I Have A Question.

Started by Happy Dude June 28th, 2005 1:30 AM
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Hi,I have been viewing The "New Users Welcome" section of PC and i have noticed that people are copying and pasting the same message over and over again.I think it is very annoying beacause i think they are just trying to get their post up.Can't we stop post count in that area and just see what happens.

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I once PMed one of the Admins about this but my message got ignored. ah well, i agree with your suggestion and since i joined i have ate a lot of cheese and had a lot of fun XP

Eon-Rider

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I've thought about that too for quite sometime. I agree with you. I used to always post the same thing but I realized it was unfair. I now post a random message and a comment on something like: Nice username or nice banner.
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I agree with you all too. But I was also posting the same things over and over again for sometime before but no I have stopped it now. I only post randoms now.

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I just realized that if we make those changes, my post count will drop by about 100 and so will lots of other people.
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I just realized that if we make those changes, my post count will drop by about 100 and so will lots of other people.
Nobody without intelligence problems cares. You aren't your postcount. And if the decreasing of a mere number in your profile is so important to you, I feel sorry for you.

Oh, and while we're on this subject, I'd like to suggest the same for the following forums too:

Other Chat
Mixed Community Groups
Community Questions & Feedback
Pokmon General

The most postcount-spammed forums. Maybe disabling it in those forums will kill the obsession.
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Oh, and while we're on this subject, I'd like to suggest the same for the following forums too:

Other Chat
Mixed Community Groups
Community Questions & Feedback
Pokmon General

The most postcount-spammed forums. Maybe disabling it in those forums will kill the obsession.
Other chat is fine... I guess? Apart from the DCC that ruins it all.... >_<
And I guess there is no option to disable the postcount in only a thread, is there? o.o;
Maybe it could be moved or something, but Other Chat itself has some interesting topics...

I completely agree about Mixed Community Groups, because it raises peoples' postcounts dramatically and none of the posts are actually relevant...

I do not think there is anything wrong with question and feedback, unless you can point out the problem to me, and I don't understand the problem in Pokemon General either... o.o

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Hardly anyone even posts in Pokemon Chit-chat.
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Not a bad idea, disabling post count here. This way we won't see "Hi, have fun, follow the rules, PM me if you want to be my friend!" type posts.

Does get rather annoying.

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General... that probably won't happen until MCG or OC levels start up. Since there is a massive amount of posts in the Pokemon DCC (If you think 600's a lot for how long it's been there for...) The other three I'll bring up in HQ, so... we'll think about it.

Personally, I would agree with all (bar PG) but I know of a few higher staff that might not be so easy to persuade :P

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...Gah, how could I forget? Add Other Voting Polls to that list. And take down Pokmon General if you wish; my recommendation for the aforementioned forum was based on the fact that it seemed a bit spammy, with all the random polls and whatnot (similar to why I suggested OVP).

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The only section I think should be on that list is OC and MCG.
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Why does this even matter? If someone wants to get more posts by posting the same message in New User Welcome, then let them. Plus if we get rid of post count there less people will probably post and when more people post it makes the new users feel Welcomed which is the whole part of the forum.

If this was already posted above...I don't care...I didn't feel like reading above.

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The only section I think should be on that list is OC and MCG.
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And why so? Believe it or not, OVP is spammier than Other Chat, and CQ&F is constantly flooded with people asking near-rhetorical questions that they already knew the answer to. Either those people are extremely stupid, or they post for the number increment.

Why does this even matter?
Is that the only reason you posted, because one member (read: you) felt it was unimportant?

If someone wants to get more posts by posting the same message in New User Welcome, then let them.
I said the same thing a few months ago, then realised how idiotic I was. It's like saying, 'If a murderer wants to kill people so others fear him, let them.'

Plus if we get rid of post count there less people will probably post and when more people post it makes the new users feel Welcomed which is the whole part of the forum.
...Okay, wtf? We're supposed to care that people won't post any more just because a stupid number in their profile doesn't rise by doing so? Mmm, sad indeed.
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I agree with the thread starter :P
I want the postcount to be turned off in Mixed Community groups, New users Welcome and Other Chat.
Most of the posts there aren't worth counting.

I know it would reduce my postcount a lot, but I didn't join these forums for a high postcount...

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Members Fanclub post counts are now off? I dont see my post count decreasing!
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Why does this even matter? If someone wants to get more posts by posting the same message in New User Welcome, then let them. Plus if we get rid of post count there less people will probably post and when more people post it makes the new users feel Welcomed which is the whole part of the forum.

If this was already posted above...I don't care...I didn't feel like reading above.
I just totaly agee with you there..

If they wanna do the same message over and over again.. fine, leave them to it, it really isnt your problem, plus, if we change it, then what else are they suppsed to say?, it'll just turn out stupidly if they go too offtopic, cos' that could happen XP, and also, if you apply the no posts for that forum rule thing anyway, the members wont be happy, and they most probably wont post in threads, so then they wont be happy, and also the new person with the thread wont also be happy, because nobody will reply to his thread, and I say leave the post count thing, because if you psot in all the new users thread that have just came up from the past few days, then you get like.. 12 posts, it will make the members happy, and the new people happy...

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Jolty, I couldn't have put it better myself. While I try to change things up constantly, It's hard to come up with hundreds of new messages to greet new members, which is why I've taken a bit of a break from it.

I saw the thread on the new rule, but I don't think it was a good idea. I know I was for it at first, but after watching the effects, it really doesn't look good.
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If you really turn off post count, be sure to run the "Update postcounts" thingie in the AdminCP. Otherwise it would be a bit unfair.

Members Fanclub post counts are now off? I dont see my post count decreasing!
Where did they said it's been turned off?

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