Get rid of post your... junk threads

[FlyingJesus]

Yeh because deterring people from posting is so much better than limiting the amount of posts in a thread.

If removing post count from pointless posts deters people then it's clear that they're only using it to abuse the system. If they genuinely like the threads then they'll continue using them anyway, in which case limiting how often they can use it is of no value to anyone

And how on earth are you not insinuating the rules are wrong when you're saying things 'ought' to be in other places. It is amusing watching you recycle the 'but that's not what it saying' card.

But it really isn't what I'm saying. The rule extremely clearly mentions two separate "offences" that aren't linked, so the part about moderator discretion is (as it states in its own wording) about pointless posts, not about non-discussive threads. I'm glad you're amused but maybe you should try being informed.

[Calum0812]

I don't like getting involved in Feedback threads because mods will always be moaned at for leaning to one side or the other but I've said for a while that it is so obvious that these threads are abused for post AND token count.
I don't care if someone has a high post count, but it does annoy me that they can claim rewards from the shop a lot more easily than other members who actually post quality threads and posts around the forum.

Anyway, I'm not sure what I'm going to do in terms of this yet but it'll either be:

1. Close the threads and open new ones in Forum Games
2. Put some sort of rule in place to stop them getting abused for post count.

This idea of having a rule like "you may only post once every 24 hours" would be practically impossible to moderate. Even if we do, what sanction can we give? I love the point made earlier in the thread regarding moderators editing posts for being pointless yet the user keeps that post in their post count and the tokens gained - not sure how we'd go about changing that though as I believe it'd be difficult without explicitly moving the post out of public view to a forum with no post count.

@The Don; - I reported the double post, but @e5; says you can double post in these threads if you're adding new 'information'. So there is definitely not a rule like 'You must wait before X people have posted before you can post again'.

As long as it is outside of the edit time for the original post (15 minutes) then that's correct. However. New information can be mis-interpreted and I do think some people abuse that bit of the rule.

[!x!dude!x!2]

Some examples: @TheOneAndOnly; - 3,041 total posts.
543 posts in What are you listening to?
272 posts in What are you eating/drinking?
339 posts in What are you watching?
123 posts in What are you wearing?
@Shockwave.2CC; - 4,735 posts
245 posts in What are you listening to?
121 posts in What are you eating/drinking?
1,024 posts in What are you watching?
48 posts in What are you wearing?

It gets worse if you want to include the 'congratulations' forum

y dont u lads give us ur opinion (this forum gives post count)
we would LOVE to hear ur thoughts @TheOneAndOnly; and @Shockwave.2CC;

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oh the links didnt work
i was posting all of those posts on shockerz page that e5 exposed from the congrats forum -.-

Oh hiya there o/ . never told me you tagged me in here . well i did the math and 1,764 oh my post weren't in those I still don't understand why you both are still on about this ???. It's not like you guys complaining about it all the time is going to make us stop? Like i'm not complaining or anything but I kinda don't care that you guys don't like me posting in there

[Cerys]

Don't usually post in feedback stuff but hi xo
I agree on making that rule where you can only post once in like, 24 hours. It'd make everyone happy as then Nick and Kyle can't spam it, but they can keep posting :p
Come on Phillip add this rule xo


Edittt; o just seen calums post - isn't there some sort of way that you can actually stop them posting for the time limit via the control panel stuff?
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[Calum0812]

Edittt; o just seen calums post - isn't there some sort of way that you can actually stop them posting for the time limit via the control panel stuff?

I'll have a little Google and see if there are any plugins or whether it'd have to be coded

[Cerys]

I'll have a little Google and see if there are any plugins or whether it'd have to be coded

Okiedokie have fun smelly xo
Hopefully something will come up so this discussion can finally be put to rest, though someone will probably still have a problem with it

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[Calum0812]

Okiedokie have fun smelly xo
Hopefully something will come up so this discussion can finally be put to rest, though someone will probably still have a problem with it

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Ignore this, it was for an older version of vB...

[Cerys]

Think I've found one but it'd require moving them all to a forum / subforum together where post count could still be enabled but people would only be able to post once every day

Do that then, everybody should be happy with that. If not then they're just causing problems for the sake of it so ignore them


Edit - o that sucks haha

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[Recursion]

Why are people so bothered about their post counts? The only problem I see here is that the quality of posts might suffer, which isn't even an issue since you can just choose to ignore those threads...

[GoldenMerc]

Can I just say every other forum (that isnt related to Habbo) actually doesn't give a crap about post count, Post counts in EVERY forum. Some people have upwards of 100k posts in 4-5 years. I mean if spam had post count active I think Jen or FJ would be top.

I'd like every forum to have post count enabled, I wish the post your stuff was put in a private forum it ruins the content