TV forums are by their very nature robust. And forums are all about the exchange of ideas. So engaging in the banter at TV forums necessitates some thinking before you post. Otherwise, you're posts are likely to be senseless, useless, or unintelligable to others.
Try and write your post in a normal speaking method
You should post your ideas like you are speaking to the other participants in person. Your message should be easy to read. Most of the time in life we should use proper English and nothing more, but that's not always the case at online forums and the same thing applies to TV forums.
While other discussions require that you use complete sentences, proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and words, the messages at Television forums require that you occasionally abbreviate things and talk in informal tone. All these are meant to add air of personableness and friendliness to the messages. The other participants will find it easy to read too. So using OMG for "Oh my God" is fine in your posts and even preferred but try to not use acronyms that only a few people will understand.
Don’t just write things just for the sake of participating
When you compose your post, you have to really sure that there’s actually something you have to add to the conversation. Don't be tempted to simply say, "Yeah, me too!" Either come up with a new tidbit to add to the thread or ask other participants to help you with a question you have about the current subject or a new one of your choosing. I often get queries at my Television forums that just don't have enough information to even start searching for an answer. "Who was the actress on that comedy series from the 1970s" is just not narrow enough for anyone to answer. Try to come up with a characters' name or an actors' name or the TV channel that the show was on or what series was broadcast after it. Anything that might help zero in on the answer will be appreciated!
Try to frame your opinion well in order to make sure that you are adding something that others will consider worthwhile. You should also ensure that whatever you are saying is within the scope of other members’ interest. Because it is not, your messages will be simply ignored. Posting something about investing in stocks at a Charmed Television forum is unlikely to get much action. Also, please leave your message in the proper forum! Don't ask who played Festus on Gunsmoke in the Comedy Television Shows section. That's just annoying!
Take a look around before you post
See what most other people are doing. You do not have to be an innovator or rocket scientist to express your thoughts. Following the overall norms and tones of the forum is safe and reasonable enough for you. So deem on what other members are doing and what those topics are about.
And another piece of etiquette for talking part in Television forums is to read out other messages in the beginning of the string. Reading messages from the start will answer many of your questions. This will also answer the ones you didn’t even think of asking. If you ask a question about the Heroes Television show that was answered just 12 messages earlier in the same thread ... well, don't be surprised if the regulars call you names!
Don't try to please everybody
You must learn to live with the fact that you can’t and are not relly supposed to please everybody. And naturally, people might have their own ways of viewing things and differing with you.
Even if other people attack you severely for your opinion, you should know that you have rights to express what you think – as long as that is not a large legal offense. There’s a famous saying “If you did not offend anybody, you should know that you’re not doing you jobs.
On the other hand, being just plain evil or acting like you are somehow better than the other posters just because they misspelled a word or made some other minor mistake is not very productive and will often result in retaliation.
Have a great time
Participating at a TV forum can be a fun experience. Senior folks can especially enjoy discussing shows that they miss from their youth and actors or actresses that might not be known to younger viewers today but were once the Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Ricky Gervis, or Patricia Arquette of TV stardom.
Does anyone else besides me remember Lorne Greene, Eve Arden, Jackie Gleason, or Billy Mumy? Believe it or not, seniors are very popular at TV forums because of the nostalgic feelings one experiences by remembering our TV heroes of yesteryear!
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