When do reply's count?

[Provost Harrison]

I think the time has come where post counts should be abolished and replaced with a custom title system like many other bulletin boards do such as CGN or Counterglow. It really is a farce, and you can tell the mods care about it all too deeply as well.

[Mercator]

Yes, without the fixed titles, the urge to spam will become much less. The current title system can always remain the default, and posters are already rather imaginatively using the location spot anyway, so that can´t be much of a problem.

But of course, we´d have to limit this custom title to those with at least 500 posts.

[Alexander's Horse]

Judging from this thread its actually the on-topic people who care more about their post count

And stopping post count has really been a big success in cutting down OT posting................... (NOT!)

[Mercator]

No, it brought the problem to other places...

[klesh]

custom titles based on postcount?

-FMK.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
And stopping post count has really been a big success in cutting down OT posting................... (NOT!)

Well...Coffeeshop and Word Association Threads have disappeared

[DarlinKell]

well like i said before.... i'm new this is just my second day and i didnt even know they counted but then i heard they didnt everywhere? and well? if your topic on your tread doesnt go along with the rest of the threads in that forum what happens? i mean ... i'm just new and not too sure of myslef on here yet... and so most of my post have been on the OT but for lack of feeling confident enough to post elsewhere.... not that that wont change soon ...

[ixnay]

Originally posted by DarlinKell
if your topic on your tread doesnt go along with the rest of the threads in that forum what happens?

A mod will move it to where it belongs, unless it is riduculous and/or spam filled, in which case they will close or delete it.

[DarlinKell]

OK, not that i'd intentionially do that ..... but ya know.... had to ask!!!

[Alexander's Horse]

Have you got a migraine?

[Gatekeeper]

Everyone:

My impressions of people at Apolyton are generally based on the quality of their contributions, registration dates and lastly, "ranks"/post counts. There have been intelligent and witty "newbies" and slovenly "veterans." The opposite — as everyone knows — is also true. So the key word is: quality.

Write that down, my students, and you shall live long and prosper.

CYBERAmazon

[DaShi]

I feel that if MarkG takes away posts for bad behavior, then he should give posts for good behavior. There should be 10% post increases.

[MrWhereItsAt]

DarlinKell certainly has a point... I often feel a little intimidated by the ON-topic threads - sometimes they are packed full of those who seem to have somehow played Civ3 48 hours a day since it was released... As someone who has not played the game in about six weeks and has yet to finish a game, how can we hope to add anything meaningful to those who doggedly persist, whether they love or loathe the game?

And just what counts as "Off-Topic" anyway? What about stuff to do with Apolyton that doesn't necessarily involve Civ3 or any of the other games here?

[Hydey]

I feel sorry for anyone who actually cares what there postcount is.

[MrWhereItsAt]

You can afford to, your Majesty.