Get rid of post your... junk threads

[mrwoooooooo]

I hope you all realise that once Aiden has got it out of his system ranting and proving points on here, I get to listen to the whole rant again IRL

Please don't wind him up

just throw something at him

and @Kardan; I'm beyond caring about habbox and forum. it's always going to be same old people posting the same old ****.

[Kardan]

I get that you're big on things being logical but this is a habbo forum, with the rules written by people ranging from as young as 15 and up so it's ridiculous to expect a perfect ruleset. If people are boosting for post count they are not going to take part in other discussions with or without these threads, so all you're doing is discouraging people who don't break the rules from posting in those threads. Clearly your argument isn't about credits or one over concern for habbox when you were arguing the exact same thing before the credits system was introduced, so don't try and act as if your reason has any more substance to it than besides things being inconsistent.

A7. Do not post pointlessly ~ ~ Do not post off-topic ~ An off-topic post has no relevance to the topic or any previous post that is relevant, or does little to positively contribute to the discussion.
~ Do not spam/make pointless posts. It is not allowed to post random, meaningless, posts or threads on the forum. Examples of this are (ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!); (BYRDSB +HKK; ) (I am a plane)
~ Do not posts threads which only allow for short, one or two word answers and do not promote active discussion. Repeatably posting short replies such as "Yes" or "Nope" is also forbidden. What is classed as pointless or abuse is entirely down to the discretion of the Forum Department.
~ You may not make posts that contain plain images only. Images that includes text are allowed so long as they are relevant to the threads discussion. This rule does not apply to the forum games or spam forums.

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People will still spam the newposts so all you've done is discourage those who don't care about tokens from posting in those threads.

Why have we discouraged those people from posting in those threads?

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just throw something at him

and @Kardan; I'm beyond caring about habbox and forum. it's always going to be same old people posting the same old ****.

But you care about me constantly moaning - nice to know you care about me

[FlyingJesus]

So you want to reduce activity even more?

I want to reduce non-discussive posting

But as we've clarified some people do care about it which will reduce the activity.

Is it enough people to make an impact on activity or so few that it's not an issue? You can't have it both ways depending on which flawed point you're trying to back

Depends how it's done, if they are all moved to spam or a specific sub forum then activity will die regardless because they will be buried out of the way.

...Which would again prove that people aren't that bothered about posting in those kind of threads. People who are regulars regardless of their activity in them don't require them and therefore you can't use such people as an argument for increased activity, and again again again again again activity for activity's sake is not important, especially when it's non-discussive

I think you're generalising a bit, but again, shockwave popping on for his daily 'Post what you're listening to' post doesn't affect you in the slightest, you have lost anything from him doing so.

I think you're generalising by suggesting that that's the extent of the use in those threads. As said before, it's not an issue of just one post

So the problem is going to persist with or without these threads, should we then remove post count from the entire forum to prevent people doing so?

So A problem is going to persist, not this one if it's sorted out. Your reasoning here seems to be along the lines of "well if we can't stop all crime why bother trying to stop any?"

Nice, taking a quote out of context...

How is that out of context? You asked Kardan why it ought to change despite it having been made abundantly clear several times. If I'd quoted the entire paragraph it would still have amounted to the same thing

If people are posting to get their post count up then good, we need more posting around the forum.

No we don't, we need more discussion and social involvement

[Yawn]

People will still spam the newposts so all you've done is discourage those who don't care about tokens from posting in those threads.

well these spammers dont actually post in other threads so if it made them focus their activity in a non spammy/pointless way that is gd for the forum activity and they still get the post count/tokens that they want :S

[The Don]

A7. Do not post pointlessly ~ ~ Do not post off-topic ~ An off-topic post has no relevance to the topic or any previous post that is relevant, or does little to positively contribute to the discussion.
~ Do not spam/make pointless posts. It is not allowed to post random, meaningless, posts or threads on the forum. Examples of this are (ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!); (BYRDSB +HKK; ) (I am a plane)
~ Do not posts threads which only allow for short, one or two word answers and do not promote active discussion. Repeatably posting short replies such as "Yes" or "Nope" is also forbidden. What is classed as pointless or abuse is entirely down to the discretion of the Forum Department.
~ You may not make posts that contain plain images only. Images that includes text are allowed so long as they are relevant to the threads discussion. This rule does not apply to the forum games or spam forums.

Thanks for that? Which thread has only 'yes' or 'no' as response to it then?

Why have we discouraged those people from posting in those threads?

because those threads will be buried if they are moved to spam...

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well these spammers dont actually post in other threads so if it made them focus their activity in a non spammy/pointless way that is gd for the forum activity and they still get the post count/tokens that they want :S

Shockwaves hardly going to start writing 1,000 word essays on the European Union because the post what you're listening to thread has been moved to spam.

[FlyingJesus]

SUCH AS

[Kardan]

Thanks for that? Which thread has only 'yes' or 'no' as response to it then?


because those threads will be buried if they are moved to spam...

The rule states 'such as', so that's an example. You look at 'What have you watched recently', and you'll find loads of one word replies. Such as 'News' - I'm sure it happens in the other threads (except maybe What are you listening).

And who says they should be moved to spam? I think they should be moved to Forum Games (or we get another sub-forum with post count disabled )

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Also if 'Activity' is all we're bothered about, shall we just set up some bots to post in these threads, so that the number of posts on the forum go up? Because the impression I get is that 'Activity' really matters, but it doesn't matter what type of activity it is.

[Yawn]

all you've done is discourage those who don't care about tokens from posting in those threads.

i dont understand this point. surely if they dont care about tokens then that is even more reason to move it to spam. some1 that doesnt care about tokens isnt going to be discouraged by a thread not giving them tokens/post count, no?

[-:Undertaker:-]

No we don't, we need more discussion and social involvement

If you want that then post more interesting threads to spark some discussion..... stop relying on others to do it for you and even more so - stop trying to penalise people who aren't interested in super heavy discussions.

I think a lot of you seem to forget that out of us lot, we are now in our twenties: younger forum members aren't interested in heavy discussions, they just want a place to be a bit silly/something that suits their age range. This is a Habbo Hotel forum, not a forum for people in their twenties or an academic platform.

[FlyingJesus]

BUT IF THEY MOVE SOMEWHERE HOW WILL ANYONE EVER FIND THEM!!!!!! because new posts and activity stream are never used and it's really difficult to find anything new as proved by how Draw My Thing totally has no-one involved

and I do post threads that spark discussion. I also post posts that spark discussion