Some areas of the forum should require a certain postcount

[Johannas]

This is something that has been annoying me a little recently, so i just wanted to throw this idea around to see what people think.

 

 

 

I think certain areas of the forum/(well established posts) should be restricted to users till they get a small reputation. (Maybe 50, 75 or 100 posts?)

 

 

 

I say this because on threads/forums such as these (just to name a couple) are full of people who have only just registered.

 

 

 

Thread: § The Great Tip Pic of 2009! §

 

Subforum: Rate This! (Drops, Bank Pictures and Levels)

 

Forum: Rants

 

Forum: Debate Club

 

Thread: Pictures of those TIFers! ~All NEW!~

 

 

 

I don't mean to be cliquey or exclusive in a bad way but for example in "§ The Great Tip Pic of 2009! §" there are alot of people who have registered, but posting a screenshot of themself is the only post they have really ever made. (Meaning they are not really established in the community)

 

If someone has made less than 0.05 posts per day, does this mean they are really a member of the community? Well, ofcourse they are registered but are they active enough for people to recognise them as a member?

 

 

 

I'm not saying that once someones reaches 100 posts they should instantly be recognised, but '1 posters' as they are refered to, annoy me. I just think it's cheeky to take advantage of certain forum areas if you only plan to post once every 6 monthes.

 

 

 

Another example, when these people come to Rate This! with an amazing achievement, they don't want to share it with the community, they just want to show off/boast. There is at least one thread on the front page of Rate This! (which i wont name) with a decent achievement, but with a user who no - one has ever heard of.

 

 

 

In my opinion a post count of 75 posts should be needed to access area/posts like this, to prove that users are serious about their role in the community.

 

I know i've only been around here a year or so, but i've had plenty of 'HYTS' ingame which means some people at least recognise me...

 

 

 

What do you guys think?

[DarkDude]

No.

 

 

 

1) Certain Forums don't give post count so that'd be unfair on users who use the said forums.

 

2) It's not needed anyway, people with 0 post count have just as much right as anyone else to post on these forums.

[Bauke]

No.

 

 

 

1) Certain Forums don't give post count so that'd be unfair on users who use the said forums.

 

 

If you think users that use the forums that don't give post count are equal to the users that use forums that do increase post count.... then why are there forums that give no post count in the first place?

 

 

 

(although "forum games" should never give any post count)

[dsavi]

phpBB doesn't even have this feature. It has been discussed before anyway and it was decided to be unfair.

[Jimmyw3000]

No.

 

 

 

1) Certain Forums don't give post count so that'd be unfair on users who use the said forums.

 

 

If you think users that use the forums that don't give post count are equal to the users that use forums that do increase post count.... then why are there forums that give no post count in the first place?

 

 

 

(although "forum games" should never give any post count)

 

Forum games doesnt give post count.

 

 

 

 

 

Also this was discussed before. It can often lead to spam or "close spam" which is something tipit doesnt want. Zybez has this feature and that was one of the reasons that i didnt join it...amonst about 100 others but anyway...

[Bauke]

 

Forum games doesnt give post count.

 

 

I think you totally missed the point of my post.

[Johannas]

I know everyone is equal, and i tried to make my post as unbiased as possible.

 

 

 

Is there another way around this though? - i'm sure i'm not the only person that finds this annoying.

 

 

 

1) Certain Forums don't give post count so that'd be unfair on users who use the said forums.

 

 

 

Fair point, but putting things into perspective though - do you know notice anyone that spends the majority of their time in The Marketplace, Forum Games or Blogscape? (etc...)

 

 

 

2) It's not needed anyway, people with 0 post count have just as much right as anyone else to post on these forums

 

 

 

Just to emphasise this still, i count 5 threads in Rate This! where the user has less than 10 posts. Personally this annoys me as i see these people as people who just want praise and recognition.

 

Perhaps i'm being overly judgemental - but if these select few do nothing else for the community then i don't see why they should be allowed to post. Are people so paranoid that they feel they have to 'feed off' the encoragement of others? (that they don't even know!)

 

I'm not saying i know everyone, but i will respect someone more if they have built up a reputation in the community, take time over the apperance of their signature/avatar/profile and most of all their posts.

[pureprayer]

I call 4k+ posts for blogscape.

[compfreak847]

I call 1k to respond to a rants thread, 4k+ to start one. Also, require 18+ age verification (credit card would be easiest).

[Jimmyw3000]

 

Forum games doesnt give post count.

 

 

I think you totally missed the point of my post.

 

yes i did. sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And comp..i doubt many people will join tipit if they need to show a credit card.

 

 

 

i know they should blur and all, but at face value they would assume tipit is a scamming site.

[obfuscator]

I call 1k to respond to a rants thread, 4k+ to start one. Also, require 18+ age verification (credit card would be easiest).

 

Good idea ;)

 

 

 

I do know a ton of people who spend the majority of their time in blogscape, for example a good friend of mine has a post count of around 80. However, if you go and search their posts, over 2k matches are found.

 

 

 

I don't see anything wrong with new people wanting recognition, if an achievement isn't deemed worthy, it can be locked.

[compfreak847]

 

And comp..i doubt many people will join tipit if they need to show a credit card.

 

 

 

i know they should blur and all, but at face value they would assume tipit is a scamming site.

 

Only for rants. I trust TIF enough, any website this well established can't be a scam. Besides, I'd fight them to the finish to get the charges reversed, so I'm not too worried. You trust your number to various sales sites around the web that are less traveled then TIF ;)

[DarkDude]

 

Just to emphasise this still, i count 5 threads in Rate This! where the user has less than 10 posts. Personally this annoys me as i see these people as people who just want praise and recognition.

 

Perhaps i'm being overly judgemental - but if these select few do nothing else for the community then i don't see why they should be allowed to post. Are people so paranoid that they feel they have to 'feed off' the encoragement of others? (that they don't even know!)

 

I'm not saying i know everyone, but i will respect someone more if they have built up a reputation in the community, take time over the apperance of their signature/avatar/profile and most of all their posts.

 

 

 

Maybe they've been browsing the forums for a long time and finally have something worth posting? It's not fair to single people out, what makes their achievements less worthy than someone with higher post count? Nothing, their achievement is as perfectly good as any. On top of that users may sign up to post an achievement then due to the positive feedback they've gotten it might encourage them to contribute more to the forum as a whole.

 

 

 

And I'm fairly sure compfreak was joking about the 18+ thing ;)

[compfreak847]

And I'm fairly sure compfreak was joking about the 18+ thing ;)

 

*sigh*

 

 

 

It's my idea of Tiptopia...

 

 

 

Not to say younger users cant' contribute, that's why we have the forums open to all. But conversing with those younger then your children does get tiresome sometimes :lol:

[n_odie]

Many users are part of the community in other ways. They may not post but they read threads and/or use the site. They are part of the community, they are another user clicking adds allowing the site and forum to be maintained (Server cost bear in mind :P).

 

 

 

As a leader of the Tip Pic in past years I would NEVER want to see the thread limited. Some of the people have been using the main site for years. How is that not better than a user who made 50+ spam posts just to get access to a forum?

 

 

 

In theory, its a great idea, but in this community that has been open to everyone sense the foundation, I hope it stays as such. ;)

 

 

 

~odie

[jemathonical]

We all started with 0 posts.

[Rainy_Day]

And I'm fairly sure compfreak was joking about the 18+ thing ;)

 

*sigh*

 

 

 

It's my idea of Tiptopia...

 

 

 

Not to say younger users cant' contribute, that's why we have the forums open to all. But conversing with those younger then your children does get tiresome sometimes :lol:

 

What is to say adults cannot be just as tiresome? :roll:

 

 

 

Anyway I don't think post-count should impact on where you can or cannot post, afterall, it's only a number. :thumbup:

[Johannas]

I don't think post-count should impact on where you can or cannot post, afterall, it's only a number. :thumbup:

 

 

 

I have to disagree, i think it's more than a number.

 

Higher postcount = more posts, more time

 

...and for me more serious about their role in the community.

 

 

 

For example i wouldn't storm into Rune HQs forums and just 'post to boast'

 

I also think users with high post counts (over 2k) should be respected more, sometimes i see it as outsiders coming in and jeopadizing other people. It's weird to explain, maybe i'm just weird. Maybe pro posters are just mature enough to accept it, but i see it as bad respect/cheekyness.

 

 

 

Basically what i'm saying is that certain forums should be a sort of 'privilege' and the way you prove that you're serious enough about the community to gain access to these areas is by showing you have some posts under your belt.

 

 

 

To clear things up, i wasn't suggesting this because some people are immature/too young. The thread started to veer off a bit there with the age thing...

 

 

 

(sorry for the bad spelling...)

[DarkDude]

What about people who read every single topic but rarely post? Why shouldn't they be allowed to post when they feel they have something to contribute?

 

 

 

Anyway, it doesn't matter why it wouldn't work, it's impossible to do on these boards without some sort of mod, even then I don't know if such a mod exists.

[obfuscator]

What about people who read every single topic but rarely post? Why shouldn't they be allowed to post when they feel they have something to contribute?

 

 

 

Anyway, it doesn't matter why it wouldn't work, it's impossible to do on these boards without some sort of mod, even then I don't know if such a mod exists.

 

I can assure you the mod does exist, but I agree that it isn't needed.

 

 

 

The only post count req I would support would be 50 posts for off topic. Anything else is fine the way it is.

[dsavi]

We all started with 0 posts.

 

Amen.

 

 

 

There's nothing that can fix OT right now. It has descended into helplessness and I don't see it coming out for a while. I know I've said before that it was a stage that OT was going through but this is deeper than that.

[obfuscator]

We all started with 0 posts.

 

Amen.

 

 

 

There's nothing that can fix OT right now. It has descended into helplessness and I don't see it coming out for a while. I know I've said before that it was a stage that OT was going through but this is deeper than that.

 

 

 

I personally don't think it's that bad, though admittedly I don't spend too much time there.

[Alg]

All post count shows is how much one posts... There are probably certain members here that have a high post count yet are trolls/immature, and there are probably players that have a low post count because they only post when they have something insightful to say.

 

Plus, I could up my post count by posting in questionnaires or the "what song are you listening to" thread, or something like that.

[tripsis]

All post count shows is how much one posts... There are probably certain members here that have a high post count yet are trolls/immature, and there are probably players that have a low post count because they only post when they have something insightful to say.

 

Plus, I could up my post count by posting in questionnaires or the "what song are you listening to" thread, or something like that.

 

Well Questionnaires does not increase your post count, but the rest of what you said is very true. Post count is not a measure of maturity. The OP says that certain forums should be restricted until a user gains a reputation (of like ~100 posts or something), but that reputation isn't always a positive one. There are plenty of people with high post counts and bad reputations and/or a long list of rules that they have violated.

[Johannas]

All post count shows is how much one posts... There are probably certain members here that have a high post count yet are trolls/immature, and there are probably players that have a low post count because they only post when they have something insightful to say.

 

Plus, I could up my post count by posting in questionnaires or the "what song are you listening to" thread, or something like that.

 

Well Questionnaires does not increase your post count, but the rest of what you said is very true. Post count is not a measure of maturity. The OP says that certain forums should be restricted until a user gains a reputation (of like ~100 posts or something), but that reputation isn't always a positive one. There are plenty of people with high post counts and bad reputations and/or a long list of rules that they have violated.

 

 

 

Fair point, but I would argue post count is the most reliable measure of maturity we have.

 

It doesn't seem to bother people as much as i thought, but it's still an interesting suggestion.