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crimsonaudio

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OK, we've had a rash of teaser titles lately, and frankly, I'm tired of correcting people's mistakes when they're too lazy to read our policies, so here's you're last warning. Further 'teasers' will simply get deleted - if your thread gets deleted for being teaser, try again with a more detailed thread title.

An example of a teaser title: Coach Saban

No one seeing that title has any idea about what it's about, other than, presumably, coach Saban. We need more than that. Some folks still have limited access (we have military folks deployed that have VERY limited access but still come to TF.com, for example) and wasting time and data to see if thread is interesting to them or not is a big deal.

An example of a non-teaser title: Do you think Coach Saban will do what's needed to win Bama another championship?

Obvious what the thread is about. This is how is should be.

Teasers waste people's time (and in some cases, needed bandwidth) and are NOT allowed here. From now on we're nuking any teasers - taking time to correct people's laziness or lack of desire to follow board rules isn't something I care to deal with.
 

2003TIDE

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Threads titles with an ellipsis in them drive me nuts. That in itself usually implies a teaser because you've got no clue what the thread is about until you open it.
 

mikes12

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Thank you. It's maddening when you visit or lurk on other forums and nearly every thread topic is like a Forrest Gump box of chocolates.
 

Bamaro

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While we're at it, I hate the posts that include nothing but a link. Please at least quote a sentence or two from the linked article so we know whether its worth our time to open it or not. That saves "people's time (and in some cases, needed bandwidth)" too.
 

theballguy

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I think we've got a lot of noobs here lately -- that or just some posters who haven't posted in a while -- not a bad thing I suppose, if that's the case. So, maybe the warning was needed more so than normal. Thanks, CA!
 
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While we're at it, I hate the posts that include nothing but a link. Please at least quote a sentence or two from the linked article so we know whether its worth our time to open it or not. That saves "people's time (and in some cases, needed bandwidth)" too.
Amen and amen.
 

dWarriors88

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Thank you based mods. The teaser title thing is really a pet peeve of mine. We all hate click bait, why would someone produce it?
 

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