Your Thread Title is a Statement. Why are you Using "?"

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  1. Damian Killingsworth

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    Reminds me of fake news and click bait.
     
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    eh?

    And what about polls for example? A thread with an poll usualy has an title with an "?"

    But even normal threads can be just questions.

    I don't really understand the purpose of your thread :D
     
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    Could you clarify what you mean? I think we're lost.
     
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    I see what you did there :D
     
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    My apologies. I strive for clarity.
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    Edit
    The OP ninjad in the post above while I was typing this so this one doesn't make any sense given those examples.
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    It's ranting about specific posts without pointing finger or name calling.

    In this case the use of ? In the title when the OP clearly has a very narrow answer.

    Example,
    Title: "Are there too many reboots in Hollywood?"
    Body: "There are way too many reboots made by Hollywood. I think that they need more original content..." etc.

    While there is nothing wrong with writing like that to generate more views and responses,it usually is associated with bad ads and click bait news. Like:
    "Is that spot on your skin a sign of cancer?"
     
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    May as well add this one to the list:
    Your Thread Title is a Statement. Why are you Using "?"
     
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    In some cases it could be related to English not being the poster's primary language. I certainly notice this in my day job, dealing with support documents written by people across the globe.
     
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    . Are so boring
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    I guess if someone is seeking an answer to a valid question about the game from other players in general discussion, you are saying they need to use a thread title that hides that fact? For example, my tagged title above was me asking what the counters to confusion might be because I in fact knew no counters. I guess IYO I should have titled the thread "Confusion and counters" and everything would be OK?
     
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    Positive questions create community energy. Positive energy creates community interest and expectations. Positive expectations create meaningful change.

    Statements just give an opinion.
     
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    Maybe because it's a question. Asking an opinion, or perspective to ascertain a differing point of view, LOL :D

    Not sure it's all as surreptitious as you're making it out to be.
     
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    Au contraire, his thread title has a question, but he's missing the question mark at the end. He's got the quoted question mark, but not the punctuation !
     
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    Why are you being daft? I had to go further down the thread to understand what you meant (where you post images of questions).

    That, my friend, is click-bait.
     
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    What's the point.
     
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