An idea to prevent them darned spams to boast post counts.
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- Morathi's Favoured
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- Beastmaster
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The idea is not feasible as I see things. A far better idea IMO is then to remove the whole system, as has been suggested. I have seen it on lots of sites and of course it adds to the spam posts. That's human nature for you (not sure how the Druchii nature is in this aspect). I have seen people get more than 500 posts in a month, and I'm quite convinced that NO ONE can write 500 good posts in a month.
Good that some of you pointed out that short posts aren't necessarily the same as spam. I always write posts telegram-style (habit from writing patient charts).
Good that some of you pointed out that short posts aren't necessarily the same as spam. I always write posts telegram-style (habit from writing patient charts).
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I think that the post count thing is good and shouldn't be removed, just modified.
It allows, mostly people to see what people have been around awhile. It doesn't however, provide a good indicator of the people who are important to the site.
I think that anything over 400-500 posts would keep the same title. I think that there should be additional titles added when a mod sees you doing good work. There would be like another 5-6 titles after this level and the members would gain another level each time a mod sees them making a good post or just being a good, general contributer. And after this post count you would have your own custom title.
This way those who make spam posts and irritate other members would stay at a more lowly rank and it would be more obvious who are good contributers to the site.
It allows, mostly people to see what people have been around awhile. It doesn't however, provide a good indicator of the people who are important to the site.
I think that anything over 400-500 posts would keep the same title. I think that there should be additional titles added when a mod sees you doing good work. There would be like another 5-6 titles after this level and the members would gain another level each time a mod sees them making a good post or just being a good, general contributer. And after this post count you would have your own custom title.
This way those who make spam posts and irritate other members would stay at a more lowly rank and it would be more obvious who are good contributers to the site.
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Ive yet to understand why there even is a post-counter in the first place. I cant comprehend any real practical use for it.
In the malevolent version people spam to up their post-count, whereas the benevolent version is ppl getting a silly personal kick out of seeing a multidigit number aside their name when posting - or an even more silly kick outta imagining other people in awe cuz of their post-count...
Overall it provides a completely useless digit people can refer to when building up a hierachy of elites and noobs - a digit that in no way displays true quality but instead quantity.
Why is it even there...?
- Zool
In the malevolent version people spam to up their post-count, whereas the benevolent version is ppl getting a silly personal kick out of seeing a multidigit number aside their name when posting - or an even more silly kick outta imagining other people in awe cuz of their post-count...
Overall it provides a completely useless digit people can refer to when building up a hierachy of elites and noobs - a digit that in no way displays true quality but instead quantity.
Why is it even there...?
- Zool
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- Poisonblade
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I like the post counter and ranking system. The spam and repeat topics on this site can be a headache though, even with the hard working mods. I've made some posts on this in the past (some very bitter), but I'm not sure there will ever be a good solution. When a site becomes as popular as this, the quality of posts goes way down.
I really don't know what to suggest, I guess we just have to deal with it. Maybe make a few more mods or something, but they can only do so much.
I really don't know what to suggest, I guess we just have to deal with it. Maybe make a few more mods or something, but they can only do so much.
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