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31-12-2004, 06:51 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth, WA
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hey AFF,
im pretty sure your aware of certain people that have been postwhoring, its really really annoying me , like everyones saying that its soo much better than the old ff, but it think its actually turning out the same, because its like a competition to get the most posts, and were getting really stupid comments. ive seen this system on another forum called traxxas online community, its a remote control car site, that has very strict rules, and the system works well. http://monster.traxxas.com/showthrea...hreadid=199629 http://img159.exs.cx/img159/6739/screenshot6ee.jpg im not saying be as strict as them, but i think some rules and a system like this would be good, and if someone breaks a rule, a moderator can give them the right amount of warning points, tell them to read the rules properly. if they exceed the warning points they may get perminatly banned or temperarily banned. its just a suggestion, because i dont want this AFF to go bad dan |
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31-12-2004, 07:09 PM | #2 | ||
i like to be stroked
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: between her legs
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yep ur right , people are dribbling crap just to get over the 100 post mark, there is no winners, just a board full of dribble
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31-12-2004, 07:23 PM | #3 | ||
Cleveland Powered
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 200
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I like that system. A couple of other boards I post on operate in a similar way. The other thing they did to reduce crap posts was to remove the "post count" from showing when someone posts.
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31-12-2004, 08:18 PM | #4 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 691
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Instead of post count how about rankings? Like Ford Fan, Ford Enthusiast, Ford Nut, Ford Ledgend and so on, so people who have spent alot of time contributing to the site still get recognition for their input over the years. Also is it possible to carry post counts over from FF.com? Alot of people have put in alot of work there which would be nice be recognised.
My 8 bob finny. |
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31-12-2004, 08:42 PM | #5 | |||
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31-12-2004, 09:15 PM | #6 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 628
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well about 170 people joined fordforums.com.au today, of course with any forum starting out there will be alot of whoring and saying gday etc, i reckon with time it will sort itself out. give it a few months
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31-12-2004, 09:23 PM | #7 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,644
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I wouldn't get too excited. There will be a lot of novelty int he 1st couple of days but it will settle down.
I don't like warning systems myself , preferring to deal with people on an indvidual level if they get too wh0re happy |
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31-12-2004, 10:13 PM | #8 | ||
98 EL Fairmont
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth, W.A.
Posts: 58
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I reckon a ranking system (as mentioned before) based not on post count, but on contribution to the forums would go a little way to reducing post whoring but also go a long way to more people willing to help each other out. Similar I'm thinking to how ebay works.. but less involved... if you get my drift :P
eg. Joe Bloggs helps John Smith. John Smith clicks an icon which says Joe Bloggs was helpful. 1 point goes to Joe Bloggs for contributing. Granted it'd be something that would have to be coded into the forums, but it might be something to look at in the future. |
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31-12-2004, 11:06 PM | #9 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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01-01-2005, 10:54 AM | #10 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South East Melbourne
Posts: 6,156
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On another forum I'm on, posts in the off topic forum don't go towards your post count. Probably doesn't work, the OTF still gets whored to death. However you can tell the genuine contributors to the forum from the OTF whores (which I'm gulity of, don't even venture out of the OTF).
The same forum also has a set of rules, and a strike system. Various things earn you various ammounts of strikes, 4 and you're out of there for a holiday. I think the best effort was 42 strikes with one post lol. But it's not a good system, different mods read the rules differently and it can get messy. I say leave it as it is, it works. |
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02-01-2005, 12:55 PM | #11 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 442
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On the subject of post wh0ring, i agree that it is just the novelty of having a new forum that is making people do it I know i have settled down and stoped wh0ring, i would imageine most of the others will too.
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02-01-2005, 02:58 PM | #12 | ||
Chairman & Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: 1975
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It usually finds a level sooner or later. We will have quiet words to anyone that makes a habit of it but I'd really prefer to avoid systems to exercise control It takes the personal touch away and I am sure the mods are capable of dealing with it in a sufficinetly tactful manner.
The recognition of valued contributors, on the other hand, is an excellent idea. People deserve to be recognised for the value and quality of their input and we will see what can be done - maybe something along the lines of the (tried but not used) mentor tags used at FF. Cheers Russ |
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02-01-2005, 03:12 PM | #13 | |||
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