Lets debate how we should address very active posters

[Powderguy]

I don't think SBR wants to give away 200 pts to people that never log on more than once or twice a month.

[JohnAnthony]

If you give a 200 points away to 50,000 members, that can get incredibly expensive for SBR

It wouldn't matter because prices will be adjusted for the inflation.

[whatsgood5]

It wouldn't matter because prices will be adjusted for the inflation.

Right, but I and I'm sure a lot of others would rather not have them adjusted. Of course it will have to happen eventually, but no one's gonna like it when it does happen, so hopefully it's a lot further down the road.

[Cougar Bait]

What would happen to current post counts? Would they be reviewed and adjusted as well?

[pavyracer]

I don't think SBR wants to give away 200 pts to people that never log on more than once or twice a month.

These people which are a small minority don't care for points to begin with. It's like the guys who drive Bentleys. You don't see them at Walmart buying toilet paper for 49c a roll.

[BadNina]

Even if they gave 200 points at the end of each month, in addition to the 7 for logging in and posting each day, the majority of them would be given back in the casino.

[poochiecollins]

How about a low posting cap with an upvote/downvote system, as I believe we can mostly police ourselves on this matter, with an option a thread maker could use, namely live-game threads, that disables the limited post feature?

Nina, I agree with you about SBR listening to the community.

Whatsgood5 posts in most of the threads that I read. I have a problem with his points stiffing, but not his posts.

[OMGRandyJackson]

Leave things alone, nothings broken, Hitler would have taken Russia in 1943 he was going to the oil fields to take them over, and started to outhink himself , and what happened everything unraveled from that point on, the polnt is don't try to fix something that works mho.

You are a complete retard if you think Hitler could have conquered Russia.

[pavyracer]

You are a complete retard if you think Hitler could have conquered Russia.

Yes Hitler couldn't resupply his lines so far away from home. He had the same problems like Napoleon. And even now if a country tries to conquer Russia they will be fighting a losing battle.

[TheLock]

why fix it if it's not broken John?

Ugh. I hate this logic.

Isn't it clearly evident that it is broken?


I think the SBR points are great but it's obvious to me and others that the system can be tweaked.

[rjt721]

Just get rid of post counts under posters' ID. Never understood why people cared, and some even felt a sense of superiority, based on their number of posts.

[rjt721]

Id say max 10 posts a day. That way people will really try to make them count.

Bricker doesn't have time to post more than 10x per day because he's busy beating up on poker pros.

[JerseyShop101]

Sounds like its time for a PLAYERS TALK II, a subforum where Power Posters can battle it out!

Like these guys:

[Glitch]

instead of giving points for milestones- you should give private contest entries and they should have to battle it out for points. still rewards but less of an incentive to pollute the forum for guaranteed points.

[BarkingToad]

I am not "very" active, though if I may ask, I would like to be addressed as Motherfukker please. Thank you for your consideration. Rock On Motherfukkers!!

Must be a West Virginia sort of thing.

[Shortstop]

Telling posters that they're not allowed to post as much as they want to on an internet forum is like telling a church congregation that they're not allowed to pray as much as they want to in a church.

[jjgold]

Worst thing you can do is limit posting, most guys not even close to 60 a day anyway.

Cut it out now

[pavyracer]

The solution is simple. If all posters are paid the same amount of points monthly regardless of number of posts then it will cut down the junk posts. This reward doesn't penalize the low count posters and doesn't reward the power posters.

[Chi_archie]

I made about 50 posts since 6 this morning till midnight.


was that TOO many? did I flood the board?

what if I had made twice the amount?

did I contribute to the forum? did I detract from the forum?

could you really put a # on that? quanity is no way to try to judge quality

[yisman]

Archie, you contributed.

Were you making posts in threads you had nothing to say, just to up your post count? That's what the whores do. Based on what I saw, you were making legitimate posts.

Posts containing just smilies are often just intended to be spam, as well as posts like "USA!" or "gl", when couples with many other similar posts from the same day.

[TheLock]

Posts containing just smilies are often just intended to be spam

C/Wut/I/Did/There?

[SBR_John]

I made about 50 posts since 6 this morning till midnight.


was that TOO many? did I flood the board?

what if I had made twice the amount?

did I contribute to the forum? did I detract from the forum?

could you really put a # on that? quanity is no way to try to judge quality

Did you read the thread? I'll recap because it seems you missed it; The decision was made and posted earlier in this thread that post counts would not be limited. However, mods have a new control they can assign a poster who is drowning the board. A mod can assign a 5 minute wait between post to any poster who is spaming or becoming a nuisance. If that does not slow him down enough a mod can assign him a 10 minute wait between post.

[Chi_archie]

Archie, you contributed.

Were you making posts in threads you had nothing to say, just to up your post count? That's what the whores do. Based on what I saw, you were making legitimate posts.

Posts containing just smilies are often just intended to be spam, as well as posts like "USA!" or "gl", when couples with many other similar posts from the same day.

as long as we go by some sort of Qualititative analysis and not a strict # that we can't exceed in regards to posts. because i'd hate to "shut down" because I had 51 posts that were about a paragraph long about winners/losers in discussions about games that day. when someone else was okay with 49 posts with smilies or one sentence responses

[yisman]

Archie, I believe the decisions are being made on a case-by-case basis.

If you make 50 posts in a day, you aren't going to immediately get restricted. That's not how it works.

If someone can make 100 well thought out and constructive posts in a day, more power to them. I've never seen it happen, though.

What I have seen is:








USA!

gl

I have the over

over

go overs!



^ 100 of those in a day.

[eidolon]

SBR_John...Is it possible for the database to keep a running record of average characters used in posts? If so, there could be a minimum set at a level that would reveal a person power posting smileys: average of 20 characters per 100 posts.

(There was 245 characters used in that paragraph)

[OMGRandyJackson]

I think if we get rid of allowing posters to post after themselves, would cut down on spam huge. I mentioned it early but it seems no one read it

[PittsburghPlayer]

Must be a West Virginia sort of thing.

This coming from a poster who`s handle means "fart" in ALL 50 states. Yeah, you are really in a position to be breaking my chops Toad. In your process of making me aware that my post was "too over the top", you not only put me down but the people of West Virginia as well. Must be a lonely life being better than everyone else.

[whatsgood5]

We have a solution. Bill vetoed limiting post counts as too harsh considering the circumstances. So the solution he agreed on will be as follows; We will set up 2 new user groups in the forum backend for mods; Power Poster5 and Power Poster10. The concept is quite simple actually. If the mods feel a poster is over the top he can designate that poster as a Power Poster5. This simply means the poster will have to wait 5 minutes in between posts. This is simple and measured. If the poster continues to post at the max rate and is deemed to be over posting he will be changed to Power Poster10 which will require him to wait 10 minutes between post. The thinking is to take baby steps that can be modified if necessary. The goal is to find the solution with the least amount of limitations.

What ever happened to this?

[tltaylor89]

Pay us

[mrmarket]

Why not just remove the incentive(points) for post count milestones. If you want to reward loyalty you could always give it out for join date (i.e. 6 months 25 points, 1 year 25 points etc.)

[Andy117]

I wouldn't change a thing.

[pico]

i have a free pizza now

[Shortstop]

What ever happened to this?

Evidently, nothing!

[whatsgood5]

Evidently, nothing!

Sure looks like it. I'm gonna go back to making 500 posts about absolutely nthing like Taylor does if they're not going to enforce this...

[pavyracer]

Spam is good when there is nothing else to eat.