Post count to be disabled in Welcome / Goodbyes

[Kardan]

I'm sure that this forum already had post count disabled, but obviously I'm wrong.

(And before you reply saying 'OMG U R MOANING ABOUT POST COUNT AGAIN, NOBODY CARES' - Yes, I am, yes, people do care).

Basically, there's no pointful posting except for 'Welcome! Hope you enjoy HxF!' and 'Good luck for the future!', essentially the same reason why the congratulations forum has its post count disabled (Congratulations! / Happy Birthday!)

There's been numerous occassions where people just go through the forum and replying 'Welcome!' to each one, simply for post count - I've always noticed this, but I ignored it, since I thought post count was disabled.

Basically, two options:

1) Disable it - Stop post count abusing
2) Don't disable it - We all jump on the band wagon

[dbgtz]

I don't think post count should be disabled anyway, just pointless posts should be dealt with individually. A forum is really about posting as a reply to the OP or another post in the thread and as long as that happens I don't see why there is an issue with post count. I still don't even understand why spam has post count disabled when it's easily the most active section.

[FlyingJesus]

Oh I thought it already had been a long time ago since it was getting clearly abused. To be fair I don't see it getting spammed quite so much any more but yeah it does seem a bit odd, guess it's ok as long as the post is more than just "HI"

[Kardan]

Technically, I don't think you can get any warnings for spamming the forum by replying to each post, because technically they're not pointless posts, since each one is relavent to the OP and you're not abusing it for post count, you could simply say you are saying goodbye to each member that's leaving...

Definitely should be disabled, I'm going to check up the rules on bumping threads and see how many threads I can post in without getting into any trouble...

[sex]

im pretty sure its disabled in that forum, or is that congrats forum?

[Martin]

Technically, I don't think you can get any warnings for spamming the forum by replying to each post, because technically they're not pointless posts, since each one is relavent to the OP and you're not abusing it for post count, you could simply say you are saying goodbye to each member that's leaving...

Definitely should be disabled, I'm going to check up the rules on bumping threads and see how many threads I can post in without getting into any trouble...

There is a rule in a stuck thread within that forum which prevents people from posting multiple replies of the same thing without adding something to their post etc which in theory should prevent people simply going down the list and posting like 20 times. Should be enforced to prevent people abusing for post count etc and spamming the forum/new posts up.


Written by MattG himself: http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=578359

[Kardan]

im pretty sure its disabled in that forum, or is that congrats forum?

Congrats forum only, I was also under the impression it was disabled in welcome/leaving - but we were wrong...

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There is a rule in a stuck thread within that forum which prevents people from posting multiple replies of the same thing without adding something to their post etc which in theory should prevent people simply going down the list and posting like 20 times. Should be enforced to prevent people abusing for post count etc and spamming the forum/new posts up.

It prevents people from saying 'Welcome' 20 times, but as long as you add something, it's okay according to that thread, so 'Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy your stay!' is perfectly fine?

[Martin]

Congrats forum only, I was also under the impression it was disabled in welcome/leaving - but we were wrong...

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It prevents people from saying 'Welcome' 20 times, but as long as you add something, it's okay according to that thread, so 'Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy your stay!' is perfectly fine?

It does say "Because we have had a problem with pointless posting, so try and say something in addition to "Welcome to the forum". Whether it be a nice comment or some friendly advice."

and in the past people have been penalised for spamming the same thing over in each different thread without adding anything unique. Since there is no difference between "welcome" and "welcome to the forum" in that context really, either one repeated 20 times is going to be taking the biscuit and spamming new posts up.

I agree its not the best worded though and probably a bit outdated etc. If its turned off in congrats forum then I dont see how they are different really, both should probably be treated the same.

[Kardan]

It does say "Because we have had a problem with pointless posting, so try and say something in addition to "Welcome to the forum". Whether it be a nice comment or some friendly advice."

and in the past people have been penalised for spamming the same thing over in each different thread without adding anything unique. Since there is no difference between "welcome" and "welcome to the forum" in that context really, either one repeated 20 times is going to be taking the biscuit and spamming new posts up.

I agree its not the best worded though and probably a bit outdated etc.

Well, I've seen people spamming the forum up and never seen any action taken, this rule should be updated to include unique posts rather than just 'add something other than welcome'.

[HotelUser]

Although posts there often lack content I think it's fine having post count enabled for that forum because it's an incentive for current members to mingle with new members. It makes forum members look very friendly to new users.