Big posts should count as +1 in OT

[Robert]

Just finished another 1000+ characters post in the OT.
And I suddenly wondered, if someone types more than 100 chars in a post it can hardly be concidered as spam anymore.

Unless it just says: BLABLABLA or something like that, but that's easily recognizable for the moderators.

Why not let, say, 100+ characters posts count in the OT?
I'm sure that would leave us with more valuable discussions and threads, while spam would not pay off. (but people can still post their one word comments, whitout running the risk to get a spam PCR)

Pherhaps it can even count for all the forums: only 50+ /100+ posts count as a +1.

Another feature might be: post in people's profiles the avg number of chars of their postings.
I'm "only" a king, but sometimes I wonder if I haven't typed more letters on poly than the avg deity?

This post can be an example

[Space05us]

I like it! Its a great idea! It should go into effect immeadietly!

[DrSpike]

It's not the size of the posts that makes OT posts not count, it's the fact they are OT. If they are a million words this is still the case, and thus the chances of the owners changing their opinion on this issue, which has been stated many times, is essentially zero.

[Robert]

Then we can still have the 'avg chars inpost' feature.

But I thought that the OT +0 decision was made bc of the huge amount of spam in the OT.

[Ming]

First... it will never happen

But let's say that it did... All you would have to do is cut and paste some meaningless story... or just use the quote feature... I can see it now... you post a 100 to 500 word meaningful and insightful post (unlike the one that started this thread ) and the next poster hits the reply with quote figure and adds a simple thumbs up icon...

This would lead to even more spam in the OT... and would make it almost impossible to make it through a thread where most of the posts were over 100 characters

[Robert]

It's easy with javascript to not count the quoted characters. I can make such a script.

And of course it's always good to have the rule that one shouldn't quote for no reason. AND PCR for useless quotes

[Ming]

We have enough work as it is... patrolling for illegal use of quotes is a little too much to ask

[Skanky Burns]

But then you could recruit more moderators...

[Ming]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
But then you could recruit more moderators...

Just what we need... to have to find somebody stupid enough to except the job, but also somebody that doesn't want it. The best mods are the people that don't ask to be mods

[Last Conformist]

I don't like this. It's not like the size of a post is a good indication of spamhood anyway.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Ming
We have enough work as it is... patrolling for illegal use of quotes is a little too much to ask

there's no need to patrol for that.
Any post you see with a big quote in it is toast.

Besides that, you ignore what I said about with javascript removing the quotes from the character-count.

[Last Conformist]

What exactly, beyond gettin' me a custom avatar sooner, would be the point in having some OTF posts count for postcount?

[Robert]

What is the point of postcount anyway?
But for me it would be the feeling that all the typing I did won't go unnoticed, and will at least be rewarded with a postcount point

It gives you the feeling that your staying on poly makes sence. Which does profit poly, since that feeling made me become an inmate.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Ming
Just what we need... to have to find somebody stupid enough to except the job, but also somebody that doesn't want it. The best mods are the people that don't ask to be mods

My point exactly.
And the answer is no.

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by CyberShy
What is the point of postcount anyway?

A measure of how active a poster is?

But for me it would be the feeling that all the typing I did won't go unnoticed, and will at least be rewarded with a postcount point

It gives you the feeling that your staying on poly makes sence. Which does profit poly, since that feeling made me become an inmate.

I'd actually rather like if OTF posts counted - discluding those, but not the equally non-civ-related ones here seems arbitrary - but discriminating based on character count seems downright weird to me. Count all the spam or none of it.