Some of you may have participated in meta-threads on other sites, but for the uninitiated, it's a thread in which you simply state what you're posting, rather than actually putting your argument.

It's largely for amusement purposes, but I think it may offer interesting views on how we see debate patterns unfold on OLO. Since that might not make sense, I'll just start:

I state a strongly partisan opinion on a controversial issue. To back it up, I offer a selection of links to one-sided websites which share my prejudice, and say that the people who are sure to disagree with me can't handle the truth.

I now add a correction to a spelling error in my previous post which no-one would have noticed anyway, and was probably right in the first place.

I trump Sancho's poor opening gambit with an even more partition UTube video whilst claiming to be able to tell the difference between the real stuff and those so obvious frauds.

R0bert

I mock the seriousness with which the topic is being discussed, and pick a fight with the most arrogant, self important looking poster. I ignore the thrust of their general argument, find a legitimate slip of the toungue to highlight a gender bias and expand to the nth degree to distort their position.

I look for any opportunity to exercise my addiction to bad puns.

In fact, I never metadiscussion I didn't like.

Sancho: "Some of you may have participated in meta-threads on other sites, but for the uninitiated, it's a thread in which you simply state what you're posting, rather than actually putting your argument."

Such patronising condescension!

To suggest that posters on OLO know nothing of mete-threads, or are in any way uninitiated. Does your arrogance exceed your ignorance, or is it the other way round? It's done here all the time!

What really gets up my nose about you types is your passive aggressiveness and snidely gutless evasions as you seek to pretend to debate. As an example, just look at the deliberate use of the word 'toungue' in Usual Suspect's post, sneakily disguised to look like a slip of the tongue. Everyone knows a toungue is a leet term for a pinko feminazi political correctionist. Hasn't got the guts of her convictions.

And what's this drivel about life outside OLO? Other sites? Hogwash!