PriusChat Pet Peeves

qbee42 · 11-14-2007, 04:33 PM

Anyone who has spent any time on PriusChat has bound to be annoyed by something. For me it varies from day to day, depending on my mood. I'll start this out with my #1 PC Pet Peeve:

I'm an engineer. I love technical questions. I like to explain things until peoples' eyes roll back in their heads. What drives me nuts is when someone posts a technical question and I go to a lot of bother to write a really good answer, only to have my answer ridiculed or discarded out of hand. If your mind is already made up, then don't ask the question.

Now if I ever make a mistake, that's a different issue...

Tom

NoMoShocks · 11-14-2007, 04:49 PM

When a newbie asks a question and a member who has been on the forums for about two or three months jumps all over them for not searching first, and then I seach the posts of the person doing the jumping all over and find out they asked the exact same question in their own first post, and it had already been asked and answered at that time as well.

airportkid · 11-14-2007, 05:00 PM

Slovenliness. Not bothering to make thoughts coherent (let alone interesting), not bothering even to clean up grammar, spelling, punctuation, thus dumping onto the reader most of the effort of achieving understanding.

But, too, I find a strong correlation between slovenliness of presentation and slovenliness of argument, so at least I can ignore such posts without much risk of having missed anything worthwhile.

MB

hyo silver · 11-14-2007, 05:08 PM

People with no sense of humour.

People who keep asking the same question, completely ignoring the answers, belittling anyone who dares to disagree, and telling posters to stick to the subject, while going off on meaningless tangents.

People who think 'this' is America (PriusChat has members from many countries) and they can either love it the way it is, or leave.

hycamguy07 · 11-14-2007, 05:31 PM

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People with no sense of humour, belittling anyone who dares to disagree, and telling posters to stick to the subject, while going off on meaningless tangents.[/b]

Sounds like 60% of the posters of FHOP would be guilty of this one!

And they know who they are....!

bat4255 · 11-14-2007, 05:45 PM

I sighed up about a week ago, and have seen a lot of down time on the forum. I know stuff happens, and hope this is just temporary.

The search feature is a bit different, but works fine, better than most.

Either I haven't found it, or it just not there, but the navigation for "Subscribed Threads" or "Search for threads with your posts" is a bit cumbersome. Many other forums (phpB

have that feature after you sign up, right at the top, one click away.

As for members, seems normal. There are always those (very few) that think a public forum is their own personal Blog Space, and continue to post "Verbal Diarrhea" for their own personal agenda.

samiam · 11-14-2007, 08:29 PM

Extremists!
From those who think its their right to do what ever they want while waiting for the asteroid to hit (or the rapture to occur or whatever), to those good shepherds who take life and every decision soooo seriously. It sort of sucks the fun right out of having a Prius and chatting with other Prius owners...

Ichabod · 11-14-2007, 09:43 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jim O @ Nov 14 2007, 06:45 PM) [snapback]539691[/snapback]</div>

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...down time...

...navigation for "Subscribed Threads" or "Search for threads with your posts" ...
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Lots of members, lots of newbies driving demand on the server. I think that says something about the popularity of the Prius

Posts-by-member are easily accessed through member profiles. Also "My Assistant" above gives your last 10 posts, which I use frequently.

_________________________

My own #1 gripe about PriusChat:
The rock-n-roll stars of the Prius world who make the rest of us look bad with their 60+ MPG tanks and then complain that their avg is down because of that! :P

MegansPrius · 11-14-2007, 10:00 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ichabod @ Nov 14 2007, 09:43 PM) [snapback]539758[/snapback]</div>

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Posts-by-member are easily accessed through member profiles. Also "My Assistant" above gives your last 10 posts, which I use frequently.
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Ok. My number 1 pet peeve is somehow having never tried the "My Assistant" feature and only learning about it after having been on this forum for nearly a year. Doh!

Betelgeuse · 11-14-2007, 10:39 PM

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone acts very knowledgeable about something (and often belittles the person who asks the question in the first place), but then reveals themselves to be unable to properly answer the question. Basically, when someone refuses to say, "I don't know."

However, I think this is a general feature of the internet more than anything specific with Priuschat.

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11-14-2007, 04:33 PM	#1
qbee42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 4,865 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Anyone who has spent any time on PriusChat has bound to be annoyed by something. For me it varies from day to day, depending on my mood. I'll start this out with my #1 PC Pet Peeve: I'm an engineer. I love technical questions. I like to explain things until peoples' eyes roll back in their heads. What drives me nuts is when someone posts a technical question and I go to a lot of bother to write a really good answer, only to have my answer ridiculed or discarded out of hand. If your mind is already made up, then don't ask the question. Now if I ever make a mistake, that's a different issue... Tom __________________ *Black* 2006 package #7 Northern Michigan

11-14-2007, 04:49 PM	#2
NoMoShocks Electrical Engineer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Camas, WA Posts: 1,016 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	When a newbie asks a question and a member who has been on the forums for about two or three months jumps all over them for not searching first, and then I seach the posts of the person doing the jumping all over and find out they asked the exact same question in their own first post, and it had already been asked and answered at that time as well.

11-14-2007, 05:00 PM	#3
airportkid Will Fly For Food Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area CA Posts: 1,245 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Slovenliness. Not bothering to make thoughts coherent (let alone interesting), not bothering even to clean up grammar, spelling, punctuation, thus dumping onto the reader most of the effort of achieving understanding. But, too, I find a strong correlation between slovenliness of presentation and slovenliness of argument, so at least I can ignore such posts without much risk of having missed anything worthwhile. MB

11-14-2007, 05:08 PM	#4
hyo silver and awaaay! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 6,316 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 23	People with no sense of humour. People who keep asking the same question, completely ignoring the answers, belittling anyone who dares to disagree, and telling posters to stick to the subject, while going off on meaningless tangents. People who think 'this' is America (PriusChat has members from many countries) and they can either love it the way it is, or leave.

11-14-2007, 05:45 PM	#6
bat4255 2008 Package #2 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dodge Co. Wisconsin Posts: 184 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I sighed up about a week ago, and have seen a lot of down time on the forum. I know stuff happens, and hope this is just temporary. The search feature is a bit different, but works fine, better than most. Either I haven't found it, or it just not there, but the navigation for "Subscribed Threads" or "Search for threads with your posts" is a bit cumbersome. Many other forums (phpB have that feature after you sign up, right at the top, one click away. As for members, seems normal. There are always those (very few) that think a public forum is their own personal Blog Space, and continue to post "Verbal Diarrhea" for their own personal agenda.

11-14-2007, 08:29 PM	#7
samiam Antipodean Prius Poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Enn Zed Posts: 1,506 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Extremists! From those who think its their right to do what ever they want while waiting for the asteroid to hit (or the rapture to occur or whatever), to those good shepherds who take life and every decision soooo seriously. It sort of sucks the fun right out of having a Prius and chatting with other Prius owners...

11-14-2007, 10:39 PM	#10
Betelgeuse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northampton, MA, USA Posts: 1,184 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone acts very knowledgeable about something (and often belittles the person who asks the question in the first place), but then reveals themselves to be unable to properly answer the question. Basically, when someone refuses to say, "I don't know." However, I think this is a general feature of the internet more than anything specific with Priuschat.