posting challenge

[Chippiewill]

That's 4 out of a probable 20 posts per day that are pointless.

To be honest I wasn't looking that hard and I saw many more that were borderline.

Obviously, moderators can't catch everything.

Assuming that you have blanket time-zone coverage and that the new posts page works properly I don't see why moderators can't, especially since you're aware (Unless scott is being delusional and thinks every post caused by the competition is productive) that pointless posts are very probable guaranteed in cases where you see the same name several times in a row on the new posts page.

[beth]

generally, i think the posts you've listed would've been made whether there was a contest or not. i think the forum is more active and that's a good thing whether people are being bribed to post or not. i've made my point in the other thread regarding the posting contest though.

[Chippiewill]

also moderators need to be keeping an eye on the single answer threads "what are you listening to/last eat/watching/how're you feeling/what you wish you could say" as those kind of things can be abused so easily.

And creation of these kinds of threads should be banned for the course of the posting competition as well...

[Catchy]

yeah it's just stupid, if someone made a welcome thread 4 weeks ago they don't need to be welcomed now... sure they're fine.

also moderators need to be keeping an eye on the single answer threads "what are you listening to/last eat/watching/how're you feeling/what you wish you could say" as those kind of things can be abused so easily.

Forum games don't count towards the challenge Bethie, w8 are they in forum games? Regardless I'm sure they wont either.

[-Amyy]

I think its a really good idea as it gets people posting more

[Chippiewill]

i think the forum is more active and that's a good thing whether people are being bribed to post or not.

I've seen a couple of threads get moved to spam and lose all activity, this is a temporary boost which GM will parade around for a week or so before the forum is empty again. I just hope this entices people to be a bit more active in future.

Edit: Also someone needs to read through all of this guys posts, a lot of them are questionable:
http://www.habboxforum.com/search.php?searchid=802247

[Catchy]

@bethany; the funniest thing just happend hahahahahhaa I can not breath. Somebody posted in an old welcome thread but the thing is they'd already commented it on like the first page!!!

tag fail

[beth]

I've seen a couple of threads get moved to spam and lose all activity, this is a temporary boost which GM will parade around for a week or so before the forum is empty again. I just hope this entices people to be a bit more active in future.

yeah it does annoy me how people are now staying away from spam cause they know it doesn't count towards their totals but yaknow. i also agree that it is a temporary fix for a long term problem but i don't think there's been any other bright ideas to improve posting at the moment so it's worth a try, and if it does have a sustained effect then it's all good. if not, no harm done really.

[Chippiewill]

yeah it does annoy me how people are now staying away from spam cause they know it doesn't count towards their totals but yaknow. i also agree that it is a temporary fix for a long term problem but i don't think there's been any other bright ideas to improve posting at the moment so it's worth a try, and if it does have a sustained effect then it's all good. if not, no harm done really.

I'd rather they run 7 days worth of "Member of the day" instead, that way posts promoting discussion, actually relevant, interesting, helpful occur more, it's this kind of discussion people stay for really.

[beth]

I'd rather they run 7 days worth of "Member of the day" instead, that way posts promoting discussion, actually relevant, interesting, helpful occur more, it's this kind of discussion people stay for really.

well that's a nice idea that could be used in the future but i don't think it was an idea on the table before this started?!