Get rid of post your... junk threads

[Phil]

@Phil; At least the choice is quite simple.

1) Leave them enabling post count/token but introduce harsher rules which require moderation.
2) Close them and re-open them in forum games

(Also, not sure why people are saying 'Let the thread die and then re-open', why not simply close and open?)

Yeah these are the two options. When people are saying let it die and then re-open I think they mean let the current ones die in Discuss Anything WHILE the new ones are posted in Forum Games

[FlyingJesus]

Obvs don't care at all about logic and consistency in the rules, that's why every single point has been about those things duhhhhh

[Yawn]

i dont like option 1 cos ppl can still pointless post and get post count they just cant do it as much -.-

[Mr-Trainor]

When people have their posts edited due to pointless posting, the post remains in the same place and the user still keeps the post count they gained. This shouldn't be any different imo and regardless of whether they stay open or not, the threads should remain in a postcount enabled forum.

[Kardan]

I think it all depends on the moderation department - if they're willing to read through tens of these pages when they log in and check the rules are followed (I imagine X per day, No posting within X minutes, No repeating the same info), then go for it. You can always move them to forum games if that doesn't work out.

[FlyingJesus]

Yeah option 1 is essentially

You may make 5 rule-breaking posts per day, enjoy!

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When people have their posts edited due to pointless posting, the post remains in the same place and the user still keeps the post count they gained. This shouldn't be any different imo and regardless of whether they stay open or not, the threads should remain in a postcount enabled forum.

So you agree that the posts are pointless in which case following the rest of your post the people who are multiple offenders ought to be banned as someone who spams up the rest of the forum would be, which seems rather more extreme

[Kardan]

When people have their posts edited due to pointless posting, the post remains in the same place and the user still keeps the post count they gained. This shouldn't be any different imo and regardless of whether they stay open or not, the threads should remain in a postcount enabled forum.

That only happens if it's an odd post or two, if it happens consistently (Like it is with these threads) the whole thread gets moved to spam.

(See Dragga's thread on Crimea for an example of a whole thread being moved to spam because of pointless posting).

[The Don]

I'm on my phone at work so I'm probably missing a fair few posts. I'm sure you can elaborate and discuss things within those threads but people are choosing not to.

They stifle discussion within themselves, as has actually been explained previously. They (totally illogically) do not allow for discussion to take place, as the only thing that's allowed to be posted in them is a short, pointless answer - something that quite rightly is rejected elsewhere. I could quite easily ignore porn and snuff videos but that's not a good argument for having them on the forum

[Mr-Trainor]

I've never really understood the point in some of these like the music ones or film/tv ones, why not just start or reply to an existing specific thread on it? That way there's a chance of some actual discussion and they still get their post...

Hmm this makes a good point actually; if people really do care so much about the TV show they're watching and they want to share it, they could start a thread and generate some discussion.

[FlyingJesus]

No I have genuinely been reprimanded by moderation for attempting to post a discussion rather than just a plain answer. This may come as a shock to you Akeam but some people have actual reasons for saying the things they say rather than just coming up with theories based on nothing