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How many forum posters does it take to change a lightbulb.
February 12, 2007, 4:13 pm
Filed under: Play On!

An amusing gem that has made its way around before but most recently popped up on the Stratics Forums.  Those of you who frequent forums will get a chuckle out of this.

How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb would have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals
section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb” … another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is “lamp”
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that “light bulb” is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL’s where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL’s were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL’s
3 to post about links they found from the URL’s that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add “Me too”
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say “didn’t we go through this already a short time ago?”
13 to say “do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs”
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

 A member of the Community Team here at work had these additions:

  • 1 to post something completely off the topic of light bulbs
  • 20 to flame the off-topic poster
  • 1 to post broken links of light bulb images
  • 5 to post the correct way to post images to the forum
  • 1 to call the broken-link poster a “noob”
  • 5 to flame the flamer for making this a light-bulb noob-unfriendly community
  • 1 moderator to post to stop the flames before the topic is locked
  • 10 to post about how the moderator is stomping on their right to free speech

  • 2 Comments so far
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    3 to warn against criticizing moderators.
    1 moderator to agree and lock the thread.
    1 to create a new thread.

    Comment by Morgan Ramsay February 12, 2007 @ 5:24 pm

    3 to post “frist!”
    7 to post “ibtl.”

    Comment by Amber February 13, 2007 @ 11:55 am



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