Lets debate how we should address very active posters

[Flying Dutchman]

As one of the milder, meeker posters who only posts when he really, really has something to say:

1. Look at your enhanced level of hit counts. It has gone up IN THE OFFSEASON, so something is working quite well. This speaks to tweaking at most, but frankly I think the counts are pretty well set as they are.

2. The posting crazies (I remember when King Revolver came on board) will post no matter what. King had over 3000 the first month if I remember right and this was well before the points showed up. But in addition to using the smiley to about 20% of his posts, he also posted a number of very good videos.

3. I contend that no matter what you use, some folks will abuse it.

4. SBR posters come come and go. But on balance, we seem to have a pretty nice spread of features. It remains my favorite forum becasue of those features and PT is just a small, but vital part.

5. The only thing I might add is another naked, dancing JJ video, perhaps my all time favorite. But to be serious, JJ is a serious comedic talent, and ringmaster of this motley circus. JJ (and his many ghosts) keeps this place alive.

[poochiecollins]

Flying Dutchman, I always think the woman in your DP has a giant bra on her head when I first see it.

[Flying Dutchman]

poochie, that is a traditional ladie's head garment from the village of Alkmaar (as I recall)...

...It's a small way of bringing culture to this vast wasteland of degeneracy

[Flying Dutchman]

humm, just noticed SBR jonny dumped 10 points on me...

...this suck up shit works pretty well...

[nosniboR11]

jj will end up crying about not being able to start thirty diff threads a day

[magynuck]

John you seem like you are sincere and are willing to listen so I will attempt to make my point again. I come here because this is a sports book review site. If I am in the mood to I will read the "entertainment" threads. If not I won't. It is of little concern to me. Here are some things that do concern me.

1. Pinnacle or another major site is down act on behalf of the players. I knew the sky was not falling but whether a player uses Pinny to make their livelihood or is just a recreational player it is a big deal. Implying that the US is the only country in North America or that the US is the only country represented on the board by SBR was not the right tact.

2. Address some player concerns. Thremp has concerns about his representation by SBR. Allowing it to continue without any response from SBR makes you come across at best as incompetent. Even saying that the matter is being handled and you do not wish to comment or Thremp you are misrepresenting the situation is better than silence.

3. Number 2 all over again. There have been various threads about Bet Phoenix taking 2 weeks + for net wallet withdrawals. The waiting for a bankwire to get to the net wallet excuse should work once but after that it is hard to believe that they are in an ongoing negative position. Short of making a complaint, it would be nice to see SBR stepping up and acting as a player advocate.

Thanks for listening.

[whatsgood5]

Here's the way I see it, I make so much posts, because I have so much time. It's not like I'm cranking out 450 meaningless posts over a three hour span. I was on here for ten hours straight yesterday, I post so much because I'm on here so much. And I didn't really feel like checking back too far, but in my last 100 posts, only five of them were smiley posts. Usually at some hilarious shit. Not really clutter IMO.

[FreeFall]

I like this idea and I'll take the radical position. I'd like it limited to one topic a day and ten posts. Force them to really pick if it's worth posting or not.

[FishFace5]

Here's the way I see it, I make so much posts, because I have so much time. It's not like I'm cranking out 450 meaningless posts over a three hour span. I was on here for ten hours straight yesterday, I post so much because I'm on here so much. And I didn't really feel like checking back too far, but in my last 100 posts, only five of them were smiley posts. Usually at some hilarious shit. Not really clutter IMO.

Stop fooling yourself
You posted 450 times in 1 day.
We've been here approx the same amount of time and you have over 10x as many posts and I post daily.
Slow it down a lil killer. This thread speaks about you specifically.

[whatsgood5]

Stop fooling yourself You posted 450 times in 1 day. We've been here approx the same amount of time and you have over 10x as many posts and I post daily. Slow it down a lil killer. This thread speaks about you specifically.

Yeah, I realize I post a lot, and of course this thread is specifically about me. But I post so much, because I am on here so much, that really can't be argued here. Hell, I'm probably on here more than jj. I've said it before, and I'll say it again...if my posting is limited, then I'm gonna have to develop a pretty nasty drug habit to fill my spare time, just sayin'.

[obamaismyuncle]

Here's the way I see it, I make so much posts, because I have so much time. It's not like I'm cranking out 450 meaningless posts over a three hour span. I was on here for ten hours straight yesterday, I post so much because I'm on here so much. And I didn't really feel like checking back too far, but in my last 100 posts, only five of them were smiley posts. Usually at some hilarious shit. Not really clutter IMO.

You have made more than 5,000 posts in the last 7 days. This is a fact. I find it annoying as fuk that I see your name in EVERY thread multiple times. You also claim to have a play on about EVERY game that exists EVERYDAY. You have stiffed 4 people for hundreds on points, and brag about doing so. Your posts bring nothing to the board, and you only bet with points. You have never made an actual cash wager. You power post for points. This forum would be better without you. Maybe SBR can get you your own subform where you can just post away, and nobody else will have to see them...

[JohnAnthony]

I was thinking maybe we should have a limit to how many posts and threads one could start in Players talk. It could be generous so it would not slow the vast majority down. Is this a good idea? How many posts should we allow a “power poster” to make in Players Talk a day? Like 60?? Less? More?

NO. Not because I've been one of the more active posters around, but rather because I don't wanna see all the shitty-power-posters, unlike me (boogey!), ruin the great sub-forums we have.

Either limit daily posts/threads GLOBALLY, or start handing out infractions for:

1. Obvious and dumbvious power-posting.

2. Regularly double-posting (except in picks threads)

3. Making no sense at all (sometimes and with some people it's funny, but 95% of the time it's pure whore-shit that just gets on your nerves)

4. People who are clearly posting to gain posts/points.

A nice infraction would be -5 points per infraction, do it 5 times and the point whore's last 1000 isn't worth shit, not for us, but neither for him.

[Extra Innings]

I can't imagine that people are motivated to post 1000 responses for extra points or are they

[obamaismyuncle]

I can't imagine that people are motivated to post 1000 responses for extra points or are they

Yes they are and its pathetic..

[FishFace5]

Yeah, I realize I post a lot, and of course this thread is specifically about me. But I post so much, because I am on here so much, that really can't be argued here. Hell, I'm probably on here more than jj. I've said it before, and I'll say it again...if my posting is limited, then I'm gonna have to develop a pretty nasty drug habit to fill my spare time, just sayin'.

Read More.
Post less.

[whatsgood5]

You have made more than 5,000 posts in the last 7 days. This is a fact. I find it annoying as fuk that I see your name in EVERY thread multiple times. You also claim to have a play on about EVERY game that exists EVERYDAY. You have stiffed 4 people for hundreds on points, and brag about doing so. Your posts bring nothing to the board, and you only bet with points. You have never made an actual cash wager. You power post for points. This forum would be better without you. Maybe SBR can get you your own subform where you can just post away, and nobody else will have to see them...

First off, no way I've made more than 5K posts in the last week, right? I play anywhere between 10-20 games daily, I'm not betting thousands, or even hundreds a game, just enough to make it a little interesting. I don't really brag about doing so, but when people bring it up, I'll have a little fun with it. Sure I felt bad about stiffing them maybe a week or so after it happened, and I never would have "bragged" about it then, but it's been quite some time, so why not have a little fun with some posters whining about it?

Lastly, I have made plenty of cash wagers in my career, you offered me 100 points for proof, I said I'll take you up on that offer, and you completely ignored the post. I then said I'll take you up on that offer and have you give the 100 points to those that I stiffed, and you ignored my post again.

[obamaismyuncle]

First off, no way I've made more than 5K posts in the last week, right? I play anywhere between 10-20 games daily, I'm not betting thousands, or even hundreds a game, just enough to make it a little interesting. I don't really brag about doing so, but when people bring it up, I'll have a little fun with it. Sure I felt bad about stiffing them maybe a week or so after it happened, and I never would have "bragged" about it then, but it's been quite some time, so why not have a little fun with some posters whining about it?

Lastly, I have made plenty of cash wagers in my career, you offered me 100 points for proof, I said I'll take you up on that offer, and you completely ignored the post. I then said I'll take you up on that offer and have you give the 100 points to those that I stiffed, and you ignored my post again.

More than 5,000...A mod can confirm this.

[Powderguy]

Yeah, there's no way he made more than 5,000 this past week. Maybe the past 3 weeks or month. Is that even possible?

[bobbyfk]

why fix it if it's not broken John?

[obamaismyuncle]

Yeah, there's no way he made more than 5,000 this past week. Maybe the past 3 weeks or month. Is that even possible?

I bet he did..

[whatsgood5]

Hit 6K on 2/16 obama

http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/343696-just-power-posted-like-mfer-get-6k.html

[ericthegangster]

Since the power posting is obviously an attempt to meet the 1,000 post milestone and cash in on the 25 point bonus, perhaps SBR should give the 25 points as a reward for longevity. Perhaps give 25 points if you login and post for 30 straight days.... just a thought.

Something does need to be done though.

[whatsgood5]

Since the power posting is obviously an attempt to meet the 1,000 post milestone and cash in on the 25 point bonus, perhaps SBR should give the 25 points as a reward for longevity. Perhaps give 25 points if you login and post for 30 straight days.... just a thought. Something does need to be done though.

Why exactly does something need to be done though? 92-98% of my posts are meaningful posts, that in no way clutter the board. Obviously I've got a few meaningless posts, but hell, everyone has meaningless posts from time to time...

[mdemps9190]

yeah I think I'm for the merit based points, along with a cap of like 75 posts per day...JJ obviously would be grandfathered in, but people like whatsgood seem to just post for no reason and I think thats pointless...And weeding out ghosts would be good too. I'm sure you can see the # of posts people make it in a day and if its once a day every day and something pointless...Just take away their point privileges for a month. I didn't read page 2 so this may have been said but I think its a good idea.

[Scorpion]

really depends if they're adding anything of substance or not. Im sure you'd agree theres nothing wrong with a large number of posts if they're contributing. sbr is a good way to pass time..

bingo

[ericthegangster]

Why exactly does something need to be done though? 92-98% of my posts are meaningful posts, that in no way clutter the board. Obviously I've got a few meaningless posts, but hell, everyone has meaningless posts from time to time...

You are the reason something like this needs to be done. If everyone posted as much as you did (meaningless or not), this board would be a complete mess. People don't come here to see whatsgood5's opinion of this, that, and the other thing.

Get a life man. No one should be spending 12 hours a day on SBR.

[hoopster42]

60 is a lot harder to get to than you think

I do not know though if limits are good if it is a great thread that requires lots of posts.

I could hinder a great debate

"I" isntead of "It", a freudian slip perhaps by the King himself?????



(you know i love you, JJ......just havin fun here)

[stevek173]

Like it aloot.

[bigboyfosho]

Get rid of whatsgood5, solves everything on SBR

[Powderguy]

Get rid of whatsgood5, solves everything on SBR

Pretty sure there are alot more problems than this.

[capitalist pig]

I like this idea and I'll take the radical position. I'd like it limited to one topic a day and ten posts. Force them to really pick if it's worth posting or not.

I agree with you, but not many others will.

How about a 25 post a day limit, after that for every post you make it will cost you a point? If you dont have the points you cant post. This site isnt about anything but points anymore, which is sad. Or you could do away with the whole points thing and there wouldnt even be a problem, JMO.

later

[sharpcat]

great idea

i think moderators should have the ability to shut down points for power posters this will help to discourage it. Power posting is ruining this forum although traffic is up it is meaningless traffic and costs SBR money in the long run because these posters are posting junk that does not contribute to the forum but they are still earning free plays and pizza.

[whatsgood5]

great idea i think moderators should have the ability to shut down points for power posters this will help to discourage it. Power posting is ruining this forum although traffic is up it is meaningless traffic and costs SBR money in the long run because these posters are posting junk that does not contribute to the forum but they are still earning free plays and pizza.

Gotta disagree here, I can't speak for other power-posters, but I rarely post junk, and I've yet to purchase anything from the store, don't know about any other power-posters on this topic though.

[RogueScholar]

The solution as I see it is weekly limits. Allow people to start 35 threads per week (nobody needs to start more than 5 threads per day) and put a 500 post limit per week. That would force people to consider if what they're posting is really worth it. You could even just put these restrictions on the obvious violators.

The problem is that people can and do post ad nauseum, limits prevent that. Don't make it a hard limit either, charge them 10 points per thread after the limit and 5 points per post. This forum will double in quality within a few days of that being done.

[Powderguy]

How comes no one talks about taylor? He posts alot.