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Subject: Snowball effect of threads?

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Has anyone else noticed that when one user creates a slightly popular thread, say 25 or so posts, another user creates a very similar thread? I wonder whether they just want to be the OP of a popular thread or if a new thread was just inspired by the old one.

A penny for your thoughts?

  • 09.03.2011 10:00 AM PDT

Key

Becuz ppl want rekognishun so tehy can b gai 2 ban ppl.

Seriously: People like recognition and praise. People also like not working. So if they have an idea presented to them so that they don't have to work hard to get recognition... It's like christmas.

[Edited on 09.03.2011 10:03 AM PDT]

  • 09.03.2011 10:01 AM PDT

I noticed that. It was funny at first, but I've seen it happen so many times now it's just annoying.

  • 09.03.2011 10:02 AM PDT

"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"

"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."

- "Cross of Iron"

The good side of me says that people do it because of inspiration. However my cynical side seems to point towards the majority of people wanting attention more so then inspiration.

  • 09.03.2011 10:02 AM PDT

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

CrazySnipe, I sure hope you did that on purpose. : )

[Edited on 09.03.2011 10:02 AM PDT]

  • 09.03.2011 10:02 AM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
Bungie.Match.com: Our Johnson knows what the ladies like.

That gets annoying.

  • 09.03.2011 10:02 AM PDT

"I don't care if it's God's own anti-Son of a -blam!- Machine or a giant hula-hoop!"

It's like that for anything. If something popular hits the market, there will be many people who copy the design and make a few 'tweaks.'

(This lead to that.)

  • 09.03.2011 10:05 AM PDT

You're talking about parody threads right?

  • 09.03.2011 10:07 AM PDT

This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends;
Not with a bang but a whimper.

Posted by: bblcreator
You're talking about parody threads right?
In a sense, but they are not a parody of the first thread. That is to say, they are not making fun of the original, but rather simply copying it.

  • 09.03.2011 10:10 AM PDT