Tired of '+1'

[james_xxx]

This whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with THISUSERHASNOTHINGINTERESTINGTOSAY, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'Ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(Out before all the +1's!)

[FuturePilot]

+1

[earthpigg]

+1

[RiceMonster]

this whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(out before all the +1's!)

+1

[quinnten83]

-1

there are better things to agonize over.

[TCSnyder]

+3, my friends agree

[PuddingKnife]

this place amuses me.

[rudihawk]

this whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(out before all the +1's!)

+1

[koleoptero]

+popcorn

[Sporkman]

++

[Tipped OuT]

this whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(out before all the +1's!)


+1


+1


+1


-1

there are better things to agonize over.


+3, my friends agree


this place amuses me.


+1


+popcorn

+1

[renkinjutsu]

it's 9000+!!1!1!~1

anyway.. -100
I like the +1's

[Z652]

I for 1

[Greg]

++

+=1

[Tipped OuT]

I sense this thread will be closed very soon, by the way.

[LinuxFanBoi]

there are better things to agonize over.

+1

[RiceMonster]

i sense this thread will be closed very soon, by the way.

+1

[james_xxx]

plusone = "+1"

While 1:

print(plusone)


:D

[5BallJuggler]

Subtraction of Negative One

[Tristam Green]

+l

[Defiant Rat]

this place amuses me.

+1

[jwbrase]

-1

i

[RaZe42]

+/- 1

[Zoot7]

+1 :p

while(1){
ops_post = ops_post+1;
}

[marco123]

+1

Seriously what did you expect this thread to turn out like.:p

[LinuxFanBoi]

+1

Seriously what did you expect this thread to turn out like.:p

-i

[mamamia88]

+1

[23meg]

Anyone else feel the pain?

Yes, I share your pain.

[james_xxx]

This is exactly how I thought this thread would turn out. :KS


Slightly improved code:


def plusone():

plusone = "+1"

While plusone = "+1":


print(plusone)

[ElSlunko]

1+




Damn!

[Firestem4]

This is exactly how I thought this thread would turn out. :KS


+1

(sorry...i tried to resist...)

[Exodist]

This whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with THISUSERHASNOTHINGINTERESTINGTOSAY, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'Ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(Out before all the +1's!)

+1 I agree...

We can always go back to QFT (Quoted for truth)!

[lykwydchykyn]

+1

this

[aparkes]

+1

+1*1-1*1

[Chilli Bob]

this

That

[koleoptero]

That

You...

[aparkes]

You...

What

[Tipped OuT]

What

Yes.

[Ms_Angel_D]

+100-101=-1

[FuturePilot]

Yes.

Ok

[dragos240]

It just means "I agree". '+1' is shorter than 'I agree'. What's wrong with agreeing with something if you have something to add?

[bela42]

*1

(Indeed, I don't care)

[jryprt]

+43

[hoppipolla]

haha I know! I had never actually seen "+1" used before I came here!

I very rarely use it, I mostly say "seconded" (or 2nded!) :)

[t0p]

this

+1

:p

[Virtual Liberty]

+1 and in the same time -10. It's just a way of saying thanks or simply agreeing ( and again, it's some kind of thanks ) with someone. Since we don't have a chance to say thanks ( plugin ) or add a rep point, we do what we can .. add a reply which might seem useless for you, not the author.

[koenn]

1+


Damn!

it gets easier with practice

[NoaHall]

I'm tired of this thread.

[Virtual Liberty]

I'm tired of this thread.

-1 :evil:

[tjwoosta]

Some forums actually issue warnings and possibly ban users for being spammers or trolls when they use single word responses like "+1" or "lol". Its doesn't contribute to the topic in any respectable way.

[hoagie]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>And here we go</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is fun</h1>
<p>+1</p>
</body>
</html>

[juancarlospaco]

+Pi

[ticopelp]

I know what you mean. I'm tired of self-important rants about inconsequential forum behavior that disproportionately bothers people, but somehow it's not going away despite all my lecturing!

[fatcrab]

me2

[ctrlmd]

+ :popcorn:

Did they drive you to madness ? :D

[The Real Dave]

this whole '+1' business has dropped to a coolness level of zero. It was sort of cute the first few thousand times it showed up as a stand-alone response.

Now it has sadly come to the point that +1 is just the default response for people who don't really know what else to say.

I would propose a word filter that would replace all instances of '+1' with thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay, were it not for the fact that '+1' has a few legitimate uses, such as 'ubuntu +1', for example.

Anyone else feel the pain?

(out before all the +1's!)

thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay

[forrestcupp]

+1 -1 = 0

I agree and disagree. +1 is ok in discussion subforums, but lame in support subforums. People who give a +1 in the help sections are post whores who care more about their bean count than helping people.

[Tipped OuT]

thisuserhasnothinginterestingtosay

doyouknowhowtousethespacebarandtheshiftkey

[Grifulkin]

+1

[wojox]

http://www.dougsartgallery.com/images/ASCII-happy-face1.gif

[NoaHall]

+1 -1 = 0

I agree and disagree. +1 is ok in discussion subforums, but lame in support subforums. People who give a +1 in the help sections are post whores who care more about their bean count than helping people.

+1-1.
I'd say sometimes, if there's only been one replier - it's good to have someone to back up the replier's opinion.

[hobo14]

+1

[The Real Dave]

doyouknowhowtousethespacebarandtheshiftkey

+1 but check the OP

[Tibuda]

+1

[Cam42]

+1

[handy]

:lolflag: +1 is quite often appropriate We think.

Sorry. ](*,)

[xuCGC002]

+/-

[ankspo71]

Most of the time the +1's are helpful to me, but I don't think it's necessary (for me) to see more than 2 (maybe 3) +1's per reply.

If this question was because you are getting tired of seeing +1's in your email notifications, you might be able to filter those emails out on your end. just a thought...

[SunnyRabbiera]

C++!

[cascade9]

+Pi

+ φ :P


Some forums actually issue warnings and possibly ban users for being spammers or trolls when they use single word responses like "+1" or "lol". Its doesn't contribute to the topic in any respectable way.

Another forum I'm on has minimum character length for posts. 10 char IIRC. You see a bit of "+1-10 char" responses. LOL

[zagz]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/heartgram366/thread_gay_midget.jpg

[99DC]

Are midgets well-known for being gay?:-k

[MaxIBoy]

This has been discussed to death. +1 means "I agree." If no one is allowed to say something that hasn't already been said, no one will say much, because a big part of a functioning community is agreement. If we're not allowed to agree, everything will grind to a halt. It also defeats the ability to reach consensus.

Imagine this: Person A expresses his opinion, person B expresses her opinion. 99% of people agree with person B, but because agreement is frowned upon, the thread ends right there and both people get an equal say. Even though clearly person B deserves a greater say.

So unless you propose that I plagiarize posts whenever I agree with one, "I agree" is here to say.

I think it's a good sign that something like "+1" exists. It means we agree enough that an abbreviation needed to be invented. That's a sign of a healthy community of more-or-less like-minded people.

[NCLI]

/0

Oh ****, I divided by ze

http://www.fapquest.com/Motivation/division%20by%20zero%20oh%20shi.jpg

[tjwoosta]

This has been discussed to death. +1 means "I agree." If no one is allowed to say something that hasn't already been said, no one will say much, because a big part of a functioning community is agreement. If we're not allowed to agree, everything will grind to a halt. It also defeats the ability to reach consensus.

Imagine this: Person A expresses his opinion, person B expresses her opinion. 99% of people agree with person B, but because agreement is frowned upon, the thread ends right there and both people get an equal say. Even though clearly person B deserves a greater say.

So unless you propose that I plagiarize posts whenever I agree with one, "I agree" is here to say.

I think it's a good sign that something like "+1" exists. It means we agree enough that an abbreviation needed to be invented. That's a sign of a healthy community of more-or-less like-minded people.

Showing that you agree is good, nobodies denying that, but wouldn't it be more productive in a conversation to give some kind of example or reason as to why you agree rather then just a lazy +1.

for instance

"Ubuntu is awesome, I love the compiz cube."

"+1"

vs

"Ubuntu is awesome, I love the compiz cube."

"I agree, I don't see how so many people can think compiz sucks. Its more productive for me, and it looks good while doing it."


Its especially useless when people are debating about something and some clueless third party comes in and says something like +1 without showing any sort of reasoning to back up their claim.

There is a time when +1 is acceptable, but all too often it gets abused either for the sake of gaining post count, or just attempting to sway a debate without actually contributing to the conversation.

[handy]

+1

[handy]

Sometimes the previous post just takes the words right out of our mouth, or thereabouts.

So +1 really does mean something.

I have no problems whatsoever with the +1 reply.

[MaxIBoy]

Showing that you agree is good, nobodies denying that, but wouldn't it be more productive in a conversation to give some kind of example or reason as to why you agree rather then just a lazy +1.Laziness is one of the greatest constructive instincts we have. Where would we be if everyone decided that killing buffalo by hand "builds character?"

Written language hasn't really been a language until now, not the same way that spoken language is. Written language is starting to move beyond prose, becoming an actual conversational method of communication. Things like "+1" are a natural consequence of that.

[MaxIBoy]

EDIT: Sorry, double post from bad connection.

[Hetor]

Epic thread. +1

[SeattleOtaku]

"+1" (stated agreement) is at least more content than "First!" (implied lack of life). :grin:

[handy]

Just to recapitulate, I have found times (not lots of them) when +1 is the perfect answer, & saying anything else would detract from the statement that I was displaying my agreeing with.

[Tipped OuT]

Just to recapitulate, I have found times (not lots of them) when +1 is the perfect answer, & saying anything else would detract from the statement that I was displaying my agreeing with.

I reply with +1 when the user has said everything that I wanted to say and there's nothing more to add.

By simply putting +1, it lets the OP, as well as other users, know that I completely agree with the statement.

[MC707]

+1 -1 = 0

I agree and disagree. +1 is ok in discussion subforums, but lame in support subforums. People who give a +1 in the help sections are post whores who care more about their bean count than helping people.

+1 (I mean it seriously.)

[wilee-nilee]

sudo apt-get install 1-more-self-serving-thread $$ ego-modifier && binomial-thinking-process

[Ebuntor]

+1

[forrestcupp]

Maybe they should set it up like Yahoo! Answers, where each post has a thumbs up/thumbs down point system. That way we could show our support or disapproval without having to waste a +1 post, and it would be easier to see the stats on approval.

[Tipped OuT]

Maybe they should set it up like Yahoo! Answers, where each post has a thumbs up/thumbs down point system. That way we could show our support or disapproval without having to waste a +1 post, and it would be easier to see the stats on approval.

But then again, that system could be abused.

Just like the REPing system.

[CJ Master]

Maybe they should set it up like Yahoo! Answers, where each post has a thumbs up/thumbs down point system. That way we could show our support or disapproval without having to waste a +1 post, and it would be easier to see the stats on approval.

The thanks system did that, it was removed, though. :(

[ACMiller]

This thread is why I love the Ubuntu forums!

[Ylon]

~1


Also I don't think that the subject of this thread refine the real value addressed before, or eventually... yes.


As I said: ~1 :popcorn:

[Xbehave]

Ubuntu forums are getting more and more full of memes, it's like 4chan found ubuntu a couple of months ago :(

[handy]

It ain't what it used to be, that's for sure...

[Kdar]

+:popcorn:

[wojox]

this thread is why i love the ubuntu forums!

+1

[sandyd]

doyouknowhowtousethespacebarandtheshiftkey
^ ^
this

[phrostbyte]

This is the best thread ever!

[chillicampari]

A++, thread exactly as described, highly recommended, would read again!

[wojox]

I concur.....

[Aflack]

Ubuntu forums are getting more and more full of memes, it's like 4chan found ubuntu a couple of months ago :(

Toasting in an epic bread.
also my teacher learned me to count to 7 today

[wojox]

vh-1

[JDShu]

Ubuntu forums are getting more and more full of memes, it's like 4chan found ubuntu a couple of months ago :(

+1 (seriously)

then again, 4chan has infected western Internet communities like the plague, so it isn't surprising.

[toupeiro]

plusone

[Tipped OuT]

+1 (seriously)


Deja Vu. :-s

[Frak]

+1
+9001

[Aflack]

+9001

lmfao xD

[Perfect Storm]

All these pluses could be used to beat the mod in the "count to 200 before a mod shows up"-game. ;)

[renkinjutsu]

∞
Σ[i/i]
i=1


guys... help me write this one out.

[handy]

Has this thread become a game?

[Frak]

has this thread become a game?
C-C-COMBO BREAKER! i

[amitabhishek]

vh-1

:D

iPlusone
[sorry, me couldn't resist either]

[Kdar]

+666:twisted:

[afeasfaerw23231233]

Some people in my place would like to use "x1" instead of "+1". I don't know why. Perhaps they have played too much Mario Bros.?

[afeasfaerw23231233]

How about proving it by mathematical induction?

[lisati]

+1 :p

while(1){
ops_post = ops_post+1;
}

Ctrl+C

followed by lecture about how infinite loops are a bad thing. :)

[Sashin]

-(i)^2

[forrestcupp]

But then again, that system could be abused.

Just like the REPing system.Yeah, it could, but who really cares if something like that is abused?


The thanks system did that, it was removed, though. :(The thanks system was on a per user basis. This would be on a per post basis to show support for a post, not a user.

[MC707]

Yeah, it could, but who really cares if something like that is abused?

Many people would care if that is abused (forum junkies, MODS, etc). My brother used to roam a WAY smaller forum than UForums, barely 30 people roamed the forums at a single time. And yet REP abuse was crazy. I don't want to imagine it here, where no less than 14894 users are active at a time.