Get rid of post your... junk threads

[scottish]

I don't really know why everyone is getting so worked up on these kind of threads

But, if the post counts were disabled it would make people happy i guess and if there was a restriction then it would be fine because I only post in there like 5-10 times a day maybe

The restriction mostly spoke of is 3 times a day.

So you'd prefer post count disabled?

[Shockwave.2CC]

The restriction mostly spoke of is 3 times a day.

So you'd prefer post count disabled?

Nahh i could restrict myself to 3 a day

[Kardan]

So if the people that post in the threads are happy with the restrictions, and the restrictions don't have an impact on those that don't post in those threads, it's just down to whether moderation can do it I guess.

[Shockwave.2CC]

But I still don't know why everyone's getting worked up about it

[buttons]

Actually I wouldn't care it was only " 3 times a day" that would be fine with me
But kardan what about harryzuhairi90 ? they seem to be posting in these a lot

I didn't notice his activity until this thread was created
@harryzuhairi90;

he's only newly active leave him alone maybe he doesn't know that it bothers u guys so much!!
th ppl who post there don't even have high post counts

[Kardan]

he's only newly active leave him alone maybe he doesn't know that it bothers u guys so much!!
th ppl who post there don't even have high post counts

I just thought it would be unfair if I only got the opinions of those that had post count in the thousands

[The Don]

So if the people that post in the threads are happy with the restrictions, and the restrictions don't have an impact on those that don't post in those threads, it's just down to whether moderation can do it I guess.

Yeh because shockwave speaks for everyone.....

[Kardan]

Yeh because shockwave speaks for everyone.....

Surely the only people that matter are the people that would be impacted by the restrictions, and the moderation team?

[GommeInc]

Well, part of the system *is* broken.

At the moment, Habbox says post count matters (this being shown by some forums having post count removed).

It seems wrong that you can post full sentences that relate to previous posts and get warned for pointless posting.

But you can easily post 'This series Ep 1', 'This series Ep 2', 'This series Ep 3' and not get warned (and get post count), but you don't get post count for typing '1', '2', '3' in forum games.

To make clear, the main problem isn't post count (I couldn't care if post count got disabled for everyone, or enabled everywhere) - it's more about making the rules consistent (especially when it says repeatedly posting one word answers is against the rules).

Because Series EP 1 is a separate topic of discussion. What's the point discussing EP 2 in EP 1? If there is a lot of discussion about whatever series this is then it's perfectly acceptable - if not? Well, it doesn't matter as you can just not read the thread as you're perfectly at liberty to do so. It's not exactly hard to skim read and you do not have to read every topic in the "recent posts" area.

Also, the reason the Spam forum has no post count is because it's strictly a spam forum. The problem is that the Spam forum is now its own community where users purposely post threads which they known will get attention there. It's blatantly obvious.

Just an example of the current 'pointless posting' rule, which essentially revolves around 'Don't pointless post for post count/tokens':

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=799526 - Thread gets moved to spam because it's 'better suited'. Why? Is it because it's a 'Post your' thread?

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...73#post8137273 - This post gets rightfully warned with a pointless post... but

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...06#post8135606 - This post gets reported and gets refused - despite the posts being virtually identical.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=798747 - Only *some* threads get moved to spam for pointless posting

Apparently, you can post two sets of 'Congratulations' in the same congratulations thread and not get warned for pointless posting (Was reported and not warned):

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...02#post8145702
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...41#post8146841

And then of course, with these 'post your' threads, you can post 'PJs' or 'News' repeatedly, despite there being a forum rule against that.

The problem is as I said to scottish - Habbox wouldn't know the meaning of the word pointless if you white washed a wall, wrote the definition in huge letters and sat them down to read it while Stephen Fry loudly defines it in a deafening voice.

Also, isn't this being a bit anal over nothing? Your problem seems to be with the rule which I've always said has been poorly written - the "post your" threads as by the definition of the Pointless Posting rule are not pointless as they clearly have a point. Say out loud "The point behind the post your setup thread is to post my setup". That's the point, to post your setup. Same for "post what you're wearing" - if people say PJs then they've grasped the simple concept of what the point behind the thread is - to post what they're wearing.

I would go through all the maths and statistics I did the last time this discussion came up where it was discovered that the number of posts in those threads would hardly make someone a Habbox God anytime soon. It was something like, assuming 30 people have ever posted in one of those threads, they would have made about 975 posts within the 3 years of their presumed membership, which isn't a lot and quite a waste of time if that's what they're aiming for - but there's no use focusing on assumptions which is what is wrong with this thread, as it assumes people are posting in these threads to raise their post count when they may just be bored and doing for a mild kick of entertainment - which seems to be unwanted on this forum these days - "fun" is a horrible thing.

[Charz777]

Post count really isn't the issue. I understand that everyone moans about how the people posting there don't deserve post counts for all those pointless posts.

BUT. Post count aside, it's those threads that are actually the annoyance.

I don't really care for post count, I wouldn't care either way if it was removed. But what does annoy me is that every time I click the 'What's New' tab, there is the 'What are you watching/wearing/listening to' threads every time. They are so beyond pointless.

When we ran the Mole there were some complaints about our threads clogging up the games forum so they got moved together. Now I know sticking them somewhere won't stop them showing on What's New, but in the same respect they are clogging up the forum with pointless crap.

That's the only thing that bothers me about them.

So, they can't be trashed because they are 'important to history, or the last 9 years worth of posts' blah blah...' Fine. But as a community do we really think that important posts of the forum's history is what John was wearing on a Friday night 9 years ago? Because I don't think that's important. And if they are needed for history, then fine. Close them, keep them for history, but don't let it go any further... Just stop them from now on.

T'is tres annoying!