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Subject: Lower the posts-per-day limit to 4.
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4 posts per day?

That's almost as bad as limiting any friend interaction in GoW ranked multiplayer... I mean, what is this really going to accomplish?

Yeah, you'll get less spammers, but then this place would be way beyond boring.

  • 01.11.2007 3:05 PM PDT

I agree with SgtSTFU as in we could use at least a couple more moderators. I understand the whole 'stepping on each other's feet' issue, but since we've lost Shishka(a damn good mod) as well as dmbfan as mods and a couple of the other mods only show up once in a blue moon, a couple more couldn't hurt.

As for the post limit idea, no. It's very bad. I could care less about the thread limit as I rarely make new threads. Perhaps the thread limit idea wouldn't be so bad if you could differentiate the rule between forums. Halo 3 would have the least amount of threads makeable per user and the less active forums would have more.

As TGP said, limiting the amount of posts users make would in effect make their jobs harder, at least a little. I agree with the concensus that this community would disban if such a post-limit rule were ever put into place, at least on the scale the OP was stating.

  • 01.11.2007 3:07 PM PDT
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HELL NO.

The end.

  • 01.11.2007 3:24 PM PDT
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Do not panic, or you will fail.

Wow, in 10 minutes, I have already exceeded my post limit. And I wasn't spamming!!!

This wouldn't be a good idea, because, no ideas could get across! How are we supposed to have a forum, if we can't express our ideas openly.

  • 01.11.2007 3:37 PM PDT

Making it a four threads-per-day limit would be better.

  • 01.11.2007 3:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Reiginko
Good to see at least somebody takes this place seriously

I am sincerely disappointed in everyone except JIMH. JIMH, have a gold star.


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Posted by: Hobo GRrunt
Making it a four threads-per-day limit would be better.

I thought it was already five? That wouldn't make much of a difference. But it would be better than a post limit.

  • 01.11.2007 3:58 PM PDT

Posted by: JesusismyHomey
Posted by: Hobo GRrunt
Making it a four threads-per-day limit would be better.

I thought it was already five? That wouldn't make much of a difference. But it would be better than a post limit.


It's higher than that. Like around seven. Don't know the exact number.

And it would stop those people who post a lot of useless topics that aren't technically spam just for the sake of posting.

[Edited on 1/11/2007]

  • 01.11.2007 4:02 PM PDT
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The internet is serious business.

Internet pr0n certainly is.

I think that the idea of "on a leash until trusted" is not a bad concept, but the levels of trust should be a gentle slope.

If a new member account is labeled as "unproven" and is restricted to a low number of thread creations per day and a reasonable level of replies per day, I could see that as a safety "feature". As the member account ages and uses the site responsibly (no bans, no discipline, etc.) it then gains increasing levels of "trust" which in turn relax those restrictions... well, those would be rewards for positive membership.

But such a structure is about protecting the site and membership from those who would abuse their posting abilities. There really isn't a way to guarantee "quality" of posts by limiting the numbers of posts. You might get less spam, but people are still going to make "I like pie" posts. It's human nature to be stupid.

Again, I'm going to plug my idea of "levels" here on B.net. Every new user will begin at Level 1, being able to only reply to threads a limited amount. As the user gains levels, he is allowed to create a limited amount of threads and reply more. After a certain amount of time/activity/non-rulebreaking, the user will have full privileges.

Edit:

This could make bans more effective as well. If you are a high level user and you manage to get banned, you drop a few levels and have to earn your way back up. So not only would you be banned for a period of time, but you'd be more limited when you came back. Lesson learned.

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  • 01.12.2007 5:52 AM PDT

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That would be stupid.

  • 01.12.2007 6:38 AM PDT
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Sorry, I have to be brief as I am posting this in a class, but...

Sorry, Gendo, I just feel the idea is too restricting for this place. Maybe if we had a larger limit, or if people could be rewarded with a higher post limit by the mods and bungie staff.

  • 01.12.2007 7:08 AM PDT
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Now that you've taken the time to look at my sig, I actually regret not providing you with something more worthwhile.

If I'm limited to four posts a day, I might become productive at work. If I become productive, I'll get raises and promotions. If I get promotions, the success could cause me to strive to really make something of myself and rise to the top of the business world. If I'm successful in the business world, I will probably one day want to run for public office. Since I would be on such a long win streak, there's no doubt I would be a wildly popular politician and I would one day be elected president. The power would go to my head and all peoples from every nation would suffer under my iron fist. I don't think anyone wants that to happen.

  • 01.12.2007 7:27 AM PDT
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anyone who's played more than you has no life

anyone who's played less than you is a noob

I think the idea of a restriction on how many times people post is not a bad one; its just the number cited by Gendo is far too low. Just a quick glance at New Mombasa; there's virtually no discussion of Halo 2 at all; its either inane "OMGZ SUPERBOUNCE!" threads or "cH3cK iT i'M Pr0!".

When either; pointless threads are created
OR
a thread becomes pointless through "chat room" style responses; its should just be deleted and all offending members have an automatic 30 minute ban from posting.

of course none of this should take place in groups; these are generally private discussion anyway.

  • 01.12.2007 7:50 AM PDT
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Like crackheads turn to the underground, members will turn to the edit button. Save us the inconveniance. Perhaps 10 or so as a max but any less will result in banmatics and other such shizzles.

  • 01.12.2007 12:15 PM PDT

Alrighty, I disagree with anyone who uses groups as an answer to a problem in the public forums. "You don't need to fix the forums, there's groups for that stuff." Why would anyone think that post quality is only deserved in smaller, closed off communities with your buddies? Does intelligence in private make up for complete ignorance and stupidity in public? I sincerely think it should be the other way around. People should put forth more constructive and civil posts in public and act like idiots when they're goofing off with their friends. Maybe that's just my crazy way of thinking though.

It's been my long-held opinion that most people have views differing from mine on forum etiquette and usage principles. When you compare a forum to a chatroom, there should be MASSIVE differences with just a few commonalities.

First of all, forums are ASYNCHRONOUS! Unlike in a real-time chat, you have plenty of time to collect your thoughts and express them in a readable fashion without being left behind. Each topic of discussion is divided into threads (also known as "topics" by no coincidence) so you don't generally have need to worry about the discussion leaving you behind and moving on to something else. The thread is a bookmark to your particular discussion. Of very significant note, forums support A LOT more users because they're organized and turn-based in nature.

Conversations in a chat room happen fast. There's a lot of short, often fragmented sentences that are typed quickly and sloppily to express a thought before the natural flow of the conversation is lost. Chats are rough equivalents to a bunch of people standing in a group and casually talking to each other. Some talk while others listen (ideally). Sometimes people try to talk over each other and it makes things harder to follow because it splits the single "thread" of discussion into multiple topics.

This post is getting long, so I'll wrap it up. Basically, I think that people who want a fast paced natural conversation should use a chat room. People who want to exchange ideas in whole and see what others have to say about them should use a forum. Additionally, the concept of public behavior shouldn't be completely lost just because we're online. Each of us is a living breathing person typing away at a keyboard and should be treated as such.

There's nothing wrong with using either one of them or both of them. Just use the best tool for the task at hand.

  • 01.12.2007 8:11 PM PDT
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I hope you mean 2-4 threads a day, 2-4 replies would make the forum a ghost town.

  • 01.12.2007 8:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: impurity
Four posts per day would be way too low but maybe four posts per hour. You would never be able to counter and arguements or hold real debate with such a low limit. Four posts per hour, though, would give a member plenty of breathing room to respond without totally cutting off the entertainment value of the forums.


Multiple debates being held at once? How about 10? That seems fair for the sake of per hour posts. This is taking me only a couple of minutes to write, and I might want to reply to a thread in the Underground as well.

And the limit isn't affected by posts in groups, right?

  • 01.12.2007 8:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: impurity
If I'm ever limited besides the spam filter in place, I'll pack up my balls and leave.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This place without you would be like Sonny without Cher.

  • 01.13.2007 6:40 AM PDT

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