.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Cartierfor3 on February 23, 2012, 12:11:26 PM
Exclusively use the unread topics/replies.

This.  But there a lot of threads I never read.  Like ones about Scrubs or messenger bags or most of the political ones or help cas pick an EPL team etc. 
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Stupid Fitz on February 23, 2012, 12:19:02 PM
I just click on things.  No idea about tabs, unread replies, etc.  :dunno:  Should I learn?
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: CNS on February 23, 2012, 12:20:54 PM
I just click on things.  No idea about tabs, unread replies, etc.  :dunno:  Should I learn?

Are you happy?
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: kso_FAN on February 23, 2012, 12:43:00 PM
I use unread some, but most of the time I'm only concerned with the sport in season (basketball or football). Often I find it just as easy to stay on the bball/fball board and F5 it, then click on the new posts.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: DQ12 on February 23, 2012, 01:20:13 PM
I use unread some, but most of the time I'm only concerned with the sport in season (basketball or football). Often I find it just as easy to stay on the bball/fball board and F5 it, then click on the new posts.
Me too.  But I also spend (a lot of) time combofanning.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: nicname on February 23, 2012, 01:23:46 PM
Usually go straight to the "in season board," and click through interesting topics.  Every once in a while I remember to use the unread link and then I get mad because I've missed out on all the really good thread tangents because the original topic didn't interest me.  goEMAW tangents are the best and thread titles can be very misleading to the actual intent.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Bloodfart on February 23, 2012, 01:26:46 PM
Usually go straight to the "in season board," and click through interesting topics.  Every once in a while I remember to use the unread link and then I get mad because I've missed out on all the really good thread tangents because the original topic didn't interest me.  goEMAW tangents are the best and thread titles can be very misleading to the actual intent.

Yes this you nailed it.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Trim on February 23, 2012, 01:42:55 PM
There is a correct way to bbs that prevents lukeing or missing out on good threads.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: mocat on February 23, 2012, 03:00:14 PM
The only thread that's worth looking at on the FB board is the herp derp gpc titles thread. always makes me lol

Also the renderings thread
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: michigancat on February 23, 2012, 03:03:14 PM
unread topics -> New post button
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: _33 on February 23, 2012, 03:09:53 PM
freestyle
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SwiftCat on February 23, 2012, 04:37:56 PM
unread topics -> New post button

Oh yes, definitely. I forgot to mention this in my original post. If I want to read the thread, I exclusively use the "new" button.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: kso_FAN on February 23, 2012, 04:42:59 PM
unread topics -> New post button

Oh yes, definitely. I forgot to mention this in my original post. If I want to read the thread, I exclusively use the "new" button.

Yes, great BBS feature.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Rams on February 23, 2012, 05:07:46 PM
unread topics -> New post button

Oh yes, definitely. I forgot to mention this in my original post. If I want to read the thread, I exclusively use the "new" button.

Yes, great BBS feature.

I didn't realize you could do this for like the first 6 months I was on this site.  I was so pissed at myself for not figuring it out sooner.  Pretty much changed my life.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: michigancat on February 23, 2012, 07:33:29 PM
unread topics -> New post button

Oh yes, definitely. I forgot to mention this in my original post. If I want to read the thread, I exclusively use the "new" button.

Yes, great BBS feature.

I didn't realize you could do this for like the first 6 months I was on this site.  I was so pissed at myself for not figuring it out sooner.  Pretty much changed my life.

It took me way longer than 6 months. :frown:
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: puniraptor on February 23, 2012, 07:36:52 PM
me too  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Rams on February 23, 2012, 08:14:11 PM
Thanks you guys.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: puniraptor on February 23, 2012, 09:00:00 PM
I use the home button on the keyboard to quickly get back to the top so I can click unread again as efficiently as possible.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: SdK on February 23, 2012, 09:30:03 PM
This is my second SN on here and have been around for a year and a half or so, and thanks to this thread, now know about the "new" feature.

Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 24, 2012, 06:42:38 AM
Usually go straight to the "in season board," and click through interesting topics.  Every once in a while I remember to use the unread link and then I get mad because I've missed out on all the really good thread tangents because the original topic didn't interest me.  goEMAW tangents are the best and thread titles can be very misleading to the actual intent.

yeah, some threads don't interest me at all. Like the briefcase thread for example. I was just ignoring it...but then realized it was at like 4 pages. I mean, you can't just not check it out. I hate missing stuff.
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Rams on March 12, 2012, 10:48:17 PM
I'm kind overwhelmed right now you guys.  I got super pak'd on Thursday at P&L and then had a busy weekend and didn't have any time to bbs.  Now I'm like 5 days behind and I don't even know where to start.  I mean it wouldn't be that bad during the summer or something, but I feel like I missed some premium bbs'ing with the Phillips and then the selection.  I'm just kind of bouncing around hopelessly with no rhyme or reason because I feel like I'll never catch up.  It's a sick feeling.  Anybody ever get that far behind during a good bbs'ing time like this? Any advice is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Confused in Kansas
Title: Re: Message Boarding Style
Post by: Trim on March 12, 2012, 10:50:54 PM
Any advice is appreciated.

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?action=unread;all;start=0

Open up all the pages in separate tabs.  Start on the oldest page and read the ones that look most important.  Work your way from oldest to newest that way.  Eventually go back and read them all.  Remember to hit the "new" button, not the thread titles.