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We've deliberated, debated, moaned and steamed now what the fluck should we do with them:
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Can someone help my numptyness
I wanted 4 options but it's gone pear shaped:
Lock Them
Delete Them
Ignore Them
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I've voted for ignoring - otherwise who gets to decide what's a good thread or not?
I've started some threads which I personally thought would be intersting - maybe a lot of people thought they were pointless but when they have dropped off the page I've taken the hint!
As for this post count bump thread idea I didn't realise people even cared about their post count - all I have to say is errrrrrr why? Surely it's better to post a few decent threads than a load of crap - who looks at the numbers anyway?
Yes another mans crap is another persons entertainment (not to be taken literally :eek
so I guess as it's an open forum we have to be flexible about it and go with the flow.
I've started some threads which I personally thought would be intersting - maybe a lot of people thought they were pointless but when they have dropped off the page I've taken the hint!
As for this post count bump thread idea I didn't realise people even cared about their post count - all I have to say is errrrrrr why? Surely it's better to post a few decent threads than a load of crap - who looks at the numbers anyway?
Yes another mans crap is another persons entertainment (not to be taken literally :eek
so I guess as it's an open forum we have to be flexible about it and go with the flow. 
Sex God
kiss_me, you'd be surprised!
in the past, alongside the postcount was a forum rank, and those over a 1000 were deemed to be godlike? there was a small number of posters who's sole intention in clock threads, word association games, bla blah blah, seemed to be to hit that magical figure!
purely an ego thing!
some people sometimes seem to imagine that post-count is a measure of their worth as members of the forum, and others sometimes seem to look upon high-posters as being the more active / valued members of the site?
the solution tried at the time was to get rid of post-counts altogether, to try and avoid that kind of thing? without post-counts, the only measure is the content of posts, and the contribution they make to the site, not the total number of posts someone makes?
i don't have any opinion on threads like those really. some people enjoy them, and they maybe have their place in easing users into the forum. i find them dull as dish-water, but that's just my personal opinion?
neil x x x ;)
in the past, alongside the postcount was a forum rank, and those over a 1000 were deemed to be godlike? there was a small number of posters who's sole intention in clock threads, word association games, bla blah blah, seemed to be to hit that magical figure!
purely an ego thing! some people sometimes seem to imagine that post-count is a measure of their worth as members of the forum, and others sometimes seem to look upon high-posters as being the more active / valued members of the site?
the solution tried at the time was to get rid of post-counts altogether, to try and avoid that kind of thing? without post-counts, the only measure is the content of posts, and the contribution they make to the site, not the total number of posts someone makes?
i don't have any opinion on threads like those really. some people enjoy them, and they maybe have their place in easing users into the forum. i find them dull as dish-water, but that's just my personal opinion?
neil x x x ;)
:thumbup: Neil!
I honestly didn't realise - I can be a pleb! What I don't get is that if everyone is posting on purpose to get a certain number.... don't other people realise they are doing that therefore cancelling out the point?
I agree - quality rather than quantity (yes I can post b*ll*cks but that's me!) also I'm sure there are very active members who don't post very often so I don't see the point of post counts as you have a joining up date too.
Ahhh who knows?
I honestly didn't realise - I can be a pleb!
What I don't get is that if everyone is posting on purpose to get a certain number.... don't other people realise they are doing that therefore cancelling out the point? I agree - quality rather than quantity (yes I can post b*ll*cks but that's me!) also I'm sure there are very active members who don't post very often so I don't see the point of post counts as you have a joining up date too.
Ahhh who knows?
Delete them - I've lways been of that view.
If people seem to be enjoying them then let them run for a bit, then delete them.
If people don't partake just to boost their post count, then it won't matter to them that they are gone when they are deemed done.
If they are just looking to boost there post count then tough :P
What's the point, anyone who reviews your previous posts thinking "ooo here's a profilic poster I bet they have lots of insight" just sees that you can mainly only contribute to mind numbing pointlessness.
Jas
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If people seem to be enjoying them then let them run for a bit, then delete them.
If people don't partake just to boost their post count, then it won't matter to them that they are gone when they are deemed done.
If they are just looking to boost there post count then tough
:P What's the point, anyone who reviews your previous posts thinking "ooo here's a profilic poster I bet they have lots of insight" just sees that you can mainly only contribute to mind numbing pointlessness.
Jas
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What's the point, anyone who reviews your previous posts thinking "ooo here's a profilic poster I bet they have lots of insight" just sees that you can mainly only contribute to mind numbing pointlessness.
Jas
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Ah but . . . . . .
It can be quite useful - if your'e taking post count/joined date type info into consideration. If you do look at previous threads (particularly within the new system) it becomes easier to dis-count some people.
As stated in the steam room thread one of these threads on it's own is just annoying, but if newer members see this as a "popular" thread just because it runs to a lot of pages and before long you have:
Song Titles
The Clock Thread
The Name Game
The Film Game
I have seen it happen in other forums when you end up with just a group of people constantly posting these and in the end you lose the life & soul of the forum and it kills it.
Then there's the questions of "Regular Chatroom & Forum Users" being allowed to attend both Munchers and Swinging Events.
Technically someone who comes on here and makes 100 posts in the song titles thread is an active member of the site - yet have they interacted with anyone or shown any interest in swinging - no.
Song Titles
The Clock Thread
The Name Game
The Film Game
I have seen it happen in other forums when you end up with just a group of people constantly posting these and in the end you lose the life & soul of the forum and it kills it.
Then there's the questions of "Regular Chatroom & Forum Users" being allowed to attend both Munchers and Swinging Events.
Technically someone who comes on here and makes 100 posts in the song titles thread is an active member of the site - yet have they interacted with anyone or shown any interest in swinging - no.
Right I've voted to delete them but thats not really my view 
(the lock option is for me) It's a public forum for everyone and whilst some of us don't like them for every 3 of us that don't there must be at least one that does enjoy them.................................so my sugesstion is let them run to a set amount of pages then lock the fookers and if one turns up again too soon then delete it.
I know I/we did the pub quiz thread a while back and after it had run for the weekend I was happy for it to be locked and stated so in my opening post as a short term bit of fun I can see the apeal but when they trundle on for weeks or even months being bumped from the vaults when someone stumbles upon it , it becomes a tad tedious :D :D
(the lock option is for me) It's a public forum for everyone and whilst some of us don't like them for every 3 of us that don't there must be at least one that does enjoy them.................................so my sugesstion is let them run to a set amount of pages then lock the fookers and if one turns up again too soon then delete it.I know I/we did the pub quiz thread a while back and after it had run for the weekend I was happy for it to be locked and stated so in my opening post
as a short term bit of fun I can see the apeal but when they trundle on for weeks or even months being bumped from the vaults when someone stumbles upon it , it becomes a tad tedious :D :D 
Sex God
Delete them!
Sex God
ignore em .........
if people have nothing better to the harm?????
we got a thousand we got a thousand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D
if people have nothing better to the harm?????
we got a thousand we got a thousand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D 
Sex God
post count threads bore me to tears, that is me personally...... but saying that i would have just tended to say "leave them" quickly followed by "ignore them" .. if they don't interest you, don't post in them.... if enough people are not interested in them then they would drop from the pages....
but then i would like to take the post count off again..... maybe that would emphaise "quality" over "quantity" again..but heck what do i know...i talk shite with the best of them!!
sean xxxxxxxx
but then i would like to take the post count off again..... maybe that would emphaise "quality" over "quantity" again..but heck what do i know...i talk shite with the best of them!!
sean xxxxxxxx
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ignore em .........
if people have nothing better to the harm?????
we got a thousand we got a thousand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two's.......you are shameless! But I like your style!
Well done- official speakers of bollox!
:giggle:
Oh, er, and ignore 'em-as a general rule.......they only stay on top for as long as the people are posting in them, and they can make for an easy way for newbies to say hi- without risking being flamed!
I have every faith that if it starts to get silly the mods will step in- I trust their judgement.
There should always be room for a little harmless frivolity IMHO!
Sex God
Normally I would agree with the 'let em dissapear' line however there is a very real danger that they do act as a marker for others, the points been made on that earlier so I wont labour it.
With regard to the song title one I dont think it would have disapeared easily. There is a real need to post for some folk, myself included early doors, not so much now, but I did have a bit of the old 'I gotta post something' phase and it didn't matter what shite I posted, a post was a post and therefore...mission accomplished, it was a mental thing, I just had to tag onto a thread somewhere, somehow, I guess I needed a posting fix.
Get a buzzin forum and these threads do dribble away, but we all know that it doesn't always buzz, it slows, it grinds to a halt and thats when the need to post kicks in, either to satisfy a real need such as the one I've described, or in an attempt to get things moving.
If you take your mixing bowl marked 'sluggish forum' add the above theory, which incidently I believe is a strong motivator for posting in those threads, chuck in the fact that some folk do enjoy it, sprinkle a pinch of 'piss easy to post' in, bake it up for 20 odd pages and you end up with a written meringue, white, fluffy, attractive to look at, has fuck all substance, but will stick to the roof of your mouth for a tad longer than is comfortable.
I kinda think that the answer if there needs to be one, is let em go till they do what this one did collapse under the weight of negativity towards it.
With regard to the song title one I dont think it would have disapeared easily. There is a real need to post for some folk, myself included early doors, not so much now, but I did have a bit of the old 'I gotta post something' phase and it didn't matter what shite I posted, a post was a post and therefore...mission accomplished, it was a mental thing, I just had to tag onto a thread somewhere, somehow, I guess I needed a posting fix.
Get a buzzin forum and these threads do dribble away, but we all know that it doesn't always buzz, it slows, it grinds to a halt and thats when the need to post kicks in, either to satisfy a real need such as the one I've described, or in an attempt to get things moving.
If you take your mixing bowl marked 'sluggish forum' add the above theory, which incidently I believe is a strong motivator for posting in those threads, chuck in the fact that some folk do enjoy it, sprinkle a pinch of 'piss easy to post' in, bake it up for 20 odd pages and you end up with a written meringue, white, fluffy, attractive to look at, has fuck all substance, but will stick to the roof of your mouth for a tad longer than is comfortable.
I kinda think that the answer if there needs to be one, is let em go till they do what this one did collapse under the weight of negativity towards it.
I haven't chose any options of the poles really as i can't make my mind up
I wouldn't say lock them or delete them as they are fun to read and some people who genuinely ain't bothered about there post count do post in them so why spoil someone's fun just because it isn't for you?
But i would say, its a shame the mods don't have an option in there control panel to make post's in certain threads not add to post count... it would solve everything then lol
Tony x
I wouldn't say lock them or delete them as they are fun to read and some people who genuinely ain't bothered about there post count do post in them so why spoil someone's fun just because it isn't for you?
But i would say, its a shame the mods don't have an option in there control panel to make post's in certain threads not add to post count... it would solve everything then lol
Tony x
Sex God
dave, i would say that's spot on!
yeah, i think all of us have been through posting sprees ((( 30 odd a day at one point! :shock: ))) partly out of a need to be posting something, anything, to settle in and get comfy. these kind of threads serve that purpose. it's easy to slip into, and at least there's some interaction and feed back? and yeah, sometimes you think "i can't find anything i really have anything to say on, but if i bang something up on this, at least i'm posting something, and the forum is ticking over?"
but . . . if these kinds of threads weren't there, would that mean people would use their energies and need to post on something with a bit more content, with a bit more value to the whole forum, rather than only in that specific thread, and would they spread themselves about a bit a bit more? not sure on that one TBH, but if they have that need to post, i suspect they will find something? god knows at one point i would read every single thread just to see if there was something i could bounce off and get a post in?
i think they have their place, but i think the point of posting is partly to show your personality to others ((( we're mostly here to meet people after all! ))) and partly to give everyone else something worth reading? course most of the time what you give others to read is complete bollox and uttershite, but so long as you're trying, you're winning? these kinds of threads achieve none of that, so really are pointless in that sense?
neil x x x ;)
yeah, i think all of us have been through posting sprees ((( 30 odd a day at one point! :shock: ))) partly out of a need to be posting something, anything, to settle in and get comfy. these kind of threads serve that purpose. it's easy to slip into, and at least there's some interaction and feed back? and yeah, sometimes you think "i can't find anything i really have anything to say on, but if i bang something up on this, at least i'm posting something, and the forum is ticking over?"
but . . . if these kinds of threads weren't there, would that mean people would use their energies and need to post on something with a bit more content, with a bit more value to the whole forum, rather than only in that specific thread, and would they spread themselves about a bit a bit more? not sure on that one TBH, but if they have that need to post, i suspect they will find something?
god knows at one point i would read every single thread just to see if there was something i could bounce off and get a post in? i think they have their place, but i think the point of posting is partly to show your personality to others ((( we're mostly here to meet people after all! ))) and partly to give everyone else something worth reading? course most of the time what you give others to read is complete bollox and uttershite, but so long as you're trying, you're winning? these kinds of threads achieve none of that, so really are pointless in that sense?
neil x x x ;)
My experiance from being a complete post whore on other forums is that sometimes people post to get their post count up but also people sometimes post as they use the forum as more of a chat room. To combat the latter I could suggest another forum named "chitchat" or something which is used for just general banter.
As post count is often used as a status symbol there is also a method employed by some forums where you can read a persons profile and vote for them if you think they're good/helpful/benifical to the forum, that way people are ranked by their usefulness and someone with 100 very good posts will be higher ranked and thus higher regarded than someone with 500 posts gained over a few weeks of post whoring.
-Him.x
Another idea is to allow forum users to add a comment (and only one comment) to someones profile so people have reviews (the person in question could always turn off the review feature). Not sure if any forum does this but I know of at least one forum which does the voting thing
As post count is often used as a status symbol there is also a method employed by some forums where you can read a persons profile and vote for them if you think they're good/helpful/benifical to the forum, that way people are ranked by their usefulness and someone with 100 very good posts will be higher ranked and thus higher regarded than someone with 500 posts gained over a few weeks of post whoring.
-Him.x
Another idea is to allow forum users to add a comment (and only one comment) to someones profile so people have reviews (the person in question could always turn off the review feature). Not sure if any forum does this but I know of at least one forum which does the voting thing
Sex God
Quote by da69ve
I say keep them going.....how else am i suppose to catch up with that Freckledbird!
Wellllllllllllll, I could slow down Dave :twisted:
Sex God
mrbusyhands, yep that kind of idea has come up before when the post-count issue has come up? it's a nice idea in theory, but . . .
i think the problem with karma points, or whatever system you use, is that it's too open to abuse? the friendships you make on this forum can be very tight, and cos it's personal in a way that many other forums aren't, any kind of system like that would inevitably be coloured by personal opinion, and would never be objective? e.g. i tend to respect the opinions of those i've clicked with in some way more than those i don't know from adam, so without intending to, i would most likely award them points even where others might have been more helpful / useful / made a more valid contribution / etc, etc?
by the same token, if there was any way i could give someone a negative score, i'd inevitably give it to those i just happened to dislike, for no other reason than that i dislike them? it's human nature, and it would be a minefield on a site where the interactions are often real life ones?
the most positive way to encourage good posting i think is with a simple
or a :thumbup: or whatever when someone makes a worthwhile contribution, and to simply ignore those that don't? something as simple as an emoticon was of immense value to me when i was finding my feet, and positive reinforcement is always the best way to encourage the others, and suggest a way forward? i probably don't do as much of that as i should these days, probably cos i don't think my opinion on anyone is worth shit! ;)
as for chit-chat forums? a lot of the forums i use have quarantines / sin-bins / chat forums, but i think what happens is that people gravitate to specific forums, and kind of stay there? one of the things i've always liked is that i can find everything i want in one forum? banter, bollox, flirting, and serious stuff that sometimes stops me in my tracks?
neil x x x ;)
i think the problem with karma points, or whatever system you use, is that it's too open to abuse? the friendships you make on this forum can be very tight, and cos it's personal in a way that many other forums aren't, any kind of system like that would inevitably be coloured by personal opinion, and would never be objective? e.g. i tend to respect the opinions of those i've clicked with in some way more than those i don't know from adam, so without intending to, i would most likely award them points even where others might have been more helpful / useful / made a more valid contribution / etc, etc?
by the same token, if there was any way i could give someone a negative score, i'd inevitably give it to those i just happened to dislike, for no other reason than that i dislike them? it's human nature, and it would be a minefield on a site where the interactions are often real life ones?
the most positive way to encourage good posting i think is with a simple
or a :thumbup: or whatever when someone makes a worthwhile contribution, and to simply ignore those that don't? something as simple as an emoticon was of immense value to me when i was finding my feet, and positive reinforcement is always the best way to encourage the others, and suggest a way forward? i probably don't do as much of that as i should these days, probably cos i don't think my opinion on anyone is worth shit! ;) as for chit-chat forums? a lot of the forums i use have quarantines / sin-bins / chat forums, but i think what happens is that people gravitate to specific forums, and kind of stay there? one of the things i've always liked is that i can find everything i want in one forum? banter, bollox, flirting, and serious stuff that sometimes stops me in my tracks?
neil x x x ;)
Sex God
If it was all serious it wouldn't be fun, I think Dave summed it up nicely though, ok that gets my post count over 1500 nuff said.
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Dawn - you know what happens to people who boast reaching a target, suddenly there post count drops!! :twisted:
Mal
:twisted: Mal
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Quote by Dawn_Mids
Dawn - you know what happens to people who boast reaching a target, suddenly there post count drops!!
Mal
I hadn't even thought of that...........where shall we shart :rascal:
1499 now!!
Mal
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ok, i havent voted on this poll,
i feel that this site is made up of a great mix of people , background, opinions etc thats what makes it great.
dont judge those who post in the fav film thread etc as only posting to raise their count, it may be because they feel when they log in they have just poped in to "the cafe" to chill out with some friends and after a crappy, stressfull, boring, (delete as appro) day. They like the lighthearted threads. Last time i looked it was still called the cafe and not the debating forum??
If the post count means nothing then why is anyone getting stressed over it???
those that rush in like a steam train posting often run out of steam so just chill and let it slide, if the post/ thread isnt interesting it will drop of the page.
some like it some dont , it isnt offensive so why worry?
i think its getting rather jobs worth and anal if we have to start to quantifying the quality of a post as to wether it gains worth to be included in a post count.
what about all the quality threads that are hi jacked by flipent comments ? we can all be guilty of that.
fgs big brothers on tv lets leave it there and just remember the site is about community and fun.
xxxxxxxxxxx lou xxxxxxxxxx
i feel that this site is made up of a great mix of people , background, opinions etc thats what makes it great.
dont judge those who post in the fav film thread etc as only posting to raise their count, it may be because they feel when they log in they have just poped in to "the cafe" to chill out with some friends and after a crappy, stressfull, boring, (delete as appro) day. They like the lighthearted threads. Last time i looked it was still called the cafe and not the debating forum??
If the post count means nothing then why is anyone getting stressed over it???
those that rush in like a steam train posting often run out of steam so just chill and let it slide, if the post/ thread isnt interesting it will drop of the page.
some like it some dont , it isnt offensive so why worry?
i think its getting rather jobs worth and anal if we have to start to quantifying the quality of a post as to wether it gains worth to be included in a post count.
what about all the quality threads that are hi jacked by flipent comments ? we can all be guilty of that.
fgs big brothers on tv lets leave it there and just remember the site is about community and fun.
xxxxxxxxxxx lou xxxxxxxxxx
