Minimum post count before starting a thread

DaMuleRules · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject:

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Man, do those lyrics resonate right now

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Moses · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:54 pm Post subject:

Thank you sir, this should be a great aid in reducing the number of duplicate and/or ignorant threads.
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Word!! About time.. been waiting for this for a long time..... Been a lotta Rookie bashing going on cos of this..
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unleasHell · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

I'll drink to that...!
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20,000 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject:

I proposed this years ago when we were getting a lot of spam/commercial spam posts, especially in OT. Lots of threads telling us to go to some Russian or Chinese site to buy cheap phones and Viagra. LG has done a great job of cutting those.

And having people post 100 times in a game thread will be good, because it will require them to spend time here, learning the site, seeing how it works, before creating a new thread. Which is exactly what we want.

Now we have to find a way to keep posters like ElginBaylor from being able to create new threads.
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TRAPSTAR · Starting Rotation Joined: 17 Jul 2009 Posts: 542

Great job implementing that

I am going to miss the Kobe shots to much threads

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Marty · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:15 pm Post subject:

In a perfect world, this is how I envisioned New Topic Policy here:

If a user has less than a 100 posts AND s/he is new (ie. less than a month since joining), s/he is not allowed to create a new topic. That will truly prevent the trolls from posting no matter how hard they pad their numbers in the game thread. They have to wait a little longer before they can scratch their itch.

If s/he is not a troll, it's still a win-win situation as s/he will be familiarized with LG culture, like what encina said.

GSDunk · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject:

Finally. A good percentage of the really awful, redundant threads seem to be started by newcomers trying to make a splash and not realizing the same thing has been talked about dozens of times before.

Hopefully this will somewhat combat the glut of bad threads we've had the last couple of years.

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FredG · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:43 pm Post subject:

Omar Little · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject:

I vote 100 posts or 30 days, whichever comes later...
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Watson · Star Player Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 1337

FWIW I don't like the new policy. Lots of people have things to contribute to the discussion before they get to 100 posts.

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waterman40 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:05 pm Post subject:

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angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32730

But what if a new member has late BREAKING NEWS about Artest being traded?

Omar Little · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject:

Conker · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:19 pm Post subject:

Good. Glad I was the one who came up with the idea.

Well, keep trolls and moaners from the "Post Thread" button.

If it all fails, raise the post count to 500.

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