posting challenge

[Chippiewill]

Songs typically last 3-4 minutes, no-one posted within then?

That's because you need someone to make another post first.

Also, I tend to listen to music constantly while on the computer, I feel somewhat lonely if i'm not listening to music while on the computer.

No ones forcing you to post every song you listen to.

Once again a posting competition is ruined.

"I can't make zero-effort posts to get some free VIP.. THEREFORE the competition is rubbish" sound logic going on there.

I don't understand why people are being so negative about it? It's nice to see the forum so active for once, people moan if it's not active, people moan if it's too active. You can never win.

I could flood the forum with zero-effort posts if I really wanted too, in fact a couple of years back I managed to make 100 posts within an hour. But to believe that it benefits the forum to do this is madness, it just means an onlooker will see the forum and think it to be garbage.

[j0rd]

what it's ruined because you can't post in one thread?

mods disqualifying people/closing threads because they are essentially being posted in too much..

[beth]

mods disqualifying people/closing threads because they are essentially being posted in too much..

i don't think anyone has been disqual yet and if they have it's probably for legit reasons. y'know, i don't understand the way people are going about posting. look at this right:



i am the top poster for the last week and the last month, but i don't spam everywhere. i don't make multiple useless posts. it's not impossible to get postcount whilst making constructive posts, there's no need for everyone to go so crazy.

[Chippiewill]

mods disqualifying people/closing threads because they are essentially being posted in too much..

Correlation does not imply causation.

It wasn't closed because it was being posted in too much, that's just a symptom of the thread being abused to deliberately boost post count.

[j0rd]

i am the top poster for the last week and the last month, but i don't spam everywhere. i don't make multiple useless posts. it's not impossible to get postcount whilst making constructive posts, there's no need for everyone to go so crazy.

Most people don't. Everyone's going crazy because its a competition, staff should really expect it, its happened tons of times before..

[buttons]

i don't think anyone has been disqual yet and if they have it's probably for legit reasons. y'know, i don't understand the way people are going about posting. look at this right:



i am the top poster for the last week and the last month, but i don't spam everywhere. i don't make multiple useless posts. it's not impossible to get postcount whilst making constructive posts, there's no need for everyone to go so crazy.

yep. look at the difference between those in the last 7-28 days compared to the last day lmao. top poster for one day = 226 posts. top poster for 7 days: 437. only 211 posts less?? its usually the same old people who post the most weekly/monthly and they don't get a prize... they get told off for pointless posting whereas these people are going to get rewarded for it. lol

[j0rd]

Correlation does not imply causation.

It wasn't closed because it was being posted in too much, that's just a symptom of the thread being abused to deliberately boost post count.

It's basically abused day-to-day, including when there's no posting competitions on. Threads like- what did you last watch, what your listening too etc. are generally useless threads, no-body really takes notice of others posts, its just to increase your own post count.

[beth]

yep. look at the difference between those in the last 7-28 days compared to the last day lmao. top poster for one day = 226 posts. top poster for 7 days: 437. only 211 posts less?? its usually the same old people who post the most weekly/monthly and they don't get a prize... they get told off for pointless posting whereas these people are going to get rewarded for it. lol

gurrrl you are so right. i feel i need a gif to agree with you.



that'll do.

no but really this post conveys my feelings perfectly.

[Stephen]

DOWN WITH THE FORUM

REBEL REBEL

TAKE NO PRISONERS
KILL THEM ALL

Edited by Chris (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not make pointless posts!

[Chippiewill]

It's basically abused day-to-day, including when there's no posting competitions on. Threads like- what did you last watch, what your listening too etc. are generally useless threads, no-body really takes notice of others posts, its just to increase your own post count.

On a day to day basis there is OCCASIONALLY discussion involved, in most of the other "post your" threads there's normally active discussion going on in half the posts. TODAY there was no discussion, I think I saw one "oh I was just listening to that" and that was it. last watched has been deteriorating recently however it's bearable because you can't watch something new every five minutes.

PWYLT has been barely tolerated for years due to historic (terrible reason to begin with) reasons and because a lot of people genuinely enjoy posting in that thread and discussing music - not fair to close the thread because a couple of people abuse it, the spamming that went on today was over the edge and completely tipped the balance of people abusing and people not abusing.