New Rule, Introductions Options

[Paradox of Life]

Yes, I think all of my suggestions are usually pieces of crap, but something that really ticks me off is that people copy and paste things in introductions and their post count continues to go up. Isn't that considered spam? I mean, you're just copy and pasting. Isn't that rude as well? Aren't newbies worth your time to write a personal response? I was thinking that maybe there could be a rule against copying and pasting

'Welcome to CB! Have fun!'

on every single topic. I mean look at this:



Within the same 10 minutes you can rack up 11 posts by just copying and pasting an impersonal reply. And this person was so lazy, they copy and pasted SOMEONE ELSE'S welcome on every single topic.

Original (also copy and pasted):

Copy:


Should we just make it so posts don't count in Introductions or just make a rule against copying and pasting responses?

[heyyfrankie]

^ as long as the replies aren't spam & they are contributing to the topic, there's nothing wrong with it.

some people do that in the debate forum. like a newbie comes and they make a topic in debate about...oh, idk...GOD. so she makes this topic making her post count equal 1. then she REALLY gets into the debate replies a whole bunch of times commenting on what others have said, bringing up new points and what-not. yeah, they could get 50 posts in one thread. ;\

[*xcaitlinx*]

^ as long as the replies aren't spam & they are contributing to the topic, there's nothing wrong with it.

some people do that in the debate forum. like a newbie comes and they make a topic in debate about...oh, idk...GOD. so she makes this topic making her post count equal 1. then she REALLY gets into the debate replies a whole bunch of times commenting on what others have said, bringing up new points and what-not. yeah, they could get 50 posts in one thread. ;\

that's true. but atleast they are creating sentences worth of responses and not just "Fallout Boy - Grand Theft Autumn". The "what are you listening to" topic isn't for discussing anything, it's simply for posting what you're listening to at the moment. I doubt that all of the cB members read through each page of the topic. that would be silly, nonetheless. Especially since there's a new page in the topic every 5 minutes.