So many threads

[Gibs960]

Idea, I think that when you make so many succesful threads (2-5 pages) then you should get a prize or a badge.

[Immenseman]

Could be an idea if the badge system was implemented with vb4.

[dirrty]

it doesn't make sense to reward people for creating threads. really members should be doing so naturally if they wish to keep the forum interesting. anyway, if what you propose was the case, then we'd have an influx of pointless threads where people which to get the reward and thus removes the 'community' feel of the forum and replaces it with competition.

oh and just because a thread has loads of pages, doesn't make it successful. quality, not quantity :)

[hah]

no thats not a good idea at all lol

[iAdam]

Would be a good idea. incentives would be a better way to get people posting.

[Immenseman]

It'd encourage people to create threads and keep them active.

[dirrty]

It'd encourage people to create threads and keep them active.
but how can you judge whether a thread is successful or not? i only way what he's saying could be 'successful' is if moderators/managers/an appointed team or whoever selected a bunch of threads every week which they thought were good enough to receive such award/badge. but i don't think rewarding based upon how many pages a thread gets is logical.

[Immenseman]

Good point. You could only do it on posts and they can easily be spammed to get higher to cheat the system. Probably just best to stick with posting awards, although people will spam to get these too.

[hah]

i would be getting badges for all my threads :8

[Immenseman]

I think you'll find my threads are the most popular :l

[Mr-Trainor]

I agree with the fact that quantity is overpowered by quality. You could have a 'sucessful' thread that's 1 page and another 'average' thread that's 5 pages. I know what you mean though :P

[Hecktix]

We do need more incentives to get people posting but I'm not wholly sure on this as it seems a bit loose, we can't be giving prizes out willynilly, we do have member of the month for people who post well however it is my current belief that this is not utilised enough, and I have spoken with Matt & Garion about this.

[Gibs960]

Maybe if someone gets like +rep off a couple of people for makin the tread??? That might prove quality

[Hecktix]

Maybe if someone gets like +rep off a couple of people for makin the tread??? That might prove quality

We have made several attempts lately to encourage people to use the reptuation system, we think this is a good idea so we will continue to do this :)

[Mr-Trainor]

If people feel that a thread is good, I'm sure they will +rep the thread starter :)

[Gibs960]

Some people don't they just say nice thread, but thats something that all forums lack.