nemo Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 i think that the only ones that should be allowed are on every thousandth post. like for your 1000th post, or 2000th or better yet: NeoBond should make a page or some crap, that is the "Top Posters" page. and you only get on it if you have hit 1000 posts and up. or something.. you know what i mean. then every other gay "wow my 43.1245 post!! yes!" will be deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Okay people.... even mods have to sleep so it appears i have missed most of the drama that has happened during the night. It's all well and good to be proud of achieving "X" amount of posts, but when neowin has over 10 000 members, these kind of threads get a bit too much. Long term members, like Silvorgold, who had reached 2000, i can understand but as has been shown the majority of the community are getting quite tired of it. Remember people..... Quality, not quantity is what is important here. No one is impressed by how many posts you have. Threads like these in the future will be deleted on sight. They are essentially irrelevant and a catalyst for fights. Lets keep the boards clean, and free of spam ok ? You guys know the rules, lets all work together eh ? ;) Thankyou for your understanding. Keldyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Here's an idea... on the top of the forum's home page, we can have something like this: Congratulations to: Memberx - 100 posts Membery - 200 posts and so on in 100 increments... that way, people will get recognition they want without them typing anything extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Voodoo_freaK get a life Faction i coudlnt care less what my sig says So why did you bother to add an image at all if you couldent care less? Especially how your nicking bandwidth direct from the quake3area.com website :right:. Ok posting for 50 is a little dumb, i have not made any threads like that and im over 500 already. If people reach 500+ then sure. Maybe if that person reachs 600/700 and has not done a post like it before they should celebrate there greatness. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quackagator Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Why even post a post count? Is it a contest of who has the most posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 I agree Robert but then how to we decide or agree on what is a reasonable amount of posts ? It's one of those things everybody is going to have an opinion on. For now, lets just try to be reasonable about it. 500 posts plus seems ok to me. As an afterthought, when i first started here, i remember how long it was before i reached even 100 posts. It was not until then that i became an active member. So i can understand why you guys are proud when you reach your own milestones, we just need to be respectful of the community and keep threads like these to a minimum. Happy surfing, ~Keldyn - neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Its just that thought that the first 100 are always the hardest to reach :) its not a contest as someone just said but more of a side note that someone has made that many conributions to the community here. They have used there own time to add something to the forums and maybe (hopefully) help people. Yeah i agree that 500+ is a reasonable ammount. What about if the rule is that you dont make a new thread about it but rather just put it in an existing one? When you reach/make that 500th post? That seems a good idea to me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsekicker Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 How about we just scrap the post counts? They are pointless and I have no more respect for someone with 1000 posts than with 1 post, maybe less;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Hey comon someone should be proud about reaching that many post counts. I didnt say i thought they were right, i was just respecting why people would do it. But i think the 10/50 ones are a little urr troll like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Thanx Robert for your input. If you will direct your browsers to here.... https://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.ph...2824#post172824 You will see that i have made a thread exclusively for this purpose. This thread is for post counts and congrats ONLY ok ? Cheers, Keldyn - neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf- Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 well said arsekicker happy now Robert_Hague :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troop Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Hey you! everybody. Do you really think that person with more threads knows more or most important than someone with 50-100 threads? Don't be a stupid! Don't like, don't read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 All i said was your not going to stop it by just deleting them and hoping it goes away. I didnt say "Yes i love these posts i love them". :roll: Although i did say make the rule that people can post in the thread they are replying too when they hit the milestone. Not make a new thread about it cos really its only them that care and want to share it. :) But its nice to have a section dedicated to me, makes me feel kind of special. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Originally posted by Troop Do you really think that person with more threads knows more or most important than someone with 50-100 threads? Don't be a stupid! Don't like, don't read! Who said that? Ever get the feeling this is all a fuss about nothing? :ermm: If someone spent time posting and made a contribution if they feel they want to tell people we should respect it thats all im saying :right: of course making threads about it (all the time for every 100 or 50) is a bit daft and that should be stoped. ;) > No more discussion about it now though anyway, new bit for putting them in now innit. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Originally posted by Robert_Hague Although i did say make the rule that people can post in the thread they are replying too when they hit the milestone. Not make a new thread about it cos really its only them that care and want to share it. :) Okay, i did this because i just KNOW people are not going to stick to the rule, and its one of those things that will be difficult to enforce unfortunately. This way, we have the one thread, and it keeps things clean. Its that simple. Keldyn - neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted March 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 31, 2002 Agreed. Good work Keldyn. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joswin Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Yes sounds fine to me. :) Nice job at least it will clear up all the extra threads like you said and there is just no more problem now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsekicker Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 One person's 50-100 "quality" posts may be just as important to them and others as someone's 1000+ spam posts. It is unfair to say that we should limit these type of posts purely based on volume. This makes the assumption that every one of person A's posts (someone with 1000+) are just as quality as person B's (someone with 50-100, whatever posts). As it would be difficult to go through every post and rate their quality we must either allow everyone to post about their somewhat pathetic "milestone" (pathetic whether they are quality posts or not) regardless of how many posts it contains or eliminate this and/or post counts altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Robert_Hague - well said mate, I felt your posts in this thread were very well constructed and made excellent sense. But yes Kelydn, the man with too much time on his hands has done it again, a thread to post your counts why not. As for the post counts, weather you like them or not, it makes a person feel more personalised to the neowin community, or any forum community for that matter, if they can see their post counts. And yes it is a enjoyias momment when someone reaches 50 and 100, and even more so when they move up the rank to Neowin Senior and Neowin Elite, and Neowin God. It adds that bit more personal touch and gives a rank sort of all in some fun. It doesnt need threads like this critisising people for posting about their thread count, last time I checked it wasnt part of the rules. So before you make an entire thread about an issue that has irrated the select few, I suggest you consult a moderator or report the thread rather then starting a thread which has just flamed a debate now with several other threads asking if we need the post count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Originally posted by Osiris Robert_Hague - well said mate, I felt your posts in this thread were very well constructed and made excellent sense. But yes Kelydn, the man with too much time on his hands has done it again, a thread to post your counts why not. So before you make an entire thread about an issue that has irrated the select few, I suggest you consult a moderator or report the thread rather then starting a thread which has just flamed a debate now with several other threads asking if we need the post count. Osiris, im not sure how to take that remark, but i do hope it was intended as a jest. I honestly believed opening that thread was an ideal solution to the problem. I agreed with Roberts arguments and acted on his advice. ( On a side note, the thread created by me has now been removed. Conflicts of opinon ) Secondly, do not worry about posts such as these, or others where users are boasting about "yay, i have 26 posts". Moderators are aware this is a steadily increasing problem and are now actively deleting/closing posts/threads about this. Keldyn - neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastGodSupreme Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 I'm just waiting for someone to yank out the scripting that displays posts. :) I mean, they'll still be counted, just not displayed. That would solve so many problems, and not just on this board. I see too many people get flamed because of their post count when in reality, they just don't post a lot and have been registered for like, 2 or so years (diff board). So little spamming newbies will flame the hell out of them because they have more posts. And as many times as you people say "quality not quantity", it still won't change things. People will still post crap to get their postcounts up and just to say after a few months, "look! 2000 posts!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 31, 2002 Author Share Posted March 31, 2002 I've said it before and I'll say it again... Make it against the rules to post threads about postcount milestones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted March 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 31, 2002 if a mod hasnt already said this in this post : we are on the look out for these : they will be removed / heaviliy monitored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 I wanted to add to this that i have already removed a few posts that fit in this category so we are watching guys. Ok ? Keldyn - staff - neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faction Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 Originally posted by Keldyn we are watching guys. we are watching guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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