This place has changed

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Post count really doesn't matter to me beyond the first 500 you need for a custom avatar.

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I guess that could matter to some

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


I wouldn't do anything if post counts were removed altogether. I would still post here as much as I do now.

Ditto-- I posted mainly in the OT AFTER they stopped counting

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


I will say I liked becoming an emperor, I remember liking the change in status because of what it represented, the fact that I had been here long enough to post that many posts here. It was more for the time and the content then the actual count.

I actually didn't know my count until today-- This one will be 7581 for me but all that represents for me is a lot of wasted time.


I do remember when I wnet to emporer and thinking that was ok-- THe only use I had for the titles for a while was I didn't start any PBEMS with settlers for a while. I wanted people to be around for a while to make it less likely they would disappear

[Cort Haus]

At least (as far as I know) this place doesn't have a thread that backslaps people who get to x,000 posts.

A motor sports forum that, until recently, I used to post at had such a thread. In it, one poster who had got to a high number of posts in a short space of time by spamming a silly word-association game spam-thread was getting *** all over by some other posters and I waded in. "Why the status for this spammer?" I asked, and I got crucified.

I won't be posting there again.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
At least (as far as I know) this place doesn't have a thread that backslaps people who get to x,000 posts.

Why should they? Even the titles are a bit lame as postcount does not distinguish by content. I like to pick on Provost a bit because I remember the "coffeeshop' threads where his "I'll have a cherryade" was so often seen. It would be funny if thetre was some computer tool that could calculate/search how many times he posted that .

[Solly]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
At least (as far as I know) this place doesn't have a thread that backslaps people who get to x,000 posts.

A motor sports forum that, until recently, I used to post at had such a thread. In it, one poster who had got to a high number of posts in a short space of time by spamming a silly word-association game spam-thread was getting *** all over by some other posters and I waded in. "Why the status for this spammer?" I asked, and I got crucified.

I won't be posting there again.

Other forums do seem to have some weird conventions. I post occasioanlly at a weather/climate forum. What would be polite for Poly is taken as abuse and uncalled for over there.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Flubber


Why should they? Even the titles are a bit lame as postcount does not distinguish by content. I like to pick on Provost a bit because I remember the "coffeeshop' threads where his "I'll have a cherryade" was so often seen. It would be funny if thetre was some computer tool that could calculate/search how many times he posted that .

Picking on Provvo is like a rite of passage.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Doddler


Picking on Provvo is like a rite of passage.

But being a laughing stock is your forte...

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Doddler
Other forums do seem to have some weird conventions. I post occasioanlly at a weather/climate forum. What would be polite for Poly is taken as abuse and uncalled for over there.

Yeah, different cyber-villes have different ground-rules.

Worst of all at the place I mentioned, there was a psycho administrator that would flame and ban people just for disagreeing with him. It was good forum in many respects, though anyone that posted anything against the admin's favourite driver (Schumacher) would get banned.

Mind you, the CFC moderation always struck me as being heavy-handed. **WARNING - offensive percieved attitude and mind-frame removed *** EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE.

[Cort Haus]

Oh no, we didn't have 'coffee shop' threads, did we. They are the WORST.

"I'll have a cranberry-juice and lo-cal soda please"

[Provost Harrison]

Was this moderator called AnnC, by any chance?

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Doddler


Other forums do seem to have some weird conventions. I post occasioanlly at a weather/climate forum.

Too bad you don't seem to learn anything from there...

[Solly]

Originally posted by Zoid


Too bad you don't seem to learn anything from there...

Really...

[Cort Haus]

Has there ever been a more inconclusive poll than this one?

[rah]

There should be an option that I like it better now.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Indeed, rah. I don't think +1's have changed all that much, rather than more lax moderation. I've been clamoring for laxity in moderation for a while, so I'm happy with the change. Spam and serious discussions CAN co-exist. And spam does tend to bring a community together, IMO. People are having fun and getting a laugh out of what other posters do.

Great change .

Oh, and I blame Markos for initially making this place all stuffy .

[Flubber]

Originally posted by rah
There should be an option that I like it better now.

Obviously-- Invalid poll!!!!