Turning Off The Posting Counter In The Introduction Forum |
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Jul 7 2009, 06:43 PM
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QUOTE (Skalde @ Jul 7 2009, 11:34 AM)  turn of the posting counter for this particular board. I would hide it from regular users (members group) for the entire site, personally. Not that it's my place to say, but since we're talking about it: there's some examples of folks that seem interested merely in upping their own post count without actually including real content. I didn't think it was a big deal either way. -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Jul 7 2009, 07:06 PM
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You def. got a point there.
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Jul 7 2009, 10:41 PM
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Interesting point, but I would like to hear another way perhaps.. Turning off sounds a bit repressive to me, could mean that there would be less welcomes, and I really enjoyed when lots of people welcomed me on the site. But this is a good observation, sometimes I get the feel people are not reading 100% although I cannot actually say it cause it can be untrue, I cannot be 100% sure.
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) but there IS a lot of "spam" to sift through here. It's only the by product of a great community though.
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Jul 8 2009, 12:18 AM
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Interesting opinions here! I would love to hear what everyone thinks about the introductions forum.
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Jul 8 2009, 12:21 AM
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I don't see a problem with the copy/paste in the introduction thread. I personaly try to read intro post most of the time but sometimes I don't. Does that mean that I am not allowed to say "welcome to GMC"? I feel the same warm welcome to any new member whether I read his post or not. It is just my way of welcoming a new member by saying that. I don't need to write a novel just to prove that I have read his/her post. Someone might dissagree but I really see no point here and to me this doesn't look like spam as all "welcome to gmc" comes from a different member.
And also, I never copy/paste. I always type "welcome to GMC" in full 
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Jul 8 2009, 12:21 AM
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QUOTE (berko @ Jul 7 2009, 04:56 PM) I understand what you're saying but IMHO the dozens of repetitive "welcome to gmc"s aren't produced by people that want to increase their amount of post. Yes I'm pretty sure some of the folks just paste their greetings without reading the intro but on a level even that is enough. If you're interested in the new member because he/she might provide a good story about his/her guitar career or life then you click there and read the intro. If you're just greeting 5 new members one after the other in only 40 seconds, then it's obvious you hadn't read the intro but at least the new members feel more welcome (if they ever check their thread again). Well, I agree with this right up until someone posts greetings on month-old intro threads, month-old comics, and anything else (still month-old) that they haven't already replied to. That is count-seeking at its most clear and obvious, if you ask me. I do still agree that even a pasted "welcome to gmc!" is still a greeting and contributes to the warm welcomes that new users receive here. There is at least that value in it. -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Jul 8 2009, 12:49 AM
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Sad panda that I am I try and read all the forum posts, including the Introductions and Welcomes and so I think I have a reasonable overview of the forum. My personal opinion here... - I agree with Berko. If someone wants to add a welcome, belated or otherwise, then I don't see any real harm in it. To me generally however quality is more interesting than quantity. The posts that tend to catch my attention tend to be ones that contribute something meaningful. If they don't then they tend to wash over me (apart from any that need me to put my moderator's hat on  ). Similarly I tend nowadays to try to contribute where I think I can add something or answer a specific question. So I don't usually add a welcome unless I'm answering a new member's question (or maybe I'm just an anti-social hermit  ). Nonetheless I don't see an issue with people saying 'hi'.
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Jul 8 2009, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE (Skalde @ Jul 8 2009, 09:41 AM) You might say he feels welcomed in the community even if the members had not read their introductionpost. Well, the newcomers would feel the same way, if the postcounter is off, wouldn't they? I think that we should welcome every new member whether we know him/her or not. How can someone know if we read the intro post or not just by seeing "welcome to GMC". I can read 10.000 of intro words and still write 3 words as a welcoming post. What's the point of turning the counter off? Will the new member feel more welcome that way and does he care about the counter? There are about 7000 members here, we can't possibly know everybody. Many of them are not active on the forum anyway. When someone ask a question or need help on the forum that's something different. We either help or not post anything if we don't know the solution. But the introduction post is not a question. The only thing we can say is "welcome to GMC" and maybe say 2-3 more words about where to start and "feel free to ask any question". I am still trying to figure out the point of this and thinking I might be missunderstanding this thread a bit
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Jul 8 2009, 11:11 AM
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emir, we are missing each others point
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Jul 8 2009, 11:22 AM
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QUOTE (Skalde @ Jul 8 2009, 11:11 AM) emir, we are missing each others point That's what I am thinking as well but still trying to understand
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Jul 8 2009, 01:03 PM
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I always read all the introduction threads throughout and reply with a welcome or answer a question if I can.Its a very good part of forum, those "how I began playing guitar" and all the personal info stories are very interesting read to me.You really get to know a new member that way.
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Jul 8 2009, 02:28 PM
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I'm missing the point. The introduction forum works, people get and feel welcomed.
As the concern was in the original post that members don't take time to read the full introduction, that must be his or her personal business. Short replies on this board is unevitable, there's only so many ways to say "hi". On the other boards we encourage members to post a little more than just "+1" type of posts. If someone copy and paste a reply twenty times or type them in twenty times five minutes apart makes no difference to me. It's still twenty posts. I don't begrudge anyone their postcount but since it was mentioned in a couple replies, is the are post count competition ongoing? So what is the point really? -------------------- My bands homepage
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