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Wouldn't it be better if all ILX threads had titles like this?

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.peakpracticeonline.co.uk/images/familyfortunes/ffteam1.jpg

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

are we supposed to imagine the 'errrrggg-urrgghhhh' wrong answer sound there?

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

an intriguing thought....if each link clicked on had a number, or was colour coded, or was named after a city of the world, or whatever, so that you didn't find out what it was about until you looked at it. Would it mean that ppl would post to threads they would otherwise not consider posting to?

I think the answer is "probably not". The existence of the Random button gives us an inkling of what would happen. admittedly, the random button is just another feature which I suspect most of us have given a go when we've had a spare moment, but my experience of it is that, although it sometimes brings up wheat, usually you just get an unpalatably large quantity of chaff.

But of course the Random button is only a very vague indicator. If you had a message board which was purely organised on this basis, the dynamic might be slightly different, but I'm not convinced it would be very different.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Inspired by: 0400164696

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, let's all have a shot of the Random button right now, and post to whatever thread it brings up. No cheating.....

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:58 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the worst idea ever, tho thread titles in binary may yet satsify my nerdlingering

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 May 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, I think to answer the question specifically - it definitely would not be better if all ILX threads had titles like that. But whether there should be a board which did operate purely in that fashion is a question I'm not so so sure about.

My experimentation with the Random button at rumpy Pumpkin's behest brought up Office Space C or D? If I'd decided not to "cheat" and posted to that thread i would have had to say "I can't pass judgement as i never saw it", which would be honest but not especially enlightning. The limitations of the Random button in a nutshell, I feel.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I like this idea: the format & number of digits looks like policy numbers for certain insurance carriers we work with, somebody sees a "0400164612" on my toolbar here in the office will think I'm working.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You can thank me later.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Where would one start a series of threads about loving message board communities containing threads named after numbers?

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

3
go on then.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

This is ridiculous!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I think just numbering threads would make things a little confusing.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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