Forum Usage

In spending a lot of time on the forums in the past few days - trying desperately to keep things neat, tidy, manageable and useful, I've ntoiced a few really atrotious trends.

1. Topic Titles Are Not A Teaser

Topic titles, in any case, particularly when you're trying to avoid spoiling things for other people are supposed to be descriptive of the topic at hand - a general summary.

i.e., if you would like to know some great sites for blogging the most descriptive and effective title is:

"Searching For Great Blogging Sites"

It is not:
Blogger
Do you know of any....
I need a....
OMG I can't find a....
help!!!


2. Rules, what are they good for?

The true evil for a forum admin would be those who ignore the rules. You can post them - you can link to them - you can make themin really big letters. It doesn't matter. No one will read them.