No More Post Requirement to Create New Threads
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Topic: No More Post Requirement to Create New Threads
Posted By: Andy Webb
Subject: No More Post Requirement to Create New Threads
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 20:42
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Hello everyone!
The admin team has decided, due to the easy spam management tools in the new forum software, to eliminate the "Forum Newbie (<5 Posts)" user group. This means that all users, no matter how many posts they have, can create new threads in all forums. There seems to be an increase in the number of users who would like to start discussion threads, and we believe that this will be a way to increase discussion and forum participation. The admins will closely monitor whether the amount of spam on the forum increases due to this change, and if a significant amount of spam appears, the user group may be re-instated. Forum newbies still cannot vote in polls until they become Forum groupies, however. Here is the list of the "ladder groups" on the forum.
Points are awarded via this system:
4- and 5-stars are awarded to users selected by the admins for constructive contribution to the site. See http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13080&PID=1699934#1699934" rel="nofollow - Feel free to discuss this change and offer any constructive criticism or ideas for how to improve the ladder group system. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 20:43
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Genesis or Yes? ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 20:44
 While these threads are pretty annoying, I'd rather have this than a PM or email asking "WHY CAN I NO POST THREAD?!1!??". Those threads usually generate some comical discussion anyway and are usually merged with other threads or locked anyway. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Horizons wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 20:45
Completely agree - just teasing a bit.  It'll hopefully encourage more (unique) activity here. Great decision you guys. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 21:21
------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 21:33
Thanks for doing all of this, Andy  ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 06 2015 at 23:14
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I love this subject...ponies are fun to ride and profitable to buy watches Seiko Fossil Timex all brands available at discount Coach purses....finest quality...buy them firsthand, not second hand.imported straight to you from some slave factory in Malaysia specializing in unethical child labor.leather like objects wallets,purses,used condoms...buy sell trade with no thought of grammer or punktuation rambling on in endless spam in hopes you clicky the url that sometines don';t show up because spammer no trained in internet savvy tech stuff or engrish. Ummm...sorry. Just practicing. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 00:08
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^exactly how many drugs were you on while writing this? ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 05:34
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Excellent news - glad to see better spam-control tools are at your disposal. Excluding Newbs from voting on polls is I guess still a necessary restriction, which is a bit of a shame given that it was introduced to prevent people creating duplicate accounts to manipulate polls. When the ability to create multiple accounts is curtailed perhaps that too can be lifted. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 06:44
The new rule already attracted a spammer  http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=101903&PID=5155576#5155576" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=101903&PID=5155576#5155576 |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 06:56
^ Yeah, so much for the "better spam-control tools"...  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 11:43
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^I guess I should have said that the new software allows the elimination of a spam user account in two clicks. There is a spam filter that I can apply, but I'd be afraid it would be too aggressive, so I'm happy to stay with manual deletion. But auto deletion tools do exist at our disposal, if needed. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 22:56
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Does this mean we will be able to post multiple times in a short period of time? I've lost some posts to this restriction before, though nothing major. But the March Madness (in December) was the time where that happened quite a bit. Thanks for the work. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 23:27
The flood control is still in place. I think it's pretty conservative last time I checked, with a required 5 seconds between posts or something like that, and I removed the cap on # of posts per minute a while ago too. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 08:18
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Some threads disappear. Just like that, for no reason. I've always thought that the biggest problem on this board are admins. ------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 08:41
As far as I am aware the Admins are not in the habit of disappearing threads. They cannot however, cater for numpties who either cannot be arsed to create threads in the proper lounge or even remember where the created the thread in the first place. ------------- What? |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 09:33
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There was a thread called "there's no such thing as..." in general section. It's gone. No freedom of speech on this board. ------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 09:44
let me guess.. what are you 14.. or one of those libertarian types (same thing I suppose). It was a sh*t thread... likely deleted if you can't find it. Don't like the management.. go to Progears.. lots of patience there for juvenile threads and posters ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 09:46
Are you really upset that thread is gone? There are plenty of other banal threads where one can make trite, oft- time indecipherable statements on subjects that usually have nothing whatsoever to do with prog. In fact, you can make up your own in the "Just for Fun" section where such things belong. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 09:56
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Freedom of speech does not apply to privately-owned entities such as this site. It's like asking somebody to put up with being insulted in their own home. Though I am not American, I seem to know how the First Amendment works better than many born-and-bred US people. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 09:59
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yeah.. what about my freedom of speech and all my hidden/deleted posts telling the (classic) admin team they were bunch of old farts who wouldn't know progressive if it bit them on the ass. hah... not to mention all of my hidden posts telling Raff what I was going to do to her the next time I saw her.. or all my hidden posts to Ivan telling him what I was going to do to HIM the first time I saw him. Freedom of Speech? pfffff.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 12:26
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Cleaning graffiti from the walls of a public restroom does not infringe your freedoms a peach. ------------- What? |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 12:51
I see, libertarian point of view is not allowed on here (btw I'm not a libertarian but it doesn't matter). You decide who's 14, who's mature. Such attitude is called totalitarianism. And I'd rather choose libertarianism than that brainwashing leftist bullsh*t. ------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 12:54
I've posted on many boards and never seen anything like that. I'm totally surprised. ------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 19:55
I've never seen a thread deleted unless posters were acting like complete tw*ts. Again, the subject of the thread and the few posts I saw early on had absolutely nothing to do with music (the primary purpose of this forum last time I checked); in addition, the thread and its meandering, non-musical, nonsensical subject matter belonged in the "Just for Fun" section. So, I have to assume that a) people were behaving like tw*ts, and b) in any case, it was in the wrong section. I am wondering why you are so upset over an inconsequential thread. And it was inconsequential. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 22:47
I have no idea what you're talking about and that's not sarcasm. We (the admins) don't typically just hide threads, unless they become troll stomping ground, and usually we'll just hide the troll posts. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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