Screw You Thank You Threads

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 7:49 PM PDT Comment 57 comments

It is time for the Trail Blazers to get mean. We have a very tough playoff series ahead of us, and as great and mushy as it was to thank everyone it is time to get real, and aggressive.

Great job by everyone involved with the Thank You threads.. but it must stop, and it must stop now... Lets get some real energy going here, lets show how badly we want to beat the Rockets, and then the L*kers.

So Screw you Thank You threads, you had a good run.. But it's time to go.

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Agree

Oden...Aldridge...Roy.....THE REAL BIG THREE

by CroRupt on Apr 16, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No more mister nice guys

Or girls

by southern oregon on Apr 16, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

RECalicious.

Diet. Dr. Pepper.

by TheTinfoil on Apr 16, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...

by timbo on Apr 16, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.

by L-TrainFTW! on Apr 16, 2009 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

thanks for nothing!!!!

Take it to the Hole!!

by galacticlove on Apr 16, 2009 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You are welcome

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 16, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

If people agree with this idea that is okay.

But instead of pushing another post of the main page, perhaps this conversation could be had in a thread that is already talking about this very issue?

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/4/16/840851/thank-you-recing-ball-madness

Sure the title may not have caught your attention, but it’s there. And with a bazillion new fanposts in the last two days, any duplication is repetitive, duplicating and redundant.

Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I still say screw Thank You's

me=grinch

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm a little grinchy myself tonight, so forgive me, but I have to say it.

Sitting on top of the recommended fanpost section at the top of the page “Screw You Thank You Posts” Now, every person who visits Blazer’s Edge will be greeted by those words, “Screw You”. Some will find it funny. Some will find it offensive. Some will say “Meh.” But how do you undo the first impression? Way to represent the work of Dave and Ben to the rest of the world. Way to represent Blazers’ Edge.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow...

I had no idea you had no sense of humor.

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm tired and in a little bit of a foul mood tonight.

Didn’t mean it against you per se.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

still i meant no harm.

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know.

And for that I apologize.

And I know that no one is meaning any harm, but the sidebar is getting ridiculous. 90% of it could end up in the Junk Drawer and we wouldn’t miss it. But people want to have their thoughts read and commented on, and that doesn’t happen in the JD quite as well. It’s starting to feel like this place is turning into the O-live forum, and that makes me sad and angry, and down.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well trust me

I had no idea about any anti thank you posts when I made this. However the thought is in line with what i meant by this post.

Lets clean up the posts, and kill these repetitive posts. Sorry that my post was part of that.

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It wasn't your post that got me started.

I just kind of ended up here. Thanks for letting me get some stuff off of my chest in your thread.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

much love

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now who's being mushy?

by T$ 225 on Apr 17, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time to bring on the "Player X will kick the Rockets butts" threads

Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.

by Norsktroll on Apr 16, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't know that Racer X could ball

by tingeyga on Apr 16, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

Methinks I posted mine too early?

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Apr 16, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No!!!

I’m the first! Sweet, the pioneer.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Apr 16, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you very little

Travis Outlaw is Mr. Clutch

by two buck chuck on Apr 16, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought my satire post did the job for the Thank You hating.

by robrun2 on Apr 16, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

we can say thank you once the season is over

it aint over yet

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Apr 16, 2009 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

amen

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

My intentions were to create a platform in which we all could express our graditude for the whole roster…..lets be clear, this is a special team……..and i wanted these posts to be less about my personal insight and thoughts and more about the sites insight and thoughts. I meant them to be “overviews” and limited because i hoped the moajority of the insight and entertainment would lie in what the site had to say about each player.

Never was it my intention or purpose to create a negative impact to this site. I had considered stopping the posts due to all the negative feedback and wrote a post to that piont. I got VERY posative encouragement from alot of good people and decided to finish what i started.

I ended these posts today with Roy like i had allways planned. I hoped to save the best for last, Roy, LMA, and Nate. As it turns out it was a bad idea and created a distraction from what needs to be focused on. Thats is: We had an awsome year, this was a great team maybe the best since the Drexler glory years and we need to be %100 behind them going into the playoffs.

My goal was to give thanks for the REGULAR season which is over now and to get these “thank you” posts out of the way before the playoffs…..which painful as it was for some people has been acomplished. I am sorry for any negative experience i gave anyone. Go Blazers, beat houston!

by blazerbeliever97504 on Apr 16, 2009 8:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

whoa whoa whoa

we all apreciate the thank you threads!! It’s just time to move beyond them and get tough, time to be a playoff team.

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I hear you and agree

Just that there has been alot of negative feedback for something that was important for me and i thought was important to other fans, and that to express our gratitude for a freaking awsome year. I ment it in the most good hearted way and it has been turned into an “issue.” I feel very bad for that, my reasoning for starting these posts when i did was to get them done before the playoffs because once its playoff time thats all there is. To anyone who apreciated or liked them thank you, anyone who disliked them for any reason i am sincerly sorry.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Apr 16, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Honestly

I haven’t seen any issue about it. I have loved all the “Thank you” threads.. I tend to ignore the negative threads, and I apologize if this has qualified as a negative thread… I was just trying to use the momentum to build some anger for the team, which I think we need. I dont really mean screw you, or your fanposts, because I love em, I just mean Go Blazers… Get agrressive.

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then i say..

i misunderstood. I just love this site and this team and would hate to think i created a negative issue. I agree with you and Rec this post.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Apr 16, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps you could change the title of the post

It seems to be at odds with what you’re trying to do here.

by Corvid on Apr 16, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It does......

but not if taken in the correct light. I get his point of view now

by blazerbeliever97504 on Apr 16, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank yous

are for when the game is over.

The game is not yet over.

The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.

by ratbastird on Apr 16, 2009 9:10 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

i cant wait till the team finishes its story

"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity

by Outlaw is Rejector on Apr 16, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

rec

by jksnake99 on Apr 16, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How, exactly, does this discussion contribute to the site?

If someone has a problem with the thank you threads, don’t read them. They easy to identify and easy to skip. For some of the fans, they have been important and very much appreciated; for others they have been redundant. You could same the same thing about the 500 trade posts, 400 Outlaw sucks posts, and every single junk drawer thread posted.

LOTS of silly posts push “important” threads off the page. Targeting the thank you posts seems mean-spirited.

by Corvid on Apr 16, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

and if you don't like the screw you thread

then don’t read it…Personally I likes it…I rec’d it…

I have my P.h.D in unreliable hyperbole.

by Eat Politicians on Apr 16, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unrec

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on Apr 16, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

How?

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 16, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on Apr 16, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you screw you threads?

Im so confused

by southern oregon on Apr 16, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmmmmm

Due to the shocking number of posts I’ll re-post what I said earlier here:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>_____________________<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The last few days has seen an interesting phenomenon. I am, of course, talking about the ever popular “Thank You” threads. It started out innocently enough, but then something happened.

(Big booming announcer voice) HUMAN EGO!!!!!!!!

It was actually a little surprising at first, but there was a lot of venom on the BEdge on this one. Once the volume of the posts increased (parodies and serious ones) it started to cloud the whole fanpost bar. I’m actually surprised D & B didn’t step in. It’s not that anything was particularly out of hand except that the sheer number of these types of posts soon dominated the whole sidebar. This would normaly not be such a bad thing, but oftentimes the “thank you” posts were vague, silly, uninsightful or just plain bad. There were some not too bad, but really. Enough was enough.

On both sides.

I did the best I could to avoid clicking on any of them (I think the Nate one and the JD one) but for a few days there was good content being rushed off the page by Rec Hogs. We had a Rec’ing Ball at Blazers edge.

I know that we are all very grateful, but the season is not over yet. I really think we had some Premature Rec’ulation here, that would have been better served once the Blazers are done with the playoffs.

Anyone else with me on this? Let’s have one more Rec’ing Ball!!!

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Apr 16, 2009 9:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/4/16/840851/thank-you-recing-ball-madness

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Apr 16, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would just like to point out

that of the 25 fanposts in my sidebar, the oldest is 12 hours old. Not only that, but 15 of the 20 under “recent fanposts” have precisely 0 rec’s. According to sitemeter we will have a little under 20,000 visits a day. This means that out of 20,000 people, not one thinks that 60% (15 unrec’ed / ( 20 recent + 5 recommended) ) of the fanshots on this site are really worth discussing.

"We really don't reference the rulebook." ~Joe Borgia, NBA VP of referee operations, to Henry Abbot regarding the calling (or lack thereof) of traveling.

by postup on Apr 16, 2009 10:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs