# Chat threads, and why I closed them **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378 "2006-04-28T08:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/1 "2006-04-28T08:13:33Z")
They drive me fucking nuts, if you want to chat, go to AIM and log into the NYSPEED chat room, have at it… If enough people bitch I’ll re-open them but they are too OT even for me, and make me want to stab my eyes out… ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/2 "2006-04-28T08:15:07Z")
round one. fight! ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/3 "2006-04-28T08:15:29Z")
this is a democracy people so get your votes in… ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/4 "2006-04-28T08:17:37Z")
^ doesnt like the “person above you threads” ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/5 "2006-04-28T08:19:38Z")
its off topic man. so whats the problem :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/6 "2006-04-28T08:22:37Z")
thats why i put the vote up to see if everyone hates them as much as me if not they will get opened again :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/7 "2006-04-28T08:34:39Z")
i voted YES on PROP 17! …it gives me something to read during work…and it keeps me amused ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/8 "2006-04-28T08:39:25Z")
> [@SkunkApe](#): > > i voted YES on PROP 17! > > …it gives me something to read during work…and it keeps me amused Right-o I think off-topic threads should only be closed for excessive drama, excessive trolling, mean spirited-ness and racial conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![1sik\_bmw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1sik_bmw/32/7341_2.png) [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/9 "2006-04-28T09:10:05Z")
^agree completely \ **Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/10 "2006-04-28T09:11:46Z") > [@Locutus](#): > > its off topic man. > > so whats the problem > > :gotme: :word: i wouldn’t go as far as to say that i _ **like** _ them, but there’s no _‘i couldn’t car less’_ option. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/11 "2006-04-28T09:35:44Z")
^ i agree with you \< it keeps me busy at work V what’s your favorite scary movie? kidding, but they aren’t bad. they are entertaining sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/12 "2006-04-28T10:23:30Z")
postwhores ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/13 "2006-04-28T10:33:54Z")
open them back up nikua ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/14 "2006-04-28T10:43:51Z")
it’s been 3 hours, I’ll check back after the weekend, don’t get your shit in a bundle, postwhore in here if you like ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/15 "2006-04-28T10:51:25Z")
Just a little idea… any way to eliminate signatures on those threads? Maybe an Off-Topic / Chat section where sigs don’t show up? Why, you ask? They get in the way if you’re just trying to read the equivalent of a chat room conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/16 "2006-04-28T11:09:41Z")
I just don’t click on them… I don’t see a reason to close them ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/17 "2006-04-28T11:49:54Z")
it may be offtopic, but it doesnt mean anything and everything is ok. Some of the random babbling between people is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/18 "2006-04-28T11:57:54Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Right-o > > I think off-topic threads should only be closed for excessive drama, excessive trolling, mean spirited-ness and racial conflicts. :word: I don’t understand how you can just close a thread because YOU think it is stupid but doesn’t harm anyone. When I voted I was #20. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/19 "2006-04-28T12:00:48Z")
> [@PumiceT](#): > > Why, you ask? They get in the way if you’re just trying to read the equivalent of a chat room conversation. > [@jeeves744](#): > > it may be offtopic, but it doesnt mean anything and everything is ok. Some of the random babbling between people is just stupid. Exactly, they are not funny or informative, they serve no purpose but to waste time, and fill the board with useless crap, it’s the same people who post in them repetedly, and generaly annoy the shit out of me… I closed them, to put this up to a vote, if by monday the majority still want them then they stay… ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378/20 "2006-04-28T12:20:24Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > Exactly, they are not funny or informative, they serve no purpose but to waste time, and fill the board with useless crap, it’s the same people who post in them repetedly, and generaly annoy the shit out of me… > > I closed them, to put this up to a vote, if by monday the majority still want them then they stay… Lots of posts in OT are a waste of time… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chat-threads-and-why-i-closed-them/11378.md?page=2)