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Got any Complaints?

by Jill Carpenter
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So, I thought you all might enjoy this one I just posted:

I am finding this very annoying

Would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

    So, I thought you all might enjoy this one I just posted:

    I am finding this very annoying

    Would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
    I think Dennis had the perfect thought on the matter.
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    Why don't you just put her on your ignore list?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

      Why don't you just put her on your ignore list?
      I think the issue needs addressing in general.

      As Dennis mentioned, it could start a very bad trend.

      It's bad form IMO, but I'm unable to find it being against forum rules.

      I might actually read those posts if I could actually look at them.
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      • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
        Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

        As Dennis mentioned, it could start a very bad trend.
        Agreed, it could... but right now, she appears to be the only one doing this.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by David Beroff View Post

          Agreed, it could... but right now, she appears to be the only one doing this.
          Do you forget whom you are addressing? I AM Princess Snarky.

          It is my duty to be snarky.

          Also, I am considering posting in green comic sans extra large letters.
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        Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

        I think the issue needs addressing in general.

        As Dennis mentioned, it could start a very bad trend.

        It's bad form IMO, but I'm unable to find it being against forum rules.

        I might actually read those posts if I could actually look at them.
        I'm not certain there was ever really a rule about it in posts. We could use red to highlight some words and I like that. We could use grey to lighten some words to sneak words in and I like that. The pink lady is rather juvenile and I think that a mod should just tell her to can the pink and only use colors to emphasize a word now and then.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          I think that a mod should just tell her to can the pink
          Yes, a mod needs to do it.

          But you know she's not the only one.

          I'm not talking about the pink, but a font change up for posts.

          This I've seen from different members in the past too. It's not nearly as obnoxious, but it too can be annoying.
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        • Profile picture of the author lgibbon
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          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          The pink lady is rather juvenile and I think that a mod should just tell her to can the pink
          That's for sure.
          There is a rule about having to be 18 to use the forum.
          Surely that should mean acting like it too.
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    I have a complaint.

    Claude is still allowed to post here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    It's time the mods gave Claude his own personal font.

    I figure it would be generous an' rounded, with delicate serifs an' a treasure trove of wingdings.
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    I've seen others doing it over the years but the usually stop after being told it looks silly or....
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Is this (colored font) only being done when there is a quote from another post?

    Might be a newbie who has seen people change font color to answer points within the quote and mistakenly thought that was the professional way to answer a quote.

    Could just be a young newb that thinks a style like such is a helpful branding tool. Just have to watch and see how long it takes them to figure out that it's not going to be a positive brand for them.

    Yeah - I copied my answer to the other thread, but ......well.....tough. Below is new.

    Actually, I don't believe rules for posts encompass font or size - other than in the sig files. Don't really think they need to. Let people use any crappy color or font they want to. When they find it's not really working for them, they'll get over it. My personal opinion is that they aren't harming anything, are probably young, and will get over it soon enough anyway.

    But DO NOT ask for more rules! It is a very bad precedence to set to run and ask for more rules every time you don't like something someone does. Sometime that device might actually come in handy for something and if someone's actually started a bandwagon to "outlaw" the style, then you're screwed. We're adults here and shouuld be able to educate and police our own crowd to an extent for little stupid stuff they do. This whole issue about fonts and rules in posts might have been more damaging to a community ethos than the "infraction" being discussed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    In the old days, the font color rule only applied to sig files. Same with size, however, having the ability to change the font size and/or color was intended for special emphasis, not for regular, everyday posts. The mods used to contact users who used size and color changes to excess and ask them to stop. Otherwise, the forum starts looking like a cartoon strip rather than a business forum. If they didn't comply, they would soon find their posts being deleted. Compliance usually followed.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      In the old days, the font color rule only applied to sig files. Same with size, however, having the ability to change the font size and/or color was intended for special emphasis, not for regular, everyday posts. The mods used to contact users who used size and color changes to excess and ask them to stop. Otherwise, the forum starts looking like a cartoon strip rather than a business forum. If they didn't comply, they would soon find their posts being deleted. Compliance usually followed.
      It surprises me to think anyone would have ever regularly used such a tactic - other than for reasons I listed. Seems like the resultant comments in their threads would have been enough to deter the practice.
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