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Back on the main topic... :xp:

 

My opinion on Pottsie's query: it's all down to the person. If you know the person is either respectable, or a complete dumbass, react to them in the appropriate manner. If you aren't sure, take a look at other people's posts to see for yourself.

 

@Moeller, Prime: Damn, I need to get me a photobucket account, so I can be cool and post pics. :p

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I joined in 05 but it took me three months to finally post because i trolled. All my posts are from the heart and i try to interject a little humour into an otherwise tense and heated arguement because i like to. Other than that i can contribute some lengthy posts with meaningful information such as my very first post entitled "True Sith Possibility". My legend lives on also with the "Awesome Images" thread in the Kotor 1 forum and the "Awesome Images inspired by HerbieZ" thread in the Kotor 2 forum in which having my name and the word 'Awesome' appear in a the title of a thread created by someone else is the highlight of my life.

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P.S. How does Flaming/Trolling/Wisecracking/spamming get you a good reputation, it'll sure get you a reputation, but not a good one.

 

It depends on the forum. Here it would obviously not work, but in other communities it does.

 

But maybe I forgot to add that is should be "unique" trolling/flaming... common is just too common to get attention.

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well, that's an easy question with a fairly easy answer: just post smart with some degree of wit. some people get more recognition just simply because they've interacted with the other forumites for quite a while.

 

otherwise, ju57 d0n'7 7yp3 y0ur w0rd5 |1k3 7h15, 4nd y0u 5h0u|d b3 ju57 f1n3. ;)

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otherwise, ju57 d0n'7 7yp3 y0ur w0rd5 |1k3 7h15, 4nd y0u 5h0u|d b3 ju57 f1n3. ;)
I am ashamed of myself for actually being able to read and comprehend that...

 

On-topic, I'll be honest and say that I do judge by post count a bit, it's hard not to when it's right there in your face... Going back to my first post, if I was anybody else here I would have read my first post and thought I was an egocentric teen that just wanted help and not to help. Hopefully I've matured in others eyes, but it doesn't really matter, I just post when I feel I have something relevant to say or occasionally when I want to jest with some friends, though those usually end up in "edit wars", *a red hawk flys by*... odd.

 

As a statement about a general observation of mine, imho things like post count and join date are intended to be used to judge. I believe they are shown with your avatar, which is also used to judge, for a reason. After all, if they weren't meant to be used for something, would they be there? Mind you I don't mean judge character necessarily (though depending on said post's content they very well may be), but judge relative familiarity with the forums. What I mean is, if someone has 1-20 posts or just joined yesterday, they are not likely to know everyone on the forums and/or the terminology that is somewhat unique to these boards, especially Holowan. On the flip side, someone like me who comes and goes with the seasons, also might not know everybody if they've been absent for a long time, and I'll admit I'm partial to the people I know from before, but that doesn't mean I discredit others. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, in my opinion we all use post count, join date, status or something else to judge others, counciously or not.

 

Also as well as posting the right pictures, using the words "said" and "savvy" correctly in a post equals instant cool points ;), and using "pwn" or a variant thereof gives you negative Mav points :xp:... using "thereof" gives you cool points too:D

 

Who...what? :xp: -RH

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As a statement about a general observation of mine, imho things like post count and join date are intended to be used to judge. I believe they are shown with your avatar, which is also used to judge, for a reason. After all, if they weren't meant to be used for something, would they be there?

 

They could just be intended as an interesting statistic. :) Many other forums tend to have a "Reputation" field shown along with the avatar that can serve the purpose as a more specific "online ego extender" instead. I don't think showing post count has some intended purpose other than what you want to make of it yourself. You could use it to spot if your favourite posters have posted anything new since your last visit, for example, and not just as a measure of someone's worth at a forum. :)

 

 

Mind you I don't mean judge character necessarily (though depending on said post's content they very well may be), but judge relative familiarity with the forums. What I mean is, if someone has 1-20 posts or just joined yesterday, they are not likely to know everyone on the forums and/or the terminology that is somewhat unique to these boards, especially Holowan.

 

But you don't need to post a lot to be familiar with what's going on on a forum, or to know the doings and personalities of people who frequent it. I don't visit very many forums, but the few I do visit I mostly tend to lurk at. I haven't made a single post on the forum I've been reading the longest, but I'm still pretty up-to-date with what's going on there, for example. :)

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Very Subtle.
I try...

They could just be intended as an interesting statistic. :) Many other forums tend to have a "Reputation" field shown along with the avatar that can serve the purpose as a more specific "online ego extender" instead. I don't think showing post count has some intended purpose other than what you want to make of it yourself. You could use it to spot if your favourite posters have posted anything new since your last visit, for example, and not just as a measure of someone's worth at a forum. :)

As with most things, it does depend on one's point of view, and in my point of view if it were just there to be an interesting statistic and not "have a purpose" then why would it need to be visible along with the username, and not just as part of the profile? However, I see your points and I see them as valid arguements, but I would also like to say that I never stated that post count equated to a person's worth. I think that in the case of these forums, post count may just be a leftover feature, previously and currently it is used to gain privledges, such as custom titles and previously it was used to gain the infamous "name glow". Then again if you look at this point, these "rewards" are attained at certain post count "milestones," with that in mind does it not make you question whether or not the intent of post count was initially intended to sort of quantify whether or not someone was "worthy" of said reward? Again I'm just tossing out ideas and arguements, but I'm not saying I think so-and-so is more valuable than such-and-such because of post count, that is not how I judge by post count.

 

Perhaps I was misunderstood earlier, post count along with join date provide to me initial information on the relative familiarity, if you will, of a user with the forums. From there I read and interpret their post to make an initial judgement based on the given information. From there on, once I feel I have an overall grasp of said user, post count is negated from further judgement. As far as the reputation system some boards use, I for one am glad that that system is not used on these forums, as because on most forums I've been to, that system has been abused.

But you don't need to post a lot to be familiar with what's going on on a forum, or of know the doings and personalities of people who frequent it. I don't visit very many forums, but the few I do visit I mostly tend to lurk at. I haven't made a single post on the forum I've been reading the longest, but I'm still pretty up-to-date with what's going on there, for example. :)

True, you don't need to have a high post count to be familiar with a forum, nor do you need an earlier join date to be familiar with the forum as people often browse and/or lurk as guests. However, if you are lurking as a guest or even as a joined member, but you don't post, you may know those who do post, but they don't know you, and in my opinion that is unfamiliarity. I'm not trying to argue with you stoffe as I have a high respect for your opinion, I'm merely trying to state my point of view which may also be similar to the point of view of others. :)

 

-Mav

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Then again if you look at this point, these "rewards" are attained at certain post count "milestones," with that in mind does it not make you question whether or not the intent of post count was initially intended to sort of quantify whether or not someone was "worthy" of said reward?

 

I always thought it was a token of appreciation to the more active and permanent members of LF. If you post 1,000 times, you've either taken spam to new levels and will soon be (if you haven't already been) banned, or you've shown that you're interested in staying. Posting that much is proof someone's at least interested in the forum, thought it is by no means a reason to judge their worth. :)

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