Don't increase post count in Welcome forum

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Originally Posted by 00chips

There are a lot of other people who have done the same as well. (Including some staff)
I don't mind people saying hello to the new user, but they should be positive about it and not just upping post count.

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I was about to use the same example. Its not just her, there are so many more its unbelievable. The fact is, if they honestly wanted to welcome new members, they would continue to do so even if the post count was disabled.

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Originally Posted by 00chips

Under what logic? Under yours you may aswell reinstate spam and forum games as post count risers.

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Well, it means **** all so I don't see why not.

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Originally Posted by MattGarner

It isn't against the forum rules but if a person says "Welcome to the forums, enjoy your stay" in like most of the new threads. Then that isn't allowed.

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I don't see why not, they are welcoming the person and unless they know the person in question then theres not much they can say. In that case then, the welcome and goodbye forum (which is for welcoming people and saying goodbye to people) is worthless, it has no point to it. If somebody signs up, and if I was signing up, I know i'd rather have 10+ hellos than just one or two.

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Originally Posted by SauravG

You know, I have read many threads over the last few weeks, and all you do is post negatively EVERY TIME.
I never said its against the rules so stop presuming things.
Post count should represent posts made which actually contribute to discussions. Proper discussions. They show how active a user is. I find it hard to explain, but it shows how much people contribute to GOOD (discussions etc) threads. There are people who only post in the Welcome forum to get their post count up so they look good.

So there you are admitting that people only post in the Welcome Forum to get their post count up?

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I do not see how i'm posting negatively, am I now allowed an opinion? - In a debate like we do, my opinion will seem negative to yours because our political stances are different. In the case of this thread, I want Habbox to do good - and I don't see how going back to tactics that remind me of past regimes on Habbox is going to help the forum or Habbox in question.

This 'issue' thats been brought up seems to of been brought up for the sake of it, personally I do not post in that forum but I really disagree with people installing rules/regulations for the sake of it, especially when it could hurt the forum.

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Originally Posted by 00chips

There are a lot of other people who have done the same as well. (Including some staff)
I don't mind people saying hello to the new user, but they should be positive about it and not just upping post count.

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I haven't seen anybody posting a negative hello?

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Originally Posted by Geraint

Might aswell not have a post count.

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Totally agreed, its almost like a crime on here to have people posting a lot it seems, theres a stigma attached. Any other forum would welcome people posting a lot, because it means a more active forum, people spending more time online and people putting more effort into their forum account because they have spent a lot of time on it.

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Originally Posted by 00chips

Under what logic? Under yours you may aswell reinstate spam and forum games as post count risers.

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and have you seen how many posts there have been in forum games since?

You should be welcoming people, which the example of ambz showed. it was different everytime, welcoming and friendly which new people would need.

If this happens then i think that in the near future, the forum will close.. not just because of that, but because of everything thats happened. People know that hxf is failing recently, and thats for a reason

This was suggested aaaaaaages ago back when everyone was arguing about post count in forum games, we were given the reason "their posts will make people feel welcomed so even a generic copied welcome message is considered a good post" or something to that degree. True enough yes, but when it's abused to the point of people getting hundreds of posts a week just in welcoming threads it is an issue that needs looking into and I'd be all for having the post count removed in that section. As mentioned it should also help to make new members branch out into other areas of the forum.

@Dan, the idea is to have good posts not just lots of them. My welcoming thread was the old spam crew warning me about how Stephen. got his *** out on cam to Clarissa which meant a lot more than "Hiiiiii enjoy your stay :) xxx" 20 times

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

This was suggested aaaaaaages ago back when everyone was arguing about post count in forum games, we were given the reason "their posts will make people feel welcomed so even a generic copied welcome message is considered a good post" or something to that degree. True enough yes, but when it's abused to the point of people getting hundreds of posts a week just in welcoming threads it is an issue that needs looking into and I'd be all for having the post count removed in that section. As mentioned it should also help to make new members branch out into other areas of the forum.

@Dan, the idea is to have good posts not just lots of them. My welcoming thread was the old spam crew warning me about how Stephen. got his *** out on cam to Clarissa which meant a lot more than "Hiiiiii enjoy your stay :) xxx" 20 times

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If you don't have lots of posts then the forum will get smaller, i'd like to have big full interesting posts everywhere aswell, but that isn't what a forum is or will ever be, especially a Habbo Hotel-based forum.

Nice thinking batman, lets see how many people stop posting in there now!

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

If you don't have lots of posts then the forum will get smaller, i'd like to have big full interesting posts everywhere aswell, but that isn't what a forum is or will ever be, especially a Habbo Hotel-based forum.

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Yes but this forum shouldn't be big for the people who spam the 'welcome to habboxforum' forum

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

If you don't have lots of posts then the forum will get smaller

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That's only the case in terms of discussions. All you lose from having less posts in welcome threads is maybe the new members can't reply saying "thanks!!!!" so often, but it's hardly going to cause the collapse of all forum activity.

If people really are posting in welcome threads to welcome people then good on them and they'll keep doing it, but otherwise (just like with forum games) it'll prove that people are going there just to get post count up.

Wholeheartedly agree with Dan. The forum needs posts atm, even if people don't mean it sincerely at least its posts! People take post count too seriously.