View Poll Results: Display advertising forums post counts in user profiles?
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01-24-2007, 12:42 PM #151Predatory Poster
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Wouldn't it make sense to prune the advertising forums to have no posts over 7 days old. Since the post don't count and the ads are only intended to function for one week why waste resources on storing old posts.
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01-24-2007, 12:52 PM #152why waste resources on storing old posts.
Members of WHT aren't always honest, and sometimes these archives are needed to refer to things.
you have to watch every lil thing you say, how it can be interpreted by the mods. if ya dont watch it you can participate yourself right into a ban.
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01-24-2007, 12:57 PM #153Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by Xtot
Regardless, the poll has much less influence on final decisions than good reasoning, and given the number of benefits we've seen as a result (read through the thread - the list of benefits increases regularly), it is going to take some very strong reasoning to overturn this, I believe. Right now, the benefits to the community and the moderators vastly outweigh the negatives, which appear to be much more individual versus affecting the community as a whole.Studio1337___̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.__Web Design
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01-24-2007, 01:22 PM #154LORD OF THE RINGS
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Originally Posted by the_pm
Is there any easy way to see the number of posts we have "contributed" in every forums?
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01-24-2007, 01:25 PM #155Retired Moderator
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Click your username, 'find all posts by user', then look at the top - should say 'Showing results 1 to 25 of XXXX'. The XXXX being your total number of posts
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01-24-2007, 01:35 PM #156LORD OF THE RINGS
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Originally Posted by tickedon
Programming Discussion - 10
Domain Name Forum - 1
etc. etc. If there is such an option available, we can understand where a particular user is concentrated more. I noticed some mods telling such kinda mathematics Just curious, thats all.
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01-24-2007, 01:41 PM #157Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by linuxcares
Enter someones username, then select the forums you want to get figures from (SHIFT / Control click to select multiple forums at once).Alasdair
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01-24-2007, 01:56 PM #158LORD OF THE RINGS
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Originally Posted by tickedon
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01-25-2007, 12:00 PM #159Junior Guru Wannabe
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by the number of votes casted in this poll it seems like most of the members are either not aware of it or they are least bothered what ever happens
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01-25-2007, 05:47 PM #160ex. *** *****
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Originally Posted by the_pm
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01-25-2007, 05:54 PM #161Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by The Engine
That would hold more value (imo) – it’d be a clear showing that people don't like it. The fact we have 100 votes roughly split between the two indicates there aren't any large problems, and the lack of any good arguments to restore the previous system just further compound the issue.
We can’t predict the future unfortunately. Whether a poll is useful or not really depends on the result, and that is up to the WHT members not usAlasdair
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01-25-2007, 06:13 PM #162Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by The Engine
Give compelling reasons that outweighs the benefits, and the decision gets overturned. Don't, and the decision gets validated. Either way, a very good purpose has been servedStudio1337___̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.__Web Design
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02-16-2007, 09:40 PM #163Web Hosting Master
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02-16-2007, 09:51 PM #164Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by PSFServersAlasdair
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02-16-2007, 10:09 PM #165Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by tickedon
Fine, don't listen to your customers when OUR opinion is 2:1 in protest to the change.██ Ray Womack @ atOmicVPS LTD
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02-16-2007, 10:21 PM #166Fine, don't listen to your customers when OUR opinion is 2:1 in protest to the change.
More like 1.25:1, but nowhere NEAR 2:1 . 2:1 would be 100+ votes
We (the posters) are not "customers" of iNet, we have no obligation to them, they have no obligation to us. Simply because less than 1% of the users voted in this poll does not mean that iNet (in this case the mods, representing iNet) are obligated to follow the results of this.
This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship, albeit benevolent. Keep this in mind when you submit your opinions, and submit them respectfully .
iNet isn't obligated to post a poll. They (again, the mods on behalf of iNet) posted said poll to get the user feedback of it. This doesn't mean that they're obligated in any way, shape or form to follow what the poll says.
At the end of the day, it's not about anything but what makes the mods life easier. A forum this size is a pain in the *** to moderate, and ALL efforts should be taken by the users to assist them in any way possible. Challenging them in such a rude fashion (yes, you were rude) isn't helping the situation, it's hurting it, and causing more work to have to be done by the mods.
They're just a few posts, hell, nothing worth getting all excited over at all!Tom Whiting, WHMCS Guru extraordinaire
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02-16-2007, 10:34 PM #167Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by linux-tech
And lord knows how the further poll was skewed and tainted by having every WHT person jump on the bandwagon in some kind of pity for the moderation complexity.
I look the top of my screen and over to the right of my screen every day and see paid advertisements. If these people don't like doing a job, then they should quit and go get one somewhere else.
RUDE, or not, that is my opinion and I'm sticking to it.Last edited by RayWomack; 02-16-2007 at 10:40 PM.
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02-16-2007, 11:11 PM #168I look the top of my screen and over to the right of my screen every day and see paid advertisements. If these people don't like doing a job, then they should quit and go get one somewhere else.
Just my opinion, and I'm sticking with that. ')Your one stop shop for decentralization
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02-16-2007, 11:32 PM #169Web Hosting Master
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I guess I'm far late on this debate, but correct me if I'm wrong, you can only post one offer in 7 Days anyway?
Secondly, I think if somebody was looking to purposly inflate post counts, they could post that WHT infamous phrase, "WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET?".
I just think that the correlation between post counts/junk in offers forums has any weight. I do however, see tons of unhelpful and unneeded posts just everywhere.
For instance http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread...86#post4368186
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02-17-2007, 09:28 AM #170Retired Moderator
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I do however, see tons of unhelpful and unneeded posts just everywhere.
If you're seeing bad posts elsewhere, please report them. A change in how advertising posts are counted isn't going to clean up problems everywhere, but let's not throw away all the progress we've made in the advertising section because there are still problems in the general forums.
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02-17-2007, 09:37 AM #171Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by PSFServers
Sure, there are still problems elsewhere on WHT - but, fluff in the main forums is often much easier to see, and all it takes is a quick five seconds for you or someone else to click the 'report post' buttonAlasdair
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02-17-2007, 09:47 AM #172Web Hosting Master
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Thank you the_pm and tickledon for giving very good and thoughtful replies to the issue; I respect you for that. I see your argument more clearly.
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