Finding yourself unpopular? Ignored? Shunned, even? Well now you can put all that behind you! Just follow these 10 simple principles and you'll be emptying out your PM box on a weekly basis!
Grammar and spelling – We all make typos from time to time, but at least make the effort to keep your posts looking clean and smart. Proper capitalization and punctuation are musts. It’s also important to split your post up into paragraphs complete with a topic sentence. I guarantee more people will read them and feel inclined to respond.
Be specific in your thread titles – Few things are more irritating than non-specific thread titles like "I was wondering...." or "Need help! Please read!" Your title should summarize what the thread is about. If the new thread is a question, then boil that question down to it's basic, and ask it in the title. Use the body of the post to expand on the details. And Guys? Whatever you do, NEVER start a thread titled, "Question for the ladies..." You might as well stand in a crowd and shout “I NEED SOME FEMALE ATTENTION, PLEEEEASE!” You might be thinking, “Hey, I just want to get the female perspective,” but trust me, it sends a message of desperate losership like wearing a baseball cap backwards.
Never bump a buried thread, especially one you yourself started – This is especially obnoxious when you bump the thread by posting only the word “bump” perhaps follwing it with the bump smilie. Used car salesmen wearing bright plaid sportcoats are less tacky. Chrisheaven, I really hope you’re reading this.
Avoid chatroom-type abbreviations – LOL, ROFL, and LMAO are pretty universal and well established. They come across okay in a thread, but anything beyond those are just exercises in laziness. Reserve FWIW, IDK, and AFAIK for live chat, where the time it takes to type actually matters.
Avoid broken java codes – Unless you want everybody to know you just browsed into the TMF from Yahoo Teen Chat, don’t embarrass yourself with bogus attempts at ASCII smilies like XD or ^_^. The TMF has a more-than-adequate supply of working smilies without resorting to that silly shit.
Never respond to a thread with just a smilie or LOL – This really shows a profound lack of imagination as well as apathetic indifference. If you don’t have anything better to say, don’t bother responding.
Never report a post to a moderator, unless it’s spam advertising – We’re all adults here. If you find yourself involved in a conflict, exercise a little personal fortitude and try to resolve it yourself. If you’re not so inclined, simply walk away from it. This practice of whining to the moderators that Tickler Joe was mean to me is a little too Romper Room for an adult forum, when you think about it.
Avoid lame attempts to look cool with inappropriate plurality – I don’t know where this dumbass trend started but it has got to go. I’m talking about phrases like “Oh noes!” or “Hellz no!” This is the epitome of loserspeak. It sends the message of idiocy as clearly as wearing a baseball cap backwards.
When responding to clips, talk about the actual content, not alternative scenes you’d like to see – This kind of shit gets really old. “This would be better if she were wearing nylons.” Well, she wasn’t wearing nylons, so quit your bitching and deal with it. And in most F/M clip posts, its almost inevitible that some douchebag will ask if the guy gets “revenge.” The answer is no, he doesn’t. He tries, but he’s easily overpowered by the woman who publically humiliates him and tickles him even more vigorously.
Never announce that you are ignoring somebody – It can’t be stressed enough. This is probably the single most immature act one can perform in an online forum. If you want to ignore somebody, just do it. You may think it’s a burn on the guy you’re ignoring to make such an announcement but it isn’t. It only makes you look petulent and socially inept, especially if it comes on the heels of a heated discussion. It’s the virtual equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and singling loudly, “LA LA LA LA. I CAN’T HEAR YOUUUU!!”
Grammar and spelling – We all make typos from time to time, but at least make the effort to keep your posts looking clean and smart. Proper capitalization and punctuation are musts. It’s also important to split your post up into paragraphs complete with a topic sentence. I guarantee more people will read them and feel inclined to respond.
Be specific in your thread titles – Few things are more irritating than non-specific thread titles like "I was wondering...." or "Need help! Please read!" Your title should summarize what the thread is about. If the new thread is a question, then boil that question down to it's basic, and ask it in the title. Use the body of the post to expand on the details. And Guys? Whatever you do, NEVER start a thread titled, "Question for the ladies..." You might as well stand in a crowd and shout “I NEED SOME FEMALE ATTENTION, PLEEEEASE!” You might be thinking, “Hey, I just want to get the female perspective,” but trust me, it sends a message of desperate losership like wearing a baseball cap backwards.
Never bump a buried thread, especially one you yourself started – This is especially obnoxious when you bump the thread by posting only the word “bump” perhaps follwing it with the bump smilie. Used car salesmen wearing bright plaid sportcoats are less tacky. Chrisheaven, I really hope you’re reading this.
Avoid chatroom-type abbreviations – LOL, ROFL, and LMAO are pretty universal and well established. They come across okay in a thread, but anything beyond those are just exercises in laziness. Reserve FWIW, IDK, and AFAIK for live chat, where the time it takes to type actually matters.
Avoid broken java codes – Unless you want everybody to know you just browsed into the TMF from Yahoo Teen Chat, don’t embarrass yourself with bogus attempts at ASCII smilies like XD or ^_^. The TMF has a more-than-adequate supply of working smilies without resorting to that silly shit.
Never respond to a thread with just a smilie or LOL – This really shows a profound lack of imagination as well as apathetic indifference. If you don’t have anything better to say, don’t bother responding.
Never report a post to a moderator, unless it’s spam advertising – We’re all adults here. If you find yourself involved in a conflict, exercise a little personal fortitude and try to resolve it yourself. If you’re not so inclined, simply walk away from it. This practice of whining to the moderators that Tickler Joe was mean to me is a little too Romper Room for an adult forum, when you think about it.
Avoid lame attempts to look cool with inappropriate plurality – I don’t know where this dumbass trend started but it has got to go. I’m talking about phrases like “Oh noes!” or “Hellz no!” This is the epitome of loserspeak. It sends the message of idiocy as clearly as wearing a baseball cap backwards.
When responding to clips, talk about the actual content, not alternative scenes you’d like to see – This kind of shit gets really old. “This would be better if she were wearing nylons.” Well, she wasn’t wearing nylons, so quit your bitching and deal with it. And in most F/M clip posts, its almost inevitible that some douchebag will ask if the guy gets “revenge.” The answer is no, he doesn’t. He tries, but he’s easily overpowered by the woman who publically humiliates him and tickles him even more vigorously.
Never announce that you are ignoring somebody – It can’t be stressed enough. This is probably the single most immature act one can perform in an online forum. If you want to ignore somebody, just do it. You may think it’s a burn on the guy you’re ignoring to make such an announcement but it isn’t. It only makes you look petulent and socially inept, especially if it comes on the heels of a heated discussion. It’s the virtual equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and singling loudly, “LA LA LA LA. I CAN’T HEAR YOUUUU!!”
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, but this is definitely worth a look. 
