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Posted Mon 02 Nov, 2009 9:31 PM
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Last edited by LynxMukka; Mon 02 Nov, 2009 9:40 PM.
As you may or may not be aware there has recently been a debate on removing the post count feature from the forums stemming from a proposal made in Internal Affairs by Taisen-74656.
Originally Posted by Original Proposal Summary
I feel that the post count under every member's name is not only a completely unnecessary data to be collected, but also encourages spamming and other types of forum behavior not tolerable in most situations.
Post Counts do not accurately measure either experience, wisdom, activity, or creativity by any member. Most of the time, they simply fuel the spamming of important threads, and have prompted many otherwise "fun" topics to be moved into a separate forum that isolates them from the rest of the forums.
If this feature was "optional", and required the SFC to "turn it on", I highly doubt that the post count feature would ever have been established in the first place. Its time to show that its not the amount of posts that counts, but the quality of each and every post.
The Advantages:
- May discourage spamming behavior of certain individuals
- Newer members may feel less intimated by other peoples post count
- Post count can create competition between certain members
- Is Implementable in vBulletin
- Post count isn't necessarily an activity measure of present, since someone with many posts could now be inactive etc
- "Cleaner" User Information
The Disadvantages:
- Some members may feel that their seniority will be infringed upon
- If the proposal were to be implemented, it would only remove the visibility of Post Count, the actual data could not be removed, therefore not saving space in the database etc.
- Post count can be a good estimate of member activity
- The proposal is a secondary solution to the actual problem (spam posts) which is not currently a major problem
- The UFP Membership is very civilized, making it less of a need to implement such a proposal
- Activity isn't based on post count, Attitude isn't based on post count and neither is Status
Other Points:
- Other techniques can be used instead to decrease the amount of spam posts in the forums such as making certain forums not count towards peoples post count
So then, all {UFP} members are entitled to one vote representing themselves and the vote shall remain private to keep with voting regulations. If later on you decide you wish to change your vote, then please do so, if you're experiencing trouble doing so, contact Internal Affairs.
This vote shall close on Sunday 8th November at 11:00pm GMT.
Please note that this poll does not conclude the outcome of this proposal and that the final decision will be made by Starfleet Command.
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Posted Mon 02 Nov, 2009 9:44 PM
I still maintain that removeing the post count will not significently reduce spam on the forums, and would produce far more negatives than positives. I believe IA should simply take a more active role in enforcing the provision of the CoC that prohbits spamming and to take proper action against habitual spammers.
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Posted Mon 02 Nov, 2009 11:22 PM
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Last edited by Babyhead4127; Mon 02 Nov, 2009 11:42 PM.
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Posted Thu 05 Nov, 2009 3:16 AM
I can only agree with Jenson and babyhead, thou I would support trashing the "how many posts" thread. Such threads only engender useless spam and competition.
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Posted Thu 05 Nov, 2009 3:29 AM
i argree with pie but think we all in voled in that post one way or another
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Posted Mon 09 Nov, 2009 7:09 PM