PH Wishlist Item - Daily Mail links thread

[The Jolly Todger]

Is there a case for having a dedicated sticky thread for people who want to post Daily Mail links? Kind of like the Youtube thread?

I can't be alone in being annoyed each time I click on a thread with a potentially interesting title, only to be presented with a link to some gibberish article from the Daily Mail (other crap newspapers are available).

Edited by The Jolly Todger on Thursday 5th December 14:27

[Kiltie]

I'd certainly vote for that.

[GTIR]

Youtube links usually only generate a couple of replies, "That's ace!", "Fake" etc whereas DM links usually start a whole thread of comments and it often turns into an interesting discussion, once you get past the crap DM headlines.

If we had a DM thread it would just get swamped and messy imo.

[The Jolly Todger]

GTIR said:

Youtube links usually only generate a couple of replies, "That's ace!", "Fake" etc whereas DM links usually start a whole thread of comments and it often turns into an interesting discussion, once you get past the crap DM headlines.

If we had a DM thread it would just get swamped and messy imo.

You're probably right.

Can we just ban them?

[Magic919]

Please do.

[Kinky]

Really gets on my moobs

If I could ban everyone who did it, I would

[srob]

Should have a 'two sources' rule, where you need links to at least two sources of a story. At least then there'd be an alternative view and show the OP has an interest in the story, not just copying and pasting links from one site as they see them.

[Kiltie]

Kinky said:

Really gets on my moobs

If I could ban everyone who did it, I would

If I report posts I see with DM links and no effort to; dissect, interpret or comment on the story, will this be frowned upon by moderators as a waste of their time?

[FourWheelDrift]

It's not like the good old days

[Kiltie]

[mattshiz]

first world problems.

Sometimes i think people just like to moan about the Daily Mail as its the cool thing to do at the moment. Just get over yourself.

[Kiltie]

mattshiz said:

first world problems.

mattshiz said:

Sometimes i think people just like to moan about the Daily Mail as its the cool thing to do at the moment.

You think it's cool to moan about the Daily Mail? I'm not so sure.

Anyway, I don't moan about the Daily Mail. I get fed up with people posting links to it though.

I also feel a degree of pity for people who read it and believe that its content represents fact.

mattshiz said:

Just get over yourself.

Bless your little cotton socks.

Edited by Kiltie on Saturday 7th December 19:54

[Kinky]

I'd be happy to get rid of them, if I had someone to pace me on the dreaded 2 wheels

[Kinky]

swerni said:

I was round your part of the world yesterday.

You only have to ask

You only have to pop in (open invite)

But I'll seriously get in touch in the next few days

[surveyor]

I just operate (and have done for some time) a policy that I will not open a link to the Daily Mail. It's extending my life...