anti-spam idea

[ACOLKitty]

Christ you people are stupid.

[Asher]

I agree with ACOLKitty.

PCRs for everybody other than me in this thread for contributing to spam.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by ACOLKitty
Christ you people are stupid.

And what makes you so special, dear, with your little attention getting games?

And Glonk, don't be such a poodle.

[Alexander's Horse]

Ming! Please archive this thread

MTG made a short post!

[MichaeltheGreat]

I've made shorter.

[Robert]

Cool, even MtG starts to spam !
I always like it when people start to prove my point on volunteer base thanks !

now back to the topic.

99,999% of the people posting on msgboards care about postcount. Some people care more than other people, but everyone cares.

I care about postcounts, pherhaps I don't care much, but I would rather be Emperor then the puny king I am right now. honestly.

PCR is for that reason the very best way to keep a msgboard on track ! PCR is the only way to punish regulars !
Imagine what would happen if there wouldn't be postcounts...... much people would start to use double logins, just for the fun of it (how can you punish them ?)

You could start hijacking threads, spam on topic forums, post discriminating posts etc . etc. without a good way to be punished.
What's the value of a ban if you can create a dl that can't be punished ?

For that reason, postcouts should always stay.

The only negative side of postcounts is spam.
People will spam to increase their postcount.
How do people mostly spam ? By posting short (and less time consuming) posts in reply to someone else.

If you would take away the postcount improvement people won't post a message just for spam-sake. Of course the valuable one-liners will still be posted !
It's not like people that post valuable one liners will be punished, they just won't get a postcount, well, that's not that hard, is it ?

And of course the admins could add the postcount ban....
a period in wich people still can post, but won't receive postcounts. Something that would be a perfect way to punish spammers ! Their valuable opinion won't be lost, but they'll be hitted in their most weak part.... their postcount-heart !

Imagine what would happen if a spammer runs the risk of not collecting postcount for one month....... a very mild punisment that can be given out easily without being cruel (ban)

[Rasputin]

perhaps jsut give PC back to OT and be done with all this. Would allow people to post what they want (as long as it not offensive) without cluttering up all the On Topic...

[Robert]

when people got pc on the otf there were spam problems as well.

[Colon™]

Keeping PC’s so that you can punish spam with PCR’s? Would make sense if it weren’t that PC’s themselves stimulate spam... Maybe it’s just me but I think this kind of logic has something perverse.

Cybershy, I already had a discussion with Immortal Wombat (<A HREF="http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20871" TARGET=_blank>here’s the link</A>) in which we pretty much agreed that the only purpose behind PC’s is the fun of seeing an increasing score. Would you agree with that?

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by CyberShy
when people got pc on the otf there were spam problems as well.

mainly in the Offtopic area so nobody excpet ming minded....

[DaShi]

All posts should be screened by moderators before they are placed on the bulliten board.

[spartak]

Thats agreat idea Dashi. That way we can continue to spell terribly and use bad grammer and Mtg and Ming can correct it for us before it gets posted. Fantastic.

[TCO]

I think branching threads would help. There is a lot of repeition here. Maybe if we went to BT, the amount of spam (posting) would drop.

[spartak]

Why not just create a Spam forum? That way Eli and Horse can post as much as they like without threadjacking any threads and leave Rasputin to add his usual trenchant one liners to the 'Poly forum.

And before Eli starts protesting his innocence note the avatar. Da Tovarish? Ili Nyet? Smishno.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by GP
I think branching threads would help. There is a lot of repeition here. Maybe if we went to BT, the amount of spam (posting) would drop.

AHHHHH! Kills GP! NO BRANCHING THREADS!