10 Posts before you can start your own thread

[Redskin Rich]

OK Mods... if I am in the wrong forum, please move it and accept my apologies in advance:

I have noticed that several people have signed up for this site, and then very quickly just found 10 threads to put nothing comments on so they could start their own thread. Doesn't this seem counter productive to the original intent?

May I suggest one of the two modifications:

a. Let new members start a new thread immediately (which will get rid of posts such as (wish I was there) or (no coolest).

b. Have a 10 post, 7 day waiting period before they can start their own thread.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

OK Mods... if I am in the wrong forum, please move it and accept my apologies in advance:

I have noticed that several people have signed up for this site, and then very quickly just found 10 threads to put nothing comments on so they could start their own thread. Doesn't this seem counter productive to the original intent?

May I suggest one of the two modifications:

a. Let new members start a new thread immediately (which will get rid of posts such as (wish I was there) or (no coolest).

b. Have a 10 post, 7 day waiting period before they can start their own thread.

Personally, I'd like to see that one. Also, maybe a quota system dependent upon longevity, i.e. if you've been a member for 1 month, you can only start 2-3 threads per month, if you've been on a year or more, no limit... etc.

[Redskin Rich]

Thanks for moving this.... So.... Matty..... what do you say..... can we get a change?

[MTK]

Easier said than done. I don't have a way to implement something like that.

[MTK]

I try to monitor newbies who seem to hit that 10 post mark too quickly. Usually it's pretty obvious when someone is trying to get around it.

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I try to monitor newbies who seem to hit that 10 post mark too quickly. Usually it's pretty obvious when someone is trying to get around it.

Yes, we just had the guy last night or this morning.

Can you raise the number high enough where it would make it seem not that easy to do... like maybe 100?

You have to forgive my lack of knowledge about these topics... I occasionally post on other sites, but this is the only one I spend any real time on.

[gibbsisgod]

I think the way we have it set up now is good. No matter what kind of limits Matty and Co. put in place, there will always be ways around it.

I noticed what RR and others are talikng about and when I did I knew the Mods would talke care of it pretty quick. They are supersmart.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

Yes, we just had the guy last night or this morning.

Can you raise the number high enough where it would make it seem not that easy to do... like maybe 100?

You have to forgive my lack of knowledge about these topics... I occasionally post on other sites, but this is the only one I spend any real time on.

100 would probably discourage too many people. I think 10 works pretty well and most newbies respect it and don't try to spam until they get around it. Those that do we usually deal with pretty quickly.

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

I think the way we have it set up now is good. No matter what kind of limits Matty and Co. put in place, there will always be ways around it.

I noticed what RR and others are talikng about and when I did I knew the Mods would talke care of it pretty quick. They are supersmart.

OK... sucking up to the mods... can we get a 1 day suspension?????

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

maybe 25 or 30 posts then

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I like the idea of making people wait a certain number of days before they can start a thread. If the number of pieces of flare... I mean posts is increased that just means people will just write even more meaningless filler posts.

If they have something that is so damn important that it just cannot wait they should PM a mod or someone else and ask them to start a thread. Either that, or just hijack an existing one like the rest of us

[mheisig]

I doubt there's a perfect system.

Douchebags are going to slip through the cracks regardless, and that's why you have live, intelligent (eh?) moderators to handle what the automated system can't.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

b. Have a 10 post, 7 day waiting period before they can start their own thread.

Dude, the waiting period to buy a gun is less than that.

Still, it ain't a bad idea if there was a way to do it.

[mheisig]

We could concoct some sort of spelling/punctuation/grammar/intelligence test where new users have to score above like 80% to join.

Have them spell ten commonly misspelled words, identify the difference between a noun, a verb, an adverb and pronoun, some basic sentence structure questions and then a scaled-down IQ test of about 10 questions. Maybe also include a vBulletin primer that has to be viewed before they can post - stuff on how to search old posts and so on.

On second thought, can we administer this test retroactively to current members?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by mheisig

We could concoct some sort of spelling/punctuation/grammar/intelligence test where new users have to score above like 80% to join.

Have them spell ten commonly misspelled words, identify the difference between a noun, a verb, an adverb and pronoun, some basic sentence structure questions and then a scaled-down IQ test of about 10 questions. Maybe also include a vBulletin primer that has to be viewed before they can post - stuff on how to search old posts and so on.

On second thought, can we administer this test retroactively to current members?

Weal thate wuold doo inn moost of use.