Don't increase post count in Welcome forum

Black_Apalachi · 05-12-2009, 02:21 AM

Well if things do change like that in terms of pointless posting, I'm not looking forward to the future of Habbox Forum.

Hecktix · 05-12-2009, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by Sergio

Well if things do change like that in terms of pointless posting, I'm not looking forward to the future of Habbox Forum.

I believe the way in which moderators are pushed to be strict on things such as pointless posting is pushing users away.

**FlyingJesus** · 05-12-2009, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Sergio

I can't believe we're basically discussing whether we should encourage people to post for the sake of the post count :S.

We're not, we're discussing how it's better for such people to be posting in discussion topics if at all

Originally Posted by invincible,

I'm all for new members posting elsehwere, and to be honest I'm all for a bit of leniance on pointless posting, as long as a post isnt weoiwefipwenfiwe or incredibly off topic I think it should be allowed, even if it is a simple "yes" in response to a question.

Can't say I'm a fan of that, the new debates rule is a big step in the right direction (for that section at least) where you have to give reasoning for yours posts. I'm not saying everywhere should have to follow that rule but pointless posts are just that: pointless. As I've said however many times over the past few "improvement" threads we need lots more posts yes, but only if they're good posts.

Hecktix · 05-12-2009, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

Can't say I'm a fan of that, the new debates rule is a big step in the right direction (for that section at least) where you have to give reasoning for yours posts. I'm not saying everywhere should have to follow that rule but pointless posts are just that: pointless. As I've said however many times over the past few "improvement" threads we need lots more posts yes, but only if they're good posts.

A post such as "I agree" or "yes" has some degree of a point to it, I don't think people would do this a lot because if everybody did it it'd make everything extremely boring however I do believe that our strict policies on things such as this does prevent people from posting.

Of course it was a brilliant step in the debates forum, because there's nothing more annoying in a debate when someone says "I disagree" and just leaves it like that, well infact, that's not really debating is it as debating is about putting across a good argument, however in more menial discussions across the forums sometimes a short response could be helpful.

For instance, the way we look at pointless posts at the moment is ridiculous, the other day a member got their post edited for posting in a thread about a celebrity and saying "I don't know who they are", in my eyes this isn't pointless and someone could very easily then explain who whoever the celebrity was to the member who wasn't aware of them (I think it was a member from a different country and the celebrity was from a british tv show).

kk. · 05-12-2009, 06:57 AM

Speaking of arguments though, some heated discussions certainly wouldn't do this forum any harm.

you're kidding right? I've been involved in a few threads and everytime it starts to get heated it's closed

Suspective · 05-12-2009, 07:27 AM

In the end its only a ''number''

xxMATTGxx · 05-12-2009, 08:27 AM

There is wide range of views from different people in the thread regarding whether it should be turned on or off. A person with a green name did say something along the lines of "I would like new members to be actively welcomed, so I say we leave it." So if the congratulations forum doesn't have post count rising, which still gets threads? I don't see why the welcome forum should start declining because of it. Unless they only post there for the post count. (The change may not be happening)