Post counts...
Kassinger
Shades of grey Join Date: 2002-02-20 Member: 229Members, Constellation
Shades of grey Join Date: 2002-02-20 Member: 229Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">I think we should discuss this...</div>I think there are way to many posts on these forums that have less and less content, and I suspect people trying to achieve high post counts is the reason.
So that is why I want to bring this up now.
I think there are two good solutions for this problem.
1) Remove all post counts.
2) Move post count to profile.
By the last one I mean removing post count showing up in every post, and instead make it so you can only see it if you check a persons profile.
I've seen way too many threads where people (I won't mention names, even though it's very tempting) go way off-topic and come with a lot of one-liners commmenting avatars and such in a middle of a discussion.
ED: Might I add that this will keep people from looking at new comers as newbies? That way we will be judging the posts more on the content than on the person posting it. (Of course we'll still be doing that to some degree)
I hope by saying this we can see changes that will bring the quality of the posts to a higher level.
Thank you
So that is why I want to bring this up now.
I think there are two good solutions for this problem.
1) Remove all post counts.
2) Move post count to profile.
By the last one I mean removing post count showing up in every post, and instead make it so you can only see it if you check a persons profile.
I've seen way too many threads where people (I won't mention names, even though it's very tempting) go way off-topic and come with a lot of one-liners commmenting avatars and such in a middle of a discussion.
ED: Might I add that this will keep people from looking at new comers as newbies? That way we will be judging the posts more on the content than on the person posting it. (Of course we'll still be doing that to some degree)
I hope by saying this we can see changes that will bring the quality of the posts to a higher level.
Thank you
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Comments
One thing I would simply adore is if we would be able to request custom titles, yet for some reason you are not permitted such an honor, no matter your post count it seems. I obviously don't have a chance in hell to get my own custom title, which I personally think sucks.
But whatever, it's not like I run this board. I could live without a post count and I can also live with getting whatever title I get. This, of course, is just my opinion.
I try to treat everyone the same no-matter their post count. Just because you have made fewer posts it doesn't mean that you have not been reading.
But anyway, this forum is in a community, it's not a debate room, things don't always have to be seriously on-topic. Many of us would comment on avatars just for that reason, because this, and should remain, a nice, thriving community. There's nothing wrong with it. Each thread is a new conversation, and just as any conversation, it tends to sway and curve with the people taking part. I'm only against people making BS threads that are pointless and have no value what so ever, even as easy-going chats.
K and I'm sorry 'bout my reply in the offtopic forum, but you had 2 threads each one where you'd have to tell a story, clearly just put there to raise postcounts......
As far as I know, this wasn't much of a problem until recently, when a few threads took off in the wrong direction. It's sad to see good discussions interupted by stuff we really don't care to read.
I do think that more good will come out of taking away post counts that leaving them in. Just hiding the post counts in the profile section will help a lot against 'spam'.
<b>Edit:</b> Oh yes, I thought that double posting was hilarious too <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->, but I refrained from posting a new post just to comment it. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
<b>Edit2:</b> Oh, sorry, didn't see your post, Infect, before after posting.
I very much agree with you Infect, on IRC you can just about chat about anything without messing the forums up.
I suspected that would happen, so I tried to check to make sure. After waiting a few moments, and opening this thread again, I swear I did not see the post there, so I thought it was safe to post again!
lol, my apologies.
Back to the topic at hand.... (which is actually one of my jobs as a moderator... something it sounds like I'm not doing as well as I should.)
Yes. Posts can get off-topic. There are many forms of Off Topic, but there are two that I can give you like pure Black and White
Bad/Black/Evil: One line or single emoticon responses to a single person within a thread, much like a chat response, that is off topic.
Example:
<b>X:</b> Blah blah blah blah and Y has always had a problem with mental tasks higher than breathing. Just ignore 'im. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
<b>Y:</b> <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
Good/White/Angelic: A thread evolving into a thread about something almost the same, but not quite the same at the same time... such as an improvement to an idea someone has put forth, or something.
Everything else falls in a grey area.
One last thing: As long as it follows the board rules that you agreed to when you signed up... Very nearly anything goes in the Off-Topic forums.
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[Edit] Wow...You guys should be honored..This is my 400th post, lol. <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> [/edit]
I really think that we should remove them, or move them to the profile etc. It will come more good out of doing that than keeping them in.
Post counts can be useful in new fora where you want people to post more, but after a while it just makes people post lots more rubbish than they would have otherwise. I'll be a loyal NS fan rest of my life if Flayra and company remove the post counts, a true way to show how much they care for the quality of the community rather than 'contests' of posting as much as possible. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
<b>Edit:</b> Tempted to start spammin' light just to prove a point. But I don't think I need to, I have enough fellow poster to do that for me. :S
However, I think that the amount of people who post to extremes is small in number, and does not need to be countered by moving everyones post count somewhere else. The odd PM from an admin to one of these could be just as good a solution, and probably an easier one at that.
I really like this idea. I want it. Only i think we should keep the titles (dark queen etc.)...
just my opinion though.
While random insanity is expected among our many members here, it shouldn't interfere with what these boards were intended to do, provide a way of sending suggestions, ideas, and creative criticism to the development team.
Removing post counts won't force anyone to put more thought in each post, but it will certainly encourage them.
that is exactly what i mean kessinger. I irritate myself over all the nonsensposts, post-conversations and off-topic posts, just because people want a high post number. Right now it seems like the postcount is a status or something, which is not the goal, people are not more intelligent or something with more posts. So molec or spyder, can u remove the counts?
However post count or not, did you know that after posting you recieve a shot of high inducing chemicals? That's the reason for all the SPAM out there.
/me goes high after posting
The colors! The colors! /me faints
and i hope ive said enough and topic related here...
But, I still get annoyed when I see people posting one line posts simply to increase their count. I know the post count thing is fun sometimes, but it really starts to get out-of-hand in some occasions. Mabye it is best to move the post count to the profile section. (I Pray MonsE or Flayra read this thread sometime soon)
3000 POSTS!!!
And let everyone get their post count as high as they'd want
I really like this idea. I want it. Only i think we should keep the titles (dark queen etc.)...
just my opinion though.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Viper likes being called the "dark queen" <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
But I just find it ironic, you guys don't like post counts, yet you keep posting stuff in here over and over, basically repeating yourselves. Hypocrites. <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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