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Due to some user complaints, I offer the following suggestions for your dining pleasure. Perhaps if there is clear-cut feeling for any of them, Dory will consider the implementation of the s/w change or the rule change.
In detail:
#1: As the former #1 poster by count, and soon to be again unless John starts staying up all night extending his counts by not only replying to himself, but arguing with himself, I find post counts to be about the most worthless thing on earth. A "member since" is fine, but how many times you pontificate has no value. It appears to me that a lot of the completely unnecessary crap has started just since the s/w change when a few users had extensive 'guest posts' consolidated.
#2: Karma as I understand it lets you rate a person and/or their posts...i'm not sure which and at the end of the day it doesnt matter to me. Being able to identify who I think has valuable contributions, who doesnt, and who should be avoided at all costs has some nice value that longer tenured posters can offer up to newbies. It might also be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise for someone to find out that their contributions are well received or that they should consider a new line of 'work'. It also lets people 'tag' someone who likes to tell half the story, usually the good half, so others dont get suckered in.
#3: I think it shows complete disdain for your fellow board members when you reply to yourself 5-7 times in a row with brain farts and other unrelated "and another thing..." sorts of information. How about a rule that says if you posted and nobody has posted since you did, and you've come up with something else to say, that you edit your own post to add that information. Its as easy as creating a new one.
#4: Tough one. I have no problem with a hijack or a few posts in another direction, but I notice (and agreeably have participated in) 3-5 pages of off topic tacked onto the end of a post. Perhaps a 'soft rule' that says if you have a comment, make it, but if you want to have a completely separate discussion...start one?
#5: locker room. Many boards of sizeable membership find that at some point somebody is gonna wanna talk about politics, tell a naughty joke, or ask another male forum member for a photo of their balls. Many boards have an "anything goes" area. Maybe we should have one with a soft rule that anything that may be considered reasonably objectionable or a 'hot' topic goes in there.
#6: Soft rule to eliminate posts that do nothing other than correct spelling, syntax or grammar. While these may be amusing to the people who post them, about all they're going to do is irritate most people and divert a thread from its original discussion.
#7: Like it the way it is, dont change a dang thing.
Comments?
In detail:
#1: As the former #1 poster by count, and soon to be again unless John starts staying up all night extending his counts by not only replying to himself, but arguing with himself, I find post counts to be about the most worthless thing on earth. A "member since" is fine, but how many times you pontificate has no value. It appears to me that a lot of the completely unnecessary crap has started just since the s/w change when a few users had extensive 'guest posts' consolidated.
#2: Karma as I understand it lets you rate a person and/or their posts...i'm not sure which and at the end of the day it doesnt matter to me. Being able to identify who I think has valuable contributions, who doesnt, and who should be avoided at all costs has some nice value that longer tenured posters can offer up to newbies. It might also be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise for someone to find out that their contributions are well received or that they should consider a new line of 'work'. It also lets people 'tag' someone who likes to tell half the story, usually the good half, so others dont get suckered in.
#3: I think it shows complete disdain for your fellow board members when you reply to yourself 5-7 times in a row with brain farts and other unrelated "and another thing..." sorts of information. How about a rule that says if you posted and nobody has posted since you did, and you've come up with something else to say, that you edit your own post to add that information. Its as easy as creating a new one.
#4: Tough one. I have no problem with a hijack or a few posts in another direction, but I notice (and agreeably have participated in) 3-5 pages of off topic tacked onto the end of a post. Perhaps a 'soft rule' that says if you have a comment, make it, but if you want to have a completely separate discussion...start one?
#5: locker room. Many boards of sizeable membership find that at some point somebody is gonna wanna talk about politics, tell a naughty joke, or ask another male forum member for a photo of their balls. Many boards have an "anything goes" area. Maybe we should have one with a soft rule that anything that may be considered reasonably objectionable or a 'hot' topic goes in there.
#6: Soft rule to eliminate posts that do nothing other than correct spelling, syntax or grammar. While these may be amusing to the people who post them, about all they're going to do is irritate most people and divert a thread from its original discussion.
#7: Like it the way it is, dont change a dang thing.
Comments?
