A friendly tip that every ATS member needs to know and follow!

To prevent the embarrassing incident of posting a thread title sans OP...DO THIS:

1) type your thread in a word processor so you don't lose your hard work should any problems arise before posting. (If you post without a thread title, you will lose your text! Good to have a backup.)
2) copy/ paste it into the text space of a new thread.
3) add the title of the thread last, and only when you're ready to post. (You won't be able to mistakenly post a blank OP if there's no title.)

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No mishaps! Honestly, I'm just tired of seeing the jokester brigade rag on blank threads when it is so easily avoided altogether. Your thread will thank you

Any other essential tips to keep ATS running smoothly? Please post yours.



...waits patiently for someone to tell me that the new ATS 5/3 format makes these tips obsolete

Or you could just use an addon like This One for Firefox

reply to post by H1ght3chHippie


Good call. Thanks for the tip

I'm more concerned with keeping threads on-topic before they're even posted though. Is there an add-on for that?