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Postby Swift » Thu May 01, 2014 9:04 pm

I note that quite frequently people will post links to videos or websites without a quote from the content, or even an indication of what the content is.

I find this particularly annoying when it is the OP of the thread. So I'll see a post that is entirely something like this:

Wow, this is really terrible, you have to watch


I can hover my cursor over the link to at least determine the website, but invariable it is a Youtube video (which I can't watch at work) or some glacially slow to load blog or newsfeed. So I can't even determine if the content is something worth coming back to when I'm home and have the time and permission to watch or read.

I'm not asking for a rule, but I think it would be nice if people included a little more information. Thanks,
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Postby The Supreme Canuck » Thu May 01, 2014 10:51 pm

Will do, Swift. Would something like this work?

Hey, look at this! (CBC News Article)

And this, too! (YouTube)


Or are you asking for more description in the url text itself?

McGeorge Bundy dancing on a roof. (YouTube)


Edit: Oh, rereading your post, I think I see what you're saying. When I'm commenting on a bit of news, I like to pull up a news article, excerpt the relevant bit in the post, and provide a link back to the source. Is that good?
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Postby Swift » Fri May 02, 2014 2:24 am

More about the content then the source (which I can figure out from hovering the cursor over the link). For example

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27249055
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is starting a 30-day treatment course, as police investigate a new video that allegedly shows him smoking crack cocaine.

His lawyer told the Associated Press that Mr Ford had boarded a plane to Chicago for a treatment programme.


Or for a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xOxHyTP91c
(the band Carolina Chocolate Drops playing "Cornbread and Butterbeans" - fantastic)

The Supreme Canuck wrote:Edit: Oh, rereading your post, I think I see what you're saying. When I'm commenting on a bit of news, I like to pull up a news article, excerpt the relevant bit in the post, and provide a link back to the source. Is that good?

My problem isn't in a post where someone is already talking about something (Rob Ford) and they post a link. My problem is posts where all the post contains is a link and something along the lines of "Look at this" or "Isn't Greenland terrific" but no real explanation.
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Postby The Supreme Canuck » Fri May 02, 2014 2:58 am

Gotcha. I'll make sure not to do that, then.
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Postby SciFi Chick » Fri May 02, 2014 12:45 pm

I think I've been lazy like that a few times. I shall stop. :)
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Fri May 02, 2014 1:31 pm

As the most recent "offender" I must say I resent that and that you're simply hiding your racist attitude against Latin Americans with this excuse. Therefore I will hold my breath till I turn blue and wait for an apology and immediately afterwards I'll tell on you at the LatinAmerican-American Defense League. VIVA LA RAZA :P
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Postby Swift » Fri May 02, 2014 2:18 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:As the most recent "offender" I must say I resent that and that you're simply hiding your racist attitude against Latin Americans with this excuse. Therefore I will hold my breath till I turn blue and wait for an apology and immediately afterwards I'll tell on you at the LatinAmerican-American Defense League. VIVA LA RAZA :P

I don't mind Latin Americans but I hate blue people.
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Postby pumpkinpi » Fri May 02, 2014 4:07 pm

Swift wrote:
Sigma_Orionis wrote:As the most recent "offender" I must say I resent that and that you're simply hiding your racist attitude against Latin Americans with this excuse. Therefore I will hold my breath till I turn blue and wait for an apology and immediately afterwards I'll tell on you at the LatinAmerican-American Defense League. VIVA LA RAZA :P

I don't mind Latin Americans but I hate blue people.


This posts does exactly what you are complaining about, but at least it refers to Blue People.
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Postby code monkey » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:21 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:As the most recent "offender" I must say I resent that and that you're simply hiding your racist attitude against Latin Americans with this excuse. Therefore I will hold my breath till I turn blue and wait for an apology and immediately afterwards I'll tell on you at the LatinAmerican-American Defense League. VIVA LA RAZA :P


sigma, you have to roll on the floor kicking and screaming for that to have a chance of working.
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:26 pm

Somehow I suspect that you're NOT talking about this.....
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Postby Cyborg Girl » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:34 pm

"Shit... I think the audience can see the bulge... shit."

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Postby code monkey » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:41 pm

1. is he rolling on the floor?
2. where do you find these things?
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come gentle night. come loving black browed night
give me my romeo. and when he shall die
take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:18 am

code monkey wrote:1. is he rolling on the floor?
2. where do you find these things?


1) Nope, but that's not the reason I linked to it...

2) Google
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Postby code monkey » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:36 am

Sigma_Orionis wrote:1) Nope, but that's not the reason I linked to it...


then i'm even more confused than usual and i don't think that it's all due to having worked 30 hrs over the last 2 days.
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:01 am

I linked to it because you might appreciate the old sci-fi comic book setting of the picture :)
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