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[yesitsme]

I noticed by many users when starting a new topic, they post the main content in the title and continue in the body, instead of posting everything in the body and summarizing in title.

Example

Good
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52728.msg1171285#msg1171285

Bad
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52750.msg1172064#msg1172064

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52759.msg1172279#msg1172279

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52578.msg1166477#msg1166477

I think this should be discouraged

[TimT]

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52578.msg1166477#msg1166477

What's wrong with it ? How would you summarize it ?

[Dr Moose]

It's like when someone sends you an email, and the whole message is in the subject line. argh, I hate when people do that.

[Emkay]

I noticed by many users when starting a new topic, they post the main content in the title and continue in the body, instead of posting everything in the body and summarizing in title.

Example

Good
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52728.msg1171285#msg1171285

Bad
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52759.msg1172279#msg1172279

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52578.msg1166477#msg1166477

I think this should be discouraged

absolutely not, i am of the opinion that i should know pretty much everything the OP is saying by the title in regard to a deal. and no need to rehash again once its in the title

[yesitsme]

absolutely not, i am of the opinion that i should know pretty much everything the OP is saying by the title in regard to a deal.

By deals I'm with you, it should also have the date in the title, when someone bumps a Good deal a while later the heart rate doesn't....

and no need to rehash again once its in the title

copy paste is not that hard

[yesitsme]

What's wrong with it ? How would you summarize it ?

nothing wrong with the title, the body is wrong.

instead of

Link here.

it should've been

Free Snapple on 6/10/15

Link here.

[Emkay]

By deals I'm with you, it should also have the date in the title, when someone bumps a Good deal a while later the heart rate doesn't....

yet both of the examples of bad were deals, i actually am a big fan of the first "bad" one

copy paste is not that hard

not necessarily hard but if its pointless then it doesn't make a diff

[yesitsme]

here you have something extreme

now if you follow the link and read the title you can understand the conversation

if it's only in the title
sometimes you Don't get to read it.
it doesn't come along when it's quoted

[yesitsme]

Take a look here

the question is

do they sell it further, or use them?

[TimT]

nothing wrong with the title, the body is wrong.

instead of
it should've been

The title was perfect & there was nothing left to add other than the link.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

It's like when someone sends you an email, and the whole message is in the subject line. argh, I hate when people do that.

No need to open the email, saves time.

[TimT]

No need to open the email, saves time.

You open it thinking there's more inside

[Dr Moose]

another example: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52790.0

[TimT]

As soon as I saw that one I thought of this thread

[lubaby]

No need to open the email, saves time.

+1
As long as everybody is on the same page.
http://lifehacker.com/5028808/how-eom-makes-your-email-more-efficient

Yesterday, I sent a quick email to let people know what time I was arriving on site. It was something simple like: "Brad will be there at 9:30AM. Thanks! EOM". Within seconds a reply came back "What does EOM mean?" In my smartypants way I responded: "End of message. Used it to save you the time of opening the message and having to reply, which by virtue of you replying has defeated its purpose. Now that I am replying to your reply, it's defeated doubly so."

[yesitsme]

No need to open the email, saves time.

Dear R' Chaim
I'm quite sure that you're here on DDF to save time
A title saves you time when you are not interested in that topic so you know not to enter it,
 when was the last time you didn't enter a thread "Oh I saw the title that was enough, now I saved plenty time",

you have to be M'dame Milsa L'Milsa, the frustration of E-mail is Doma, the pleasure of saving time isn't Doma.

my point was to right everything in the body, and use the title as a "Title", and no one is arguing that it's wrong it's just a matter of laziness.

and BTW

I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

[TimT]

you have to be M'dame Milsa L'Milsa, the frustration of E-mail is Doma, the pleasure of saving time isn't Doma.

Good luck with that one, CM.

[TimT]

Would this be considered good ?

[yesitsme]

Would this be considered good ?

as long as you don't have to read the title, to know what that guy is saying then it's good

[etech0]

as long as you don't have to read the title, to know what that guy is saying then it's good

So now you have to open the thread, in order to see if you want to open it.