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it does not require excessive moderation, has no reasonable reason to search through it, and i for one do not want to see a Word Association Thread XXLVI or whatever in 2 months.
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You got that wrong. 500 posts is the rule, not the exception. There's no good reason why the word association thread needs to be exempt from the rule, so it falls under it.Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
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Originally posted by snoopy369
Without the 2 thread limit Oerdin would fill up the OT quickly with blog posts, and LS would have happy birthday posts for every spambot
You prefer that?
(BD subforum though... use the tech forum )
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Why are Tech threads allowed in OT?
Why are History threads allowed in OT?
Just sharing a question is all
This might seem trivial but it is probably a decision by a mod who is working whether or not to enforce site rules...
Heck, I am just sitting in the living room and even I know where the trash can is, wish some would tell other trash goes outside, frolicking goes in one room and gaming in another thread
Ok, probably wasting my time, just curious though......
GrampsHi, I'm RAH and I'm a Benaholic.-rahComment
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Apolyton can be inflexible to be sure, but all those rules make sense to me.Comment
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We try not to be thread NAZI's. Somebody made a comment earlier about "trusting the posters"... In a way, we do when it comes to posting tech threads and history threads in the main OTF. The sub forums are there for people to use. However, some people still oppose the sub forums and just post whatever they want in the OTF. If we move ALL of them, people get all excited, complain, whine, and basically, it isn't very productive. So yeah, we leave threads that are obviously tech and history threads in the OTF. If people aren't going to try to make the sub forums work, moving threads and pissing people off isn't going to work either.Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
Why are Tech threads allowed in OT?
Why are History threads allowed in OT?
Just sharing a question is all
This might seem trivial but it is probably a decision by a mod who is working whether or not to enforce site rules...
Heck, I am just sitting in the living room and even I know where the trash can is, wish some would tell other trash goes outside, frolicking goes in one room and gaming in another thread
Ok, probably wasting my time, just curious though......
Gramps
As far as the original posts...
I wish we didn't have to limit it to 2 threads a day, but too many people abused that policy, and that's why it was put in place. I would like to trust all the posters to be sensible, but many have proved they can't be trusted
As far as DL's go... that rule isn't going to change. People use DL's to cause problems, attack other posters and basically disrupt the site.
As far as the personal threads go... just what we need, the ole Asher sucks threads, or other such threads. People seldom start a thread about a specific person to praise them... it's usually the other way around. Those kind of threads are against the basic intent of the rules of discussing the topic, and not getting personal.
The 500 post rule is another matter. There used to be a reason for it when it came to slowing down the use of the thread. That is no longer the case. However, Snoopy has given an honest answer. It stops many of the threads that probably should have been ended much sooner.
If a topic is really worth going past 500... opening another thread isn't all that difficult.
No matter what rules we try to enforce, somebody isn't going to like them. We can't please everybody. And the first three rules that were pointed out have come about because of posters actions. If people had behaved, we wouldn't have those rules
Thanks for your comments and opinions.
Keep on Civin'
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Thats the nicest Ming I have ever seen!
Seriously though, I agree we should try to use the subforums whenever possible
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All those years I've been posting at CG and I had no idea it was a spam siteOriginally posted by snoopy369
Our rules are extremely mild compared to pretty much every other forum i've ever posted in excepting spam-forums like CG or eventis.
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Nahhhhhhhhh.... in only looks like a spam site to the uneducated eyeOriginally posted by Provost Harrison
All those years I've been posting at CG and I had no idea it was a spam site
Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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As far as the personal threads go... just what we need, the ole Asher sucks threads, or other such threads. People seldom start a thread about a specific person to praise them... it's usually the other way around.
Speak for yourself! According to my statistics, 96% of all deleted threads on Apolyton are ones that praise me.
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Funny that I've been coming here for lots of years and never seen one.
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The mods can be quick when they want to
You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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Re: Arcane rules that need to go
I don't think the first three rules (assuming I understand what you mean about the person-specific thread) are problems, but I don't see much need for the 500 post limit. At the very least perhaps relax it to 1,000. As confusing as searching a long multi-page thread is, it is more confusing to search several long multi-page threads.Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
- the 2 threads a day limit
- the double login rule
- the person-specific thread rule (or something like that)
- the 500 posts-a-thread limit
Apolyton sometimes has the otherwordly air of North Korea with that stuff.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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I'd have to second Ozzy's comment. I thought the original reason for the 500 post limit was board troubles... But with the new software (crica 2002) that problem doesn't exist anymore...
not that I can see this affecting many threads; but still...
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