I don't understand

Meh, some peopel just get a kick out of having lots of posts, others just like this place so much that they post whatever they can to whatever they can to feel a part of it. Other people just do it for fun.

It's not hurting anyone, so I don't have a problem with it, unless it's like offensive stuff they're posting of if they try to bring up having a big post count as making them a better person or something.

I do, however, remember when I was a newbie, trying desperately to get 500 posts so that I could have a custom title. Boy, did I want that title. Other than that, it's just people who enjoy this place heaps, and want to keep posting as much as they can.

And then you've got people like Phil (InaRut)...The post whore

 

*Defends Phil*

 

I admit I post in Fun and Games quite a lot. But I don't do it JUST to get my post count up (not quite anyway ) but I enjoy posting there and "socialising" if you can call it that. A load of people post in fun and games and I find it a good way to have fun with a load of people.

 

It doesn't bother me if people spam the fun and games sections - that's what they're there for and if it helps people get to know each other, that's fine with me (although I think I've only posted there 3-4 times myself so maybe I'm not quite getting the *level* of spamming people are talking about!!). I've never really got the whole post-count obsession (I have enough targets in real life!), but it really doesn't bother me if people want to up their post-count in the fun and games sections. Mine just seems to be growing au naturale

But as long as people don't spam the support sections (although obviously short messages of support are ok, if you can offer nothing else), then it's fine I think.

 

Spamming in the support section does annoy me a bit because the thread is going somewhere, along comes a spam and the thread is somehow broken.

I am sometimes in the support section, thinking about an answer and the answers I have read, along comes a spam and I am 'What, where did that come from? How does that help? and I lose my train of thought and have to start all over again.

I don't think some people realise the effort that goes into giving a coherent, caring answer to people in need, or the pain that that person is obviously suffering otherwise they wouldn't have posted in the support section. Reading a spam when you have left yourself open and vunerable by asking for help is probably quite hurtful and in a way insulting to the starter of the thread.

Excessive posting in the other sections doesn't bother me, in moments of boredom or silliness I often post in the Fun and Games.

Ok, I've finished ranting now!

 

I know some people do it to get their post count up but I don't really see the point in that, I didn't really used to go in the fun and games section, apart from Rock, Paper, Scissors, etc (love that thread !!) I hang out there more often now and I really like it.
I don't see it as spamming, you can post as much as you want in F&G as long as you try not to derail too much.
I do admit I've played a part in the derailing of some mildly 'serious' threads but never when someone really needs support (unlike some people ! we know who you are ! *evil eye*).

I really don't see the problem in posting loads in F&G, this place would be pretty boring otherwise...

 

We try to clear out the rubbish posts in support threads, but if they have already had responses it does make that more difficult. It annoys me when posts like that ruin what is supposed to be serious threads. It is also disrespectful to the person who started the thread, and could drive them away from the site.

Fun and Games etc is different. We hope people realise the difference between the support sections and the general chat sections, but it seems that some people don't appreciate that.

As always, if you think a thread is inappropriate in a thread for whatever reason, including being an irrelevant joke/spam type post, then PLEASE use the icon to report it. The sooner we know the sooner we can sort it out, and hopefully keep the thread on track.

With the forums as busy as they are now we can't read everything ourselves, we don't have time, so we do need people to report problems.

 

I, personally, think the OP is perhaps being a little over sensitive. Obviously, it is a difficult balance to strike... but from experience, making things too strict and clinical rarely engenders a sense of community.

 

WOW !!
I just went though a thread and yea it was literally spam not like 2 or 3 people responding to each other, but pages of only one person posting over and over again !

^I would have understood better, sorry.

 

Moved to EC Help and Feedback as this is NOT a support thread. Though if we are going to just retread the same ground as the last few bitching threads it won't last long here either.

 

I have just deleted 101 posts all in a row by a single member from a thread in Fun and Games. That member has also been sent a warning PM.

This is clearly an exception though, and is not typical of how people behave on EC.

The question now though is why did NOBODY post-report it? Surely that would have been an easier way of getting it sorted than making an anon thread moaning about it?

 

Moaning? I'm sorry if people interpreted my (I was the anonymous one, now I can't really hide anymore because the thread was moved...) thread as in I was moaning about it, because I wasn't. I wasn't even mad lol. I was only stating my opinion and asking for other people's opinion about it.

By the way, I wasn't referring to the member who posted 101 posts in a row because I wasn't aware of that.

 

It seems to me like any thread people start trying to raise an issue is almost immediately labeled as a "bitching and moaning about EC" thread and ignored or people bitch about the thread in the actual thread. He said in the title OP "This is not a personal attack against any members, this is not meant to offend, I was just wondering am I the only one to think this..?" Showing it was not meant in bad spirit and it feels like anything we say in this area of feedback needs to have a disclaimer like that. Most of these threads are not meant to be bitchy but to raise awareness of an issue and I think we all need to take a step back and calm down and look at these types of threads again because we are turning them into a minefield.

Secondly, I think some of the anon topics that have been moved should stay in anon. And for a good reason. Posting this I feel like I am going to be attacked for it and I don't think my feeling is unwarranted. Some threads are not support threads but risk embarrassment or embarrassment of the OP so I think they have a place in the anon section. Maybe make an anon section in the general chat area.

Thirdly I think we all need to be more considerate when replying to anon posts because its easy to attack/offend them because you don't know who it is. We should keep in mind its probably someone we talk to often and someone who deserves all of our respect.

I would like to clearly state this post is not being made in anger and nor is it whining and bitching. I am just trying to raise concerns I have that I think are ligament.

 

Totally agree, this is exactly my opinion and got nothing to add

 

ok.......I post in F&G for fun....i dont do it to get my post count up, i ahve a lot of fun in thoswe threds, also, I try to post in support threds if I can....lol, but I sucka t advice, and If i didnt post there, it would look like I just use F&G. 101 posts in a row!! OMFG! + WTF is with all this bitching lately! really, some bitching ppl may ahve good points, but it is kinda ruining the fun and support of this site.....srry if this is a load of bullshit, I am uber tired and this may just be me confuzing ppl(by accident).

 

Zak if you read the post above you I did my very best to clearly state that these threads are not bitching, they are trying to either discusses issues the OP views as important or to clear something up.

 

oh......i must've skipped over that. Hmm*reavaluates*......ok, what should be done about EC then....all these complaints......?

 

Well we have had about three similar threads over the last couple of months and no real concrete ideas have come out of them. I don't expect any better for this one.

Personally I am becoming sick of threads moaning about some aspect of EC. I can tell you that they irritate the mod team, all of whom are trying to do their best for EC and put in a LOT of time on the site. I am just starting on a big project to migrate the blogs and homepage to the new vBulletin software, and with constant moaning threads I have little enthusiasm for doing so. Why should I bother if people are constantly moaning about the place?

I will also ask again, why did nobody post-report that 101 post spamming session in the thread? It further suggests that people aren't bothered about helping the site, just moaning about it.

 

Meh, just ignore it Paul. Those who do care are looking forward to these updates (I know I am) and do appriciate what you and the Mod's do.