I must say I agree that just reading AND FOLLOWING the forum rules would avoid most of the problems being discussed in this thread. I think reading the forum rules should be a required part of registering, but that's not enforceable.

Having said that, I can think of two areas where I feel short ditto type responses are ok: In fan fic I think it's cool to see responses like "Great story" etc. I DO NOT HOWEVER, WANT TO READ THRU 3 PAGES OF MORE PLEASE MORE PLEASE JUST BECAUSE THE AUTHOR HASN'T WRITTEN IN A WHILE! I admit I too have been guilty of this sort of thing, but I shall try to avoid it in the future. And, Introductions where I think it's ok to post short superficial things to welcome newcomers.

I absolutely agree that in the help & guides sections of the games, you should NEVER post unless you are either asking a question OR Answering (and I mean seriously answering) a question.

In the rest of the forum, I generally don't mind, but admit it does get annoying, especially when someone attacks LDW or a fellow forumer.