I'm doing a study on thread title effectiveness and desperately need your input.

If you were faced with a forum made up of threads of equal quality, what would be the most attractive choice.. and why?

CAPS

no caps

MiXeD


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Also which of the icons above would best catch your attention? Please explain why.

Document
Arrow
Question Mark
Exclamation Point
Box of Kleenex
Cool guy with sunglasses
Smiley
Red (anger)
Blue (is that one for sadness? He looks more blue with rage than sad)
Red mouth (I've never figured that one. Looks like cunilingus or whatever you call that heterosexual staple.)
Red guy with his mouth open (Is he shouting?)
Winky
Thumbs Down (why we don't have this as an emoticon is incomprehensible. Think of all the typing and reading it would save. )
Thumbs Up Ditto

Thanks for helping
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[This message was edited Fri Apr 4 15:21:52 PST 2003 by Aerogram]

CAPS AND THE RED MAD GUY!!!

At the rate this is going, I'm never going to complete that study.

I prefer no caps. Much more soothing to the eye.

And I've always liked the guy with the "o" mouth. I just think he's cute.


BTW- I'm so excited I can be a part of such a meaningful and prestigious study. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Aerogram said:

Probably the person (or people) who started the thread(s) that I find most interesting.




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[This message was edited Fri Apr 4 16:14:43 PST 2003 by Supernova]

Supernova said:

That's not within the scope of our study, but I'll be happy to pass on the information.

The Org sure loves contributing to science.

Aerogram said:

Eh? You mean it's not the answer you were looking for, which isn't necessarily the same thing.

i do mixed caps, and i usually have either the open-mouthed happy guy or the checkmark...

well, one, the other, both or neither is how i'd vote

Supernova said:

Just being facetiously scientific. In a way, you sort of answered the question by saying another factor matters more. I certainly agree that the author of the thread is more important than how the title looks.

Still, I'm interested in what works best. Since you guys won't provide the statistical mass needed to validate my hypothesis, I have turned to the archives and compared the variables to the number of replies and views. The results are rather ing.

XxAxX said:

Funny someone with the most famous mixcapped name of the Org should be so undecided.
[This message was edited Sat Apr 5 11:56:59 PST 2003 by Aerogram]

all caps, red faced guy... I like those angry threads!

rdhull said:

You're a nocapper and don't use icons often. I never noticed your minimalism before.

Aerogram said:

my wife has

whataboutnopunctuationeither?thatwasquitefunawhileback.

BorisFishpaw said:

Andveryhardtoread.

Aerogram said:

true,true,
butthatdidntstopprincesanotherloverholenyoheadordavidbowiesstationtostation.

Aerogram said:

I look for titles and authors.

it all depends on whut day you catch me on
I MIGHT BE IN ALL CAPS FOR DAYS
but you'll rarely see me do The proper form
of Capitalization or the MiXinG of the two
unless i'm refering to LaV or theC