One-Liners be Damned (members, quote)

TheBig3 · 01-27-2009, 12:52 PM

This is not a new argument, but I'm been burned enough that now I'm on a crusade.

Outside of the Lounge and its associated sub-forums, there needs to be a minimum length for a post. Too many sub-15 post phantoms come in here, say "I like it" and vanish into the e-ther. Why do I care?

It kills threads.

If you look at this on paper, theres no reason threads can't survive bad posts, but they don't. In reality its a death sentence for anything that isn't a politically charged firecracker...which goes on in the lounge.

I'd like there to be some effort made to preserve discussion out there, even if its not executed in the manner I'm suggesting.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-27-2009, 12:56 PM

If your talking about having a minimum number of characters per post it doesn't work.

Instead of getting..
"I like it"

you'll just end up getting..

"I like it"

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**Janszoon** · 01-27-2009, 12:56 PM

I don't like it

TheBig3 · 01-27-2009, 01:27 PM

And I don't like the either of you.

Sitting around doing nothing doesn't work, we chastize the furious few who outright attack these people, and we don't have any method of shunning.

Institute the minimum requirement, and all asterisk-junkies will be identified as spammers.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-27-2009, 03:50 PM

We're not sitting around doing nothing though.

Whenever a 15 post spammer comes along they're instantly banned & all their posts deleted. I know I do this when I see one , I'm pretty sure RT , Jackhammer , Piss Me Off , Ethan & Seltzer does this too.

Occasionally a few might get through or get left up for a while because there are no mods on to get rid of them.

If i'm going to be expected to go meticulously through every thread judging whether every post in it is worthy of staying then i'll hand in my resignation right now.

right-track · 01-27-2009, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Institute the minimum requirement, and all asterisk-junkies will be identified as spammers.

Big3 you were a moderator for a long time and you know the practicalities involved in realising your proposal.
The only way to institute a minimum length for a post is to encourage members to post more detailed replies outside of the Lounge area.
The one word spammers are a different animal that I believe are dealt with pretty swiftly.

I can't think of any other way to control post content other than to moderate every post in every thread and as Urban pointed out and as I suspect you already know...that'd be damn near impossible.

jackhammer · 01-27-2009, 06:55 PM

You should not have resigned Big3. For unpaid work I think we do a bloody fantastic job.

Roygbiv · 01-27-2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

You should not have resigned Big3. For unpaid work I think we do a bloody fantastic job.

This is true.

(Likely to be banned..... back to zero

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TheBig3 · 01-27-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

You should not have resigned Big3. For unpaid work I think we do a bloody fantastic job.

Why do you say that? I think I know where I'm going with this.

jackhammer · 01-27-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Why do you say that? I think I know where I'm going with this.

Ego stroking is good for the soul. U should not have resigned. For all the crap we get, it sometimes can be a satisfying job. Crap pay though!

01-27-2009, 12:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	One-Liners be Damned This is not a new argument, but I'm been burned enough that now I'm on a crusade. Outside of the Lounge and its associated sub-forums, there needs to be a minimum length for a post. Too many sub-15 post phantoms come in here, say "I like it" and vanish into the e-ther. Why do I care? It kills threads. If you look at this on paper, theres no reason threads can't survive bad posts, but they don't. In reality its a death sentence for anything that isn't a politically charged firecracker...which goes on in the lounge. I'd like there to be some effort made to preserve discussion out there, even if its not executed in the manner I'm suggesting. __________________ I've moved to a new address

01-27-2009, 12:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	If your talking about having a minimum number of characters per post it doesn't work. Instead of getting.. "I like it" you'll just end up getting.. "I like it" ******************************** __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.**

01-27-2009, 12:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I don't like it __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-27-2009, 01:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	And I don't like the either of you. Sitting around doing nothing doesn't work, we chastize the furious few who outright attack these people, and we don't have any method of shunning. Institute the minimum requirement, and all asterisk-junkies will be identified as spammers. __________________ I've moved to a new address

01-27-2009, 03:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	We're not sitting around doing nothing though. Whenever a 15 post spammer comes along they're instantly banned & all their posts deleted. I know I do this when I see one , I'm pretty sure RT , Jackhammer , Piss Me Off , Ethan & Seltzer does this too. Occasionally a few might get through or get left up for a while because there are no mods on to get rid of them. If i'm going to be expected to go meticulously through every thread judging whether every post in it is worthy of staying then i'll hand in my resignation right now. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-27-2009, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	You should not have resigned Big3. For unpaid work I think we do a bloody fantastic job. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”