The dynamics of a forum

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Black Ace

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Some might consider this to be madness-forum material, but I consider it dead serious. I translated it from romanian.

How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?

1 to change the lightbulb.

1 to post and announce the rest of the forum that the lightbulb is changed.

14 to share the experience and talk about new and diverse ways of changing lightbulbs.

7 to warn on the dangers that might occur during a lightbulb change.

27 to correct grammatical mistakes that were made in the posts about lightbulb changing. ( you know who you are...)[!--emo&:p--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

53 to mock the ones that corrected the mistakes.

2 pros in the field that warn that the correct term is "lamp", and not "lightbulb".

12 to claim that they've worked in the field and "lightbubl" is just as correct as "lamp".

109 to say that the forum is not about lightbulbs and the topic should be moved on a forum about lightbulbs.

111 to claim that, as long as we all use lightbulbs, the discussion is usefull on the forum.

306 to discuss what are the best ways of changing a lightbulb, what are the best lightbulbs, and where can you find the cheapest ones.

27 to post links to sites where you can view different lightbulb models.

14 to warn that the links don't work and to post the correct links.

33 to quote what others have said in the past and reply with "me to."

6 to advise to use the "search" function.

12 to announce they are giving up the forum due to the division caused by the subject.

143 to say "do a google search first, and then, if you don't find anything about lightbulbs, THEN post on the forum".

16 posts in which 2 users have a discussion without any connection to lightbulbs.

24 posts in which they're warned to use e-mail or PM.

1 mod to warn that if all this doesen't stop, he'll close the topic.

1 newbie to post 6 months after the topic died and start it all over again.

There you have it... [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Marvelous [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]

The rats in the cellar...
[!--QuoteBegin-Black Ace+Nov 21 2005, 06:32 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Black Ace @ Nov 21 2005, 06:32 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]...you know who you are
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This one's classic [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
I could identify every single category within our own board [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] this is just excellent!
 
[!--QuoteBegin-charlotte+Nov 21 2005, 04:43 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(charlotte @ Nov 21 2005, 04:43 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Marvelous  [!--emo&:lol:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--]

The rats in the cellar...
[!--QuoteBegin--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]...you know who you are[/quote]
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Or doooooooooo you? Or doooooooo you?
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No I don't actually. [!--emo&-_---][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sleep.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sleep.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Black Ace+Nov 21 2005, 09:32 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Black Ace @ Nov 21 2005, 09:32 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]27 to correct grammatical mistakes that were made in the posts about lightbulb changing. ( you know who you are...)[!--emo&:p--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
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Since the phrase "you know who you are" is actually a new sentence, the first word should have been capitalized.

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You missed one:

- 12 to claim that Adrian Smith invented the lightbulb.
 
I reckon there would probably be:

400 to tell the newbie to shut the fuck up. The topic died years ago.
3 to say the lightbulb has blown again and the newbies discussion proved useful.
15 to say 'here we go again...'
 
9 to say "hey, he's new here, go easy on him"
13 to continue the discussion on lightbulbs
22 to beg a moderator to close the topic
19 to post a reply to the very first post without reading the thread and realizing that it was bumped
55 to say "lol"
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+Nov 24 2005, 06:39 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun @ Nov 24 2005, 06:39 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]9 to say "hey, he's new here, go easy on him"
13 to continue the discussion on lightbulbs
22 to beg a moderator to close the topic
19 to post a reply to the very first post without reading the thread and realizing that it was bumped
55 to say "lol"
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lol
 
[!--QuoteBegin-$yk0_H+Nov 23 2005, 04:59 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE($yk0_H @ Nov 23 2005, 04:59 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]You missed one:

- 12 to claim that Adrian Smith invented the lightbulb.
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Oh yes, he did invent the lightbulb, he told me in my dream last night.
 
Adrian Smith invented dreams so we could view his magnificence without ruining our fragile minds.
 
1 to post a superfluous sarcastic comment
109 to miss the sarcasm and take this comment as a personal offence
510 to point out that the comment was sarcastic
10 to ask what "sacresm" means as they are from Arizona
95 to explain the word
100 to point out other meanings of the word
3 to point out that these "other meanings" are in fact definitions of cynicism and irony
45 to claim that there is no difference between sarcasm, cynicism and irony
90 to ask where the latter 45 went to school
35 of those 45 to say that they went to school in a non-English speaking country
10 to say they went to school in Wales
592 to say that they are not surprised to the slightest
14 to ask why they weren't surprised to the slightest
2 to politely ask to move the discussions back to lightbulbs
113 to inpolitely ask to move the discussion back to lightbulbs
43 to flame those who politely asked to move the discussion back to lightbulbs
143 to flame those who inpolitely asked to move the discussion back to lightbulbs
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]10 to say they went to school in Wales[/quote]

What do you have against the Welsh!
You know only about a third actually shag sheep!
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+Nov 25 2005, 07:11 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun @ Nov 25 2005, 07:11 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]10 to say they went to school in Wales
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Mate, are you sure you're not English? [!--emo&:p--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-national acrobat+Nov 26 2005, 01:38 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(national acrobat @ Nov 26 2005, 01:38 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Mate, are you sure you're not English? [!--emo&:p--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
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Who knows...? [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Anyway... to continue it:

78 to post that Edison would turn in his grave if he read this discussion
11 to post that it was in fact Heinrich Göbel who first invented the lightbulb
88 to post that while Göbel may have invented the lightbulb before Edison, Edison made the invention available to the broad public
114 to post that they always thought Einstien invented the lightbulb
3 to point out that the correct spelling is Einstein
55 to post that Einstien is just as correct as Einstein
18 to post that there is only one correct way of spelling Einstein
43 to post that there is only one correct way of spelling Einstien
1 to post a link to the Wikipedia article about Einstein
29 to point out that the Wikipedia article is lacking important information on Einstein and that it shouldn't be trusted
67 to post that Wikipedia is a freely editable encyclopedia and that any information can be added at any time
234 to post that they are annoyed by Wikipedia and hate it
 
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