A thought about post counts. |
 Jan 5 2007, 10:02 PM
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 The one man Voltron  Group: Member Posts: 711 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,519  |
In my short experience as a CreateBlog community member, I have realized post statistics do play a significant role in the user's experience since they grant access to extra features and are a requisite (that can be bypassed in exceptional occasions) to apply for staff membership. This is the not the first place where I have seen this system being used, and thusly it is not the first time I pass this thought to the community to consider. Without further ado, I'll proceed to explain my position about this subject.
In my opinion, post quotas only manage to make users work enough to meet them in order to enjoy the benefits they get for reaching the 50, 100, etc.., post mark. Such acting is not necessarily linked to making users involved in improving the community, but rather in seeking personal goals that may or may not transcend (positive or negatively) onto the rest of users. That is mainly because apart from the site's general rules, there's not a standard establishing how a person should fill the demanded rate. Since it's pretty easy to maintain a high PPD ratio without adding anything that contributes to the site in general while avoiding the violation of any general rule, the point of having a posts limit becomes kind of moot, in the end. Lastly, keeping a post count policy seems to have stemmed an underlying rivalry between users based upon the number of posts when it comes to, for example, hiring sessions. Despite knowing it's not a must-meet requirement, people seem to focus first on their PPD then on evaluating whether their skills can be of any help to Createblog or not. And that is pretty counterproductive to the purpose of selecting people willing to sacrifice time and efforts for an online community. |
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Jan 5 2007, 11:07 PM
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Mona, can you make them invisible? Like warnings, where only mods and the person can see it.
And I agree, having a high post count is consdierably less of a big deal now than it used to be. I remember being really excited when I hit 1000, and now it's just like whoa, how did that happen? |
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Kurd Jam A thought about post counts. Jan 5 2007, 10:02 PM
mona lisa Ahh, yes. I believe this has been mentioned before... Jan 5 2007, 10:47 PM mona lisa You mean the post count and PPD? Not sure if that... Jan 5 2007, 11:11 PM Statues/Shadows Wait no, that's what I meant. The member could... Jan 5 2007, 11:35 PM mona lisa Ohhh! Sorry about that. Not sure how much effe... Jan 5 2007, 11:43 PM Libertie I'd rather remove the post count from the mini... Jan 6 2007, 01:53 AM Kurd Jam Danielle pretty much covered what I was trying to ... Jan 6 2007, 02:36 PM I Shot JFK Accepting that a benchmark post count fiure is mor... Jan 7 2007, 07:23 AM
Kurd Jam QUOTE(I Shot JFK @ Jan 7 2007, 1:23 PM) A... Jan 7 2007, 04:47 PM I Shot JFK Granted, different posts are of different vlaue to... Jan 7 2007, 05:04 PM Kurd Jam QUOTE(I Shot JFK @ Jan 7 2007, 11:04 PM) ... Jan 7 2007, 06:18 PM Libertie Well, we do have a separate title for those who ga... Jan 8 2007, 03:34 AM Kurd Jam I was actually being more anarchistic than that, a... Jan 8 2007, 02:27 PM mona lisa Dani's idea is certainly interesting. I really... Jan 8 2007, 04:59 PM Libertie QUOTE(mona lisa @ Jan 8 2007, 3:59 PM) Da... Jan 8 2007, 05:53 PM Kurd Jam Working on the reply for everybody, sorry for the ... Jan 9 2007, 04:22 PM I Shot JFK Regarding the third objective, why do you want to ... Jan 8 2007, 05:18 PM I Shot JFK My concern about a spam forum is the way in which ... Jan 8 2007, 06:02 PM mzkandi ^ My concerns exactly. Jan 8 2007, 06:23 PM mona lisa Wait, what data?
The giving-new-members-time-bef... Jan 10 2007, 03:51 PM Kurd Jam QUOTE(mona lisa @ Jan 10 2007, 9:51 PM) W... Jan 10 2007, 04:01 PM mona lisa QUOTE(Kurd Jam @ Jan 10 2007, 4:01 PM) Th... Jan 10 2007, 04:15 PM Kurd Jam QUOTE(mona lisa @ Jan 10 2007, 10:15 PM) ... Jan 10 2007, 04:47 PM Azarel QUOTE(Libertie @ Jan 8 2007, 12:34 AM) Al... Jan 12 2007, 02:38 AM Libertie QUOTE(Azarel @ Jan 12 2007, 1:38 AM) Actu... Jan 12 2007, 07:08 PM mona lisa Yup, it has to be dome manually by admins.
QUOTE(L... Jan 13 2007, 12:54 AM I Shot JFK QUOTE(mona lisa @ Jan 13 2007, 5:54 AM) Y... Jan 13 2007, 06:47 AM kayceeisms QUOTE(Libertie @ Jan 12 2007, 4:08 PM) Sh... Jan 19 2007, 08:27 AM Libertie QUOTE(kayceeisms @ Jan 19 2007, 7:27 AM) ... Jan 20 2007, 08:29 AM Kurd Jam QUOTE(Libertie @ Jan 20 2007, 2:29 PM) I ... Jan 20 2007, 02:27 PM Libertie ^Right, a person who posts a little at first, does... Jan 13 2007, 10:38 PM rawtheekuh. I believe we should get rid of the post count requ... Jan 13 2007, 10:56 PM Kurd Jam QUOTE(rawtheekuh. @ Jan 14 2007, 4:56 AM)... Jan 16 2007, 04:28 PM Kurd Jam Yesterday I noticed of another "negative... Jan 18 2007, 03:53 PM Azarel QUOTE(Kurd Jam @ Jan 18 2007, 12:53 PM) A... Jan 19 2007, 03:00 AM niez_cho It's true that it's very difficult to brin... Jan 19 2007, 07:36 AM icy_wonderland What about those people that joined few years ago,... Jan 19 2007, 07:56 AM niez_cho ^ yea, I agree. It's not fair. Jan 19 2007, 08:09 AM Uronacid I can't stand the fact that:
When I'm not... Jan 19 2007, 02:46 PM MiSSxMELON In my opinion, post counts play a mixed role.
It... Jan 20 2007, 03:33 PM Kurd Jam I found this topic while lurking through the Loung... Jan 27 2007, 02:05 PM Uronacid QUOTE(Kurd Jam @ Jan 27 2007, 2:05 PM) I ... Jan 31 2007, 12:30 PM |
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