Thread Titles AND YOU!

**UserNameGoesHere** · 08-20-2012, 10:34 PM

A thread title should show, at a glance, what a thread is about. It should serve as the very briefest tl;dr summary. Quickly glance at a title and know what a thread is about.

In short, a thread title should be briefly informative. But I often see threads with useless titles which convey little to no information. A good topic may get little attention because it is poorly-named.

Also notice how a poorly-named thread will be difficult to find later.

I did not include Veterans since not everyone will have that.
I did not include Newbie Forum since new people may not know any better.
I did not include The Garbage Bin since it may be intentionally awful.

Here are some thread names from the first page in any of the other "fair game" areas at the time of my writing this. You tell me why these are bad.

Outrageous
zomg
Question... n_n
nice
Breaking-est News
Breaking news
you know what's really cool
So uh
A world without...
Just Letting You Know

Note that I am not saying the thread in question is bad -- only that the title of the thread is bad. In many cases I didn't even bother to view the thread. It could be a great thread, but with uninformative titles, I just can't be bothered to read them all.

In Conclusion: Write a few descriptive words or a short descriptive sentence for your thread title and you will get more relevant interest.

**Reincarnate** · 08-20-2012, 10:39 PM

This thread's title is misleading; what does this have to do with me

**TheSaxRunner05** · 08-20-2012, 10:40 PM

Nice thread title, caught my eye

justin_ator · 08-20-2012, 10:41 PM

Thread title was misleading, I thought this was important

**Charu** · 08-20-2012, 10:43 PM

Will there be a pop quiz at the end of the lesson?

Also, this thread is kind of silly.

**Reincarnate** · 08-20-2012, 10:44 PM

Backseat Modding AND YOU!

**blindreper1179** · 08-20-2012, 10:44 PM

I thought this would impact me dramatically. Bad thread title. F- would not use again.

**infinity.** · 08-20-2012, 10:45 PM

your posts physically pain me

**Poison-** · 08-20-2012, 10:47 PM

Why is this a thread

**The_Toymaker** · 08-20-2012, 10:51 PM

Outrageous - just dumb
zomg - ...what
Question... n_n - n_n shows that you're a ******, so people will be less inclined to click on the thread
breaking-est news - that doesnt even make sense
breaking news - idgaf
you know what's really cool - my dick *****
so uh - what?
a world without... - idgaf
just letting you know - who r u again
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what do i win

**j-rodd123** · 08-20-2012, 10:56 PM

**Evascythe** · 08-20-2012, 11:01 PM

Speaking of threads with shitty titles

hi username

ps

weren't you one of the people calling my thread dumb

pot meet kettle etc.

**alloyus** · 08-20-2012, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alloyus

I actually look into the threads with generic titles fairly often so I actually know what they're about. There are times when I see what you would consider to be a "good" thread title that I'd just skip over because I'm not interested. Even if I'm disappointed in what I see, it gives me a few seconds of time that I'm not just sitting here doing nothing :P

^^

**Emanresu13** · 08-20-2012, 11:25 PM

i just wanna say, sometimes a bad thread gets a lot of attention

also

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-rodd123

**Evascythe** · 08-20-2012, 11:26 PM

**i love you** · 08-21-2012, 12:17 AM

**Pseudo Enigma** · 08-21-2012, 12:27 AM

yet another totally necessary thread from UNGH.

yet another totally necessary post from Pseudo.

08-20-2012, 10:39 PM	#2
Reincarnate x'); DROP TABLE FFR;-- Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 6,332	Re: Thread Titles AND YOU! This thread's title is misleading; what does this have to do with me

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The_Toymaker FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 820	Re: Thread Titles AND YOU! Outrageous - just dumb zomg - ...what Question... n_n - n_n shows that you're a ****, so people will be less inclined to click on the thread breaking-est news - that doesnt even make sense breaking news - idgaf you know what's really cool - my dick *** so uh - what? a world without... - idgaf just letting you know - who r u again ---------------------------- what do i win

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08-21-2012, 12:27 AM	#17
Pseudo Enigma ごめんなさい　(/ω＼) Join Date: Aug 2012 Age: 28 Posts: 2,290	Re: Thread Titles AND YOU! yet another totally necessary thread from UNGH. yet another totally necessary post from Pseudo.

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