Something wrong with being new in the forum? Every user was there at some point. I've used this forum a lot in the past month and I'm glad I found it, been very grateful for the contributors and found a lot of answers that were tough to find elsewhere.
Selling is not a word in my vocabulary or Psyche and hopefully not in my future.
I seem to have a defective gene, a common condition normally referred to as a collecting bug but I know it for what it is, I have been to the support group meeting, I am a watch hoarder.
Soon you will see me weaving my way thru my house to avoid the piles of watch boxes and associated paraphernalia.
Please help me, let me obviate the 200 post requirements to save me from this disease!
No, just found it funny you probably didn’t see that the guy was booted for post farming- so your response was almost comical.
If it was intended to be ironic- then kudos!
Haha, no I didn't see that until now. But now looking at his post history and this I see why it's pretty comical. And given where this thread has gone it probably would've been smarter. 😀
However, I'm baffled by the standard applied to this concept of post hunting. While I do see there's a 200 threshold for posting in sales and a lot of people focus on that, once you hit that number then everything is game? I see that he's booted now and probably rightfully so, but I do think the standard applied on new members is a bit rough. The presumption on a <200 post account seems to be that they're hunting unless it's strictly on topic, even when they're welcoming a new member and complimenting their watch in a welcome thread (albeit he got booted), while >200 account can post emoji responses and even brag how they did 500+ posts in a few months and that's considered fine. Everyone needs to start somewhere.
Haha, no I didn't see that until now. But now looking at his post history and this I see why it's pretty comical. And given where this thread has gone it probably would've been smarter. 😀
However, I'm baffled by the standard applied to this concept of post hunting. While I do see there's a 200 threshold for posting in sales and a lot of people focus on that, once you hit that number then everything is game? I see that he's booted now and probably rightfully so, but I do think the standard applied on new members is a bit rough. The presumption on a <200 post account seems to be that they're hunting unless it's strictly on topic, even when they're welcoming a new member and complimenting their watch in a welcome thread (albeit he got booted), while >200 account can post emoji responses and even brag how they did 500+ posts in a few months and that's considered fine. Everyone needs to start somewhere.
However, I'm baffled by the standard applied to this concept of post hunting. While I do see there's a 200 threshold for posting in sales and a lot of people focus on that, once you hit that number then everything is game? I see that he's booted now and probably rightfully so, but I do think the standard applied on new members is a bit rough. The presumption on a <200 post account seems to be that they're hunting unless it's strictly on topic, even when they're welcoming a new member and complimenting their watch in a welcome thread (albeit he got booted), while >200 account can post emoji responses and even brag how they did 500+ posts in a few months and that's considered fine. Everyone needs to start somewhere.
It’s more of a “spirit of the law” type situation. Nobody is policing how meaningful every single post is but it becomes pretty obvious what someone is up to and what they’re here for. Not sure who’s bragging about post counts but I think most grown adults could care less. Of course, the whole thing is only a problem if someone’s purpose here is to sell something. I’d imagine a large percentage of members have nothing to sell so it’s never even crossed their mind. Also, having >200 posts isn’t a free pass to act a fool. I’m sure you’d still get called out. Anyway, that’s my two cents.
Agreed and fair points from everyone. Thanks for adding those clarifications. No opposition to the 200 post limit per se and I agree it's an important measure of engagement and achieving it fairly is important to the integrity of the community and protecting the sales section from bad actors. I think my original point re applied standards is still baffling to me but striking a perfect balance is of course impossible and seems like the system is working well.
I think it’s the same as in real life situations- we read the room for cues on what is acceptable and what isn’t. We don’t behave the same way at a symphony opening as we do at a frat kegger. Although keg stands and Jell-O shots may loosen up the symphony crowd a bit.
At the Symphony…….I bet your sitting in a lounge chair in your underwear under a bare bulb listening to it on your HiFi 😜
Although keg stands and Jell-O shots may loosen up the symphony crowd a bit.
For classical concerts at Tanglewood the audience in and outside The Shed were allowed to bring their own drink. Pretty much all wine as far as I could see. Not permitted for jazz though, although there were some interesting smells in the air. Don't suppose drinking is allowed in the Seiji Ozawa Hall though (after my time in MA).
I see the 200 post count before sales as completely fair for all the rational reasons...
hell, I founded & admin'd a forum for disgruntled jazz musicians back between 2005 - 2012 and new members got the boot if they didn't post an introduction with a minimum of 800 words, no typos and balls accurate punctuation (it was in the rules when you created an account)... it was meant as much as a smartass thing as a real world way of forcing folks to share & engage.
That said, I also enacted a feature called "Ban of The Week" whereupon I would randomly ban a long time, overly-serious and heavily contributing, member and set their privileges to not being able to post or see any other parts of the forum except a thread specifically created about them: where everyone else at the forum would brutalize them over their personality/playing abilities/personal photos/etc. After their seven day ban was lifted the thread would become a Sticky in the "Ban of The Week" sub-forum... only the rarest breed could take the humiliation (I received some of the most verbally heated emails from whatever poor bastard was chosen ~ and deservedly so... I was much more of a dickhead back then than now).
In the end though most couldn't handle that level of engagement or shit-talking, and we went from nearly three thousand members to just 15 people... and it was dumb to keep paying the bills on that so I created a Facebook Group for the depleted flock.
Anyway, OF has very reasonable rules to my mind.
