Namings, spam forum, and stuff...

[NGene]

First of all, I'd like to apologise for not being around much lately. I'll have more time to fix things in the weekend when I'm not working 9 or 10 hours a day. :zzz:

Anyway, I've started thinking the naming messes things up a bit. I could get rid of the naming altogether or at least raise the post count to some ridiculous number, such as 1000. What do you guys think?

And the Spam forum... very good idea. It could be used for the word games and just incredibly silly posts in general. I'm just trying to figure out if it's possible to create a forum where posts don't raise people's post counts.

I'm also going to create the custom ranks so you don't have to be introverts all the time. :D

Expect changes during the weekend.

[Jezebel]

Anyway, I've started thinking the naming messes things up a bit. I could get rid of the naming altogether or at least raise the post count to some ridiculous number, such as 1000. What do you guys think?

How about installing a mod that allows members to give themselves custom titles after becoming established members? You can set both how many posts they need to have and how long they are required to be registered as members before this option becomes available in their profile.

If anyone is interested, the info for the mod is here: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=128153


And the Spam forum... very good idea. It could be used for the word games and just incredibly silly posts in general. I'm just trying to figure out if it's possible to create a forum where posts don't raise people's post counts.

I have no problem with the spam forum other than the name "spam". Spam is negative and refers to unwanted and unnecessary posts. While I know there are members on this board who feel this way about certain threads, there are obviously a lot of members who participate in such threads and don't seem to find them all that bothersome. It is subjective which ones are "junk" and which ones are "quality" enough to be posted elsewhere. If the forum is for games and silly posts, then I think a more descriptive name of the content would be better than a synonym for garbage.

[jimkopelli]

Call it the Chatterbox or something.

[Claverhouse]

Wondered where you were. :hello:

Anyway as I said before, I don't...really...care... that... much... I've not been pacing up and down wondering about an honorific title on the internet. :D

Jezebel's mod sounds a pretty good idea, just choose your own. & re spam as a title: I believe that spam was originally a loathsome tinned meat back in WWII so it's not that pretty as a title.

Or you could stop counting posts altogether... :devil: Then the complainers wouldn't feel there was anything to complain about.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Claverhouse]

Having glanced at Jez's link ( despite fully knowing I wouldn't understand a word that programmers speak ), I found: well, you mention above a ridiculous number of posts, like a 1000...

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Terrifying, nu ?


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[NGene]

Well, let's see...

I was thinking the "spam" forum could be called Playground. I still haven't figured out if it's possible to create a forum where posts don't raise the post count, but personally I don't care if someone gets their high post count by posting in "spam" threads. So what, it's just a friggin' post count, it won't make you a better person or anything!

It seems post counts and namings have become way too significant here. Of course, one option could be the mod Jezebel suggested, but that would be against the naming's original purpose. The original purpose was to create a community event where people would gather together while suggesting names for a person who's been a forum member for a long time and maybe share amusing facts about the person. The idea wasn't about any fancy title you could carry under your name, and that's why I'm not exactly fond of the idea that a person can set their title themselves.

So, that's why I suggest we just get rid of the namings altogether, or set the post count so high that the namings occur very rarely. That way they won't be a boring duty but a community event.

[SensEye]

The original purpose was to create a community event where people would gather together while suggesting names for a person who's been a forum member for a long time and maybe share amusing facts about the person.

I kinda like this original intention so I will make a suggestion that might help.

Add a time factor in combination with a minimum post count. For example, a member should have say 500 posts and have participated for 1 year.

If someone is around for a year, but not just lurking/inactive (hence the post count), then the community should have developed a feel for that person as an individual. Likewise, if a person is a prolific poster due to game play or the like, then the time limit should still give the community time to get to know them, even though they might have 3000 posts by the time they are up for a name.

But if all this is more trouble than it is worth for the admins, feel free to scap the names, but grandfather the already named folks as a tribute to them for being founding members.

[Melody]

In my world, the post count could be removed alltogether and have the same effect. The only data I ever look at under a person's avatar is their gender. ^_^ I don't even know my own post count exactly or approximately (although I am sure it is greater than 50 and less than 400.)

[NGene]

Okies, I created the Playground forum. It seems it's not possible to create one where posting doesn't raise your post count, but this place needed a Playground anyway. =P

And as for the namings... I'll raise the post count to 1000, and maybe require perticipation for a year or half a year or something. It'll depend of the case, I guess.