Alizée America Suggestion Box

[Rev]

I wonder, is there any way of preventing a new member from creating new topics until they have posted at least 10 times (or 30 times)? It might reduce the number of bogus threads that end up being displayed on the home page.

[Scruffydog777]

It sounds like a good idea to me Rev, I'll pass it along to the other mods.

[Future Raptor Ace]

I like that idea Rev!~

[Merci Alizée]

Originally Posted by Rev

I wonder, is there any way of preventing a new member from creating new topics until they have posted at least 10 times (or 30 times)? It might reduce the number of bogus threads that end up being displayed on the home page.

Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I made some changes on the very same day when you posted this suggestion.

I was wondering what's better. Not allowing new users to post threads or not allowing new users to post at all. Deleting all spams is itself a time wasting process and considering that this site doesn't get flooded with genuine users, I guess it's better if we don't allow new users to post anything before getting filtered by moderators. That's what I did.

[mzracing76]

Know what this forum needs? A "Like Button" so we can like each others thread, lol.

[DopeBoy]

Originally Posted by mzracing76

Know what this forum needs? A "Like Button" so we can like each others thread, lol.

I don't want to come off as a jerk but I completely oppose that idea... There's little point as post count and views serve a similar point, though maybe not in all cases. Threads with hundreds of pages are popular or well 'Liked'. I dislike Facebook and Twitter and all this other 'social networking' BS, pun intended.

[DrSmith]

Originally Posted by mzracing76

Know what this forum needs? A "Like Button" so we can like each others thread, lol.

We have something similar, the 1–5 Stars thing. There's also the reputation button (in the top right corner of each post). But nobody seems to use it.


+rep this post, you know you want to

[ALS]

I was on a board with a like and dislike buttons on posts. You do not want to go there, it can really get ugly between members. One member rubs another member the wrong way and it becomes a competition on how many dislikes can be piled on another members reputation. The owner finally disabled it and that really upset the "get him" side of the board. It must have taken at least a year for a certain segment of the board to finally get over the inability to trash other members anonymously.

You did notice I said WAS on a board.

[BrianO1]

what ALS said!

[HelixSix]

Originally Posted by ALS

I was on a board with a like and dislike buttons on posts. You do not want to go there, it can really get ugly between members. One member rubs another member the wrong way and it becomes a competition on how many dislikes can be piled on another members reputation. The owner finally disabled it and that really upset the "get him" side of the board. It must have taken at least a year for a certain segment of the board to finally get over the inability to trash other members anonymously.

You did notice I said WAS on a board.

I was on a forum that didn't even bother keeping the likes/dislikes anonymous.

I was originally on a good board but it got bought out and we had to merge with a bigger forum that had the bully tactic rules already in place so the royalty (mostly mod's and their friends) wouldn't lose their status. And of course none of the mods from my board had their power transferred.

It didn't matter what anybody said because the instant you disagreed at all with the royalty the dislikes would pile up by the dozens. And if anybody liked what you said they would automatically become the enemy like you. It was almost a small crime to not like/dislike the same comments the king dogs voted on.