Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today
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@xaade said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
I think it would be really helpful if all threads in this forum were identifiable by the number of 'Re's at the beginning.
This thread is about whooshing airplanes.
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Also, it just struck me - why in god's name does NodeBB encourage chaining topics via "Re:"? These originate from the email world where they're used to chain the email equivalent of single posts into the equivalent of topics.
In the forum world, you can just reply to an existing topic or create a new topic with a real name if you must!And just to stay on topic:
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@createdtodislikethis I couldn't think of what better to have it put for the title when you reply as a new topic, other than leaving it blank and forcing you to think of something original... anyway, it's right there in the title field when you do, so you can just change it if you want to.
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@anotherusername said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
other than leaving it blank and forcing you to think of something original
Looks good to me.
In fact, if you're replying to a post in a new topic, "Re: <old topic>" is the worst topic title to use - you're replying in a new topic exactly to avoid the old topic and just focus on the single post.
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@createdtodislikethis said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
In fact, if you're replying to a post in a new topic, "Re: <old topic>" is the worst topic title to use
Oh, I think I could think of worse ones...
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@anotherusername said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
leaving it blank and forcing you to think of something original
That's what the NodeBB "reply as new topic" button at the end of the page does. The one that adds
Re:
is a WTDWTF extension that is intentionally ugly.
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@ben_lubar said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
intentionally ugly
Are we that hip?
To keep this on topic, the whoosiest plane ever:
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I like this plane
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@raceprouk it is quite plain
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@createdtodislikethis said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
whooshing airplanes
The five Chinese ones?
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@ben_lubar said in Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bigly list of things that were true 30 years ago, but not today:
That's what the NodeBB "reply as new topic" button at the end of the page does.
Ah... right. Yeah, it was annoying so I made my option put a default... even if it is a bad default...
The one that adds
Re:
is a WTDWTF extension that is intentionally ugly.Uh... I guess? More like I was lazy and wanted to have a title, even if it's a bad title, without always having to think of a title.