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I don't think it should be a rule. People should accept whatever negative image it gives them. If all they say is, "its a good book/movie" and then people think they're not very smart because of it, that's they're problem.

I agree!! Someone will say they love whatever it is, and yet post no more than the title of whatever it is or whatnot. Sometimes you need a little MORE than that. Like for books... a simple title; movies, maybe a year? (due to making movies over); and magazines... maybe giving us a link to it (as this goes for articles)... You can tell when someone really enjoys a book, movie, article, ect... They actually tell you about it.



I have to disagree with this. Because when I could be reading something worth while, I am wasting my time reading a sentence of pointlessness. And then I have to go and search for the book if I think it has caught my interest - which most of the time, it hasn't sense I know nothing about it. But still. And if its a book I like, I have to sit and grr at the pathetic topic it has been given. I think not putting up a rule of sort is "not very smart".

dude, I couldn't agree with you any more.


Truly, the biggest waste of forum space (aside from spam) is those one-two sentence topic starters.

If you want a topic to at least survive, you need to add in information about what you are discussing. Saying "such-and-such movie was great. You should go see it." does not help.


If you know how to write an essay, you should know that content is the basis of all text. If you want to prove or doisprove a statement, you need facts to back it up. A statement without facts is an opinion; it is debatable.


Forum topics are similar; without at least some information about the film (like a plot summary or characters for example), there is no sustinance to what you are trying to say.

and this will lead to topic death instantly.

It's happened to me, it's happened to everyone else, so it can happen to you. (general "you" just to point that out)