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A way ti limit the numbner of new topics?

GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
So this "Edkit" dude started SEVEN topics in the politics forum yesterday. There is another poster, PBA, who is nearly as prolific. Every time they post one, they move a more interesting topic down the list.

I suggest a limit to the number of TOPICS one can start in on particular forum in a given day (I would not support a limit on the number of RESPONSES to other topics). Two per day in the "politics" forum seems about right. Three would be generous.

More than that becomes the digital equivalent of roadside litter.
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T S CT S COld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
My probably with is is that it replaces all the current forum threads on the front page - many of which have local interest (which is the purpose of a local forum). Some people only check the latest threads on the front page.


It looks like somebody's got a case of the Monday's!
GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
My probably with is is that it replaces all the current forum threads on the front page - many of which have local interest (which is the purpose of a local forum). Some people only check the latest threads on the front page.


Exactly. It already takes too long to look through the forums to find the topics you are participating in. It makes it much harder to find those topics when a few prolific posters are hogging all the headlines.

Besides, it would make the forums even more interesting since the posters would have to choose those two or three topics that are the most interesting rather that posting every single thought that comes to mind.*

(*Again, I'm not suggesting a limit to the number of responses one can make; Just a limit on the number of topics that can be started per day in a particular forum.)
KindredKindredOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by themax:
Gofish, this was the reason the T.D. put in the politic,news,ect. Before that there was only one forum. After much complaining the forum evolved into what it is today. And believe me it is so much better now than it was 2 years ago.


THAT was what I was going to say. GoFish, you really would NOT have liked the OLD forum. There were NO catagories, and only about 10 posts per page and once it got off the first page, it was "the end", lol.

When they started the New one here, traderconnection wanted a FOODTALK section, so TD created that. There there were 3: NEWS, FEEDBACK and FOODTALK.

Someone else wanted just to post stuff, area happening and stuff, so Misc was created, and about the same time EVERYONE was complaining that the POLITICS was totally eating up the NEWS posts, so they created the POLITICS Section. There was so many of us SOOOO happy about that.

The way it is now is cool. If someone posts 7-8 posts a day on Politics or News or whatever, and they have the TIME to do it, then its okay with me.

I agree with interventor though, just go look at your profile and see what you have replied to that still is interesting to you and you can bring that post BACK to the top of whatever section you want it in.

Lordy, I would dearly HATE to see them move Politics BACK in with NEWS!!! Talk about FIASCO, lol!!!
GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
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Originally posted by Woodsman:
GoFish: Censorship? Really? You are for censoring the TD forums? Wow!


No, not censorship - though that is the TimesDaily's right to do so. What I suggest is a governor on the chaos that this forum is becoming.

I am asking that folks choose only the most interesting subjects for us to haggle over instead of clicking "New Post" every time they have a random thought.

I personally think they are abusing the system. I would gladly use the "block user" feature instead if I could, However, that feature only blocks the replies, It does not block their headlines.

Grrr.
outspokenjerkoutspokenjerkHall of Famer
quote:
Originally posted by Woodsman:
GoFish: Censorship? Really? You are for censoring the TD forums? Wow!


Once again folks, the overly abused word, CENSORSHIP! There should be a limit on how many times someone can use that word. No offense Woodsman, but that word seems to take the place of a lot of other words these days. For example, it takes the place of words like resposibility, or govern. I am just tired of it being overused and being used as a means to say anything you want, anywhere, about anyone, and there not being any ramifications for it. That's all. Nothing personal to you, my friend.
B beternUOld Faithful
One way to indirectly limit the number of new topics would be to reject posts that begin with such illiteracies as yours did, specifically: "A way ti limit the numbner of new topics."

Do you ever proofread the stuff you post? It is a bit of a disrepectful to others for you to chronically post up all the spelling and grammatical blunders that typically spring from your keyboard.
KindredKindredOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by GoFish:
quote:
Originally posted by Woodsman:
GoFish: Censorship? Really? You are for censoring the TD forums? Wow!


No, not censorship - though that is the TimesDaily's right to do so. What I suggest is a governor on the chaos that this forum is becoming.

I am asking that folks choose only the most interesting subjects for us to haggle over instead of clicking "New Post" every time they have a random thought.

I personally think they are abusing the system. I would gladly use the "block user" feature instead if I could, However, that feature only blocks the replies, It does not block their headlines.

Grrr.



PBA and Edekit are the 2 who has ALWAYS posted in Politics, and like I said above, that is the EXACT reason that Times Daily put a POLITICS SECTION here was because those two were all over the place in the ONE AND ONLY section we started out with. We now have SEVEN Sections!!!

All you have to do is go to the Feedback section, and click over the pages to find the ones where people were BEGGING for News and Politics to be separated so PBA and Edekit could post all they wanted.

Times Daily worked VERY well with all of us during that time. I think putting a limit on the number of postings a person can make in a day on this forum would be wrong. Posts is what keeps people coming here, and when the postings slow down, so do the replies.

I like what TD has allowed this forum to flow into, and I would hate to see that sort of censorship on here.
KindredKindredOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:
One way to indirectly limit the number of new topics would be to reject posts that begin with such illiteracies as yours did, specifically: "A way ti limit the numbner of new topics."

Do you ever proofread the stuff you post? It is a bit of a disrepectful to others for you to chronically post up all the spelling and grammatical blunders that typically spring from your keyboard.



Did you HAVE to add insults to an otherwise GOOD discussion??? You just lost credibility by insulting.
KindredKindredOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
If a moderator is reading this...

I would like to see a local politics, as well as a national politics. I also see so many jokes, etc, in entertainment, why not start a joke forum. I realize it could get out of hand, but think there should be more choices.



FV, you sure wouldn't have liked it back a couple of years ago when we only had ONE section... and that was for EVERYTHING, no matter what.

I am thankful for the SEVEN Sections they have given us thus far Big Grin
T S CT S COld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:
It is a bit of a disrepectful to others for you to chronically post up all the spelling and grammatical blunders that typically spring from your keyboard.

Puh-leaze. Proofread your own crap before you start harping on someone else. "It is a bit of a disrepectful"??? Are you kidding me? WTF is that?
B beternUOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:
One way to indirectly limit the number of new topics would be to reject posts that begin with such illiteracies as yours did, specifically: "A way ti limit the numbner of new topics."

Do you ever proofread the stuff you post? It is a bit of a disrepectful to others for you to chronically post up all the spelling and grammatical blunders that typically spring from your keyboard.



Did you HAVE to add insults to an otherwise GOOD discussion??? You just lost credibility by insulting.


Didn't have to do it, but it is appropriate from time to time for SOMEONE to suggest a little quality control on here. Good grief! It is hard to understand how there can be some much bad grammar and mispelling kicking around in these forums. As to loss of credibility, I suggest you might have qualified your statement on that to mean loss of credibility with YOU, a circumstance that bothers me not at all. As written, it seems to imply a wholesale loss of my credibility with regard to all users on the forum on this topic. Have you canvassed them all to ascertain that this is the case? If not, they your statement is presumptious, ole son!
GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:
Do you ever proofread the stuff you post? It is a bit of a disrepectful to others for you to chronically post up all the spelling and grammatical blunders that typically spring from your keyboard.


"It is a bit of a disrepectful"? Did you really just write that? What, exactly, is "*a* disrepectful"?

And, while you're at it, how do you spell disreSpectful?

Haa! HAAaaaaaah! That is just too funny! Blunder indeed!

Double-hah!



. . . Hah again! This is going to kill me all night!
GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:

It is hard to understand how there can be some much bad grammar and mispelling . . .

. . . If not, they your statement is presumptious,


Mr. Credibility (Or may I call you John?).

Please. You are making it much more worser (sic). "Mispelling" is spelled with TWO S's. How ironic is THAT?

Oh, and "presumptious" is spelled presumptuous.

Man oh man. Credibility indeed.


. . . . I'm just howling with laughter! Can't even spell "misspell"! Hah!


. . . I am dying all over again! Haaah!
*~*Manda*~**~*Manda*~*Hall of Famer
Oh man.. I have to agree with GoFish here.

I don't usually laugh at things like this, but in this case, it is truly befitting of a hearty chuckle.

BeterNU, I think that we all understood what FirenzeVeritas was trying to say. When you point flaws out to others, it becomes comical if you do the same thing. Or did I miss the boat, and this is one of those, "Do as I say, not as I do", moments? xD

I'm sorry, but even your username is horribly misspelled, and it was intentional. Why point out something that's obviously a typo? We all do them from time to time, as I'm sure you are now realizing. Smiler

I don't use proper grammar at all times. In this situation I don't feel she had to use proper grammar to get the basic point across. Big Grin

Anyway, Fire- A joke category would be nice, but it could fit nicely in entertainment, in my opinion. Jokes and games, definitely fit that category to me. However, it would be cool to have seperate categories for such things, if TD feels like they are needed. Smiler

At the site I help admin for we have over 30 categories, so I understand if they choose not to do that. Sometimes having so many topics in different areas going on at once can get difficult to moderate efficiently. Either way, I enjoy reading and putting my opinion on suggestions like this. Anything that may bring more light and laughter to this site, is fine by me. Big Grin



~Amanda
FirenzeVeritasFirenzeVeritasOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by *~*Manda*~*:
Oh man.. I have to agree with GoFish here.

I don't usually laugh at things like this, but in this case, it is truly befitting of a hearty chuckle.

BeterNU, I think that we all understood what FirenzeVeritas was trying to say. When you point flaws out to others, it becomes comical if you do the same thing. Or did I miss the boat, and this is one of those, "Do as I say, not as I do", moments? xD

I'm sorry, but even your username is horribly misspelled, and it was intentional. Why point out something that's obviously a typo? We all do them from time to time, as I'm sure you are now realizing. Smiler

I don't use proper grammar at all times. In this situation I don't feel she had to use proper grammar to get the basic point across. Big Grin

Anyway, Fire- A joke category would be nice, but it could fit nicely in entertainment, in my opinion. Jokes and games, definitely fit that category to me. However, it would be cool to have seperate categories for such things, if TD feels like they are needed. Smiler

At the site I help admin for we have over 30 categories, so I understand if they choose not to do that. Sometimes having so many topics in different areas going on at once can get difficult to moderate efficiently. Either way, I enjoy reading and putting my opinion on suggestions like this. Anything that may bring more light and laughter to this site, is fine by me. Big Grin



~Amanda


While I am the world's worst typist, not to mention proof reader, GoFish started the topic and typed in the heading. I had no trouble reading it...

Just BTW, do you ever wonder who BeternU thinks he's better than?
GuffawGuffawOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
While I am the world's worst typist, not to mention proof reader, GoFish started the topic and typed in the heading. I had no trouble reading it...


And I do proofread, of course. But I can STILL read that headline and not the the misspelling.

The eye sees what the brain wants it to see sometimes. Wink
D DixieChikOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by beternU:
Good grief! It is hard to understand how there can be some much bad grammar and mispelling kicking around in these forums. As to loss of credibility, I suggest you might have qualified your statement on that to mean loss of credibility with YOU, a circumstance that bothers me not at all. As written, it seems to imply a wholesale loss of my credibility with regard to all users on the forum on this topic. Have you canvassed them all to ascertain that this is the case? If not, they your statement is presumptious, ole son!



"some much bad grammar" -- yes, BeternU -- you should know, you use it as much as anyone else does....
*~*Manda*~**~*Manda*~*Hall of Famer
ROFLMAO.. Fire.. oops, my bad. xD

See that's what I get for being a smart donkey myself, I didn't even read page one of this. I'm assuming because my 2 year old was beside me when I wrote my reply on this post, and was talking to me. I didn't even see that I was on the second page. xD

Sorry, bout that Gofish. Big Grin

On the site I help admin. for, we have a few people that used to like to post several posts.

What we did was limit the number of posts that they could make in a time frame. Our site chose do do the Two posts per 2 hours. In a two hour period you could only make two postings. (here you call them threads though)

Some chose to make two back to back in one hour, and some made one per each hour. Either way, from the time their first post of the day was posted, they couldn't make another one until two hours had went by. (From the time of the first post timestamp.)

We have 60,000 members on our site, but it slowed our site down when it came to writing stories. These days, since implemented, people don't overly post anymore, which makes it nice to partake in more discussions.

Perhaps the TD could do something like that. Instead of making it a limit to amount per day, they could do amount per hour, and choose from there how many can be posted in an appropriate time line.

I don't normally read politics, but I can understand how that would be slightly annoying. I must say though, that even when I frequented here awhile back that PBA and Ed made posts like that then too. It's just how they are, I suppose. Big Grin


Anyway, I'm off to bed, my lil guy gets up far too early to be up any later, reading. xD

~Amanda
S smurphPost Master
honestly I do not understand what the big deal is over. ya don't like the posts,do not read them,its that simple.
Its the internet here folks. You can find forums all over the place with restrictions ,rules and regulations as harsh as would meet your requirements. There are plenty out there that are directed to language and correct useage.
This is simple a small newspaper set of forums for locals to gather and converse. I was a member when we had the old forums and believe me its much better now. I am grateful to TD for the additions and improvements we now have,afterall we only have around 20 to 30 somewhat regualr posters.
KindredKindredOld Faithful
quote:
Originally posted by *~*Manda*~*:
ROFLMAO.. Fire.. oops, my bad. xD

See that's what I get for being a smart donkey myself, I didn't even read page one of this. I'm assuming because my 2 year old was beside me when I wrote my reply on this post, and was talking to me. I didn't even see that I was on the second page. xD

Sorry, bout that Gofish. Big Grin

On the site I help admin. for, we have a few people that used to like to post several posts.

What we did was limit the number of posts that they could make in a time frame. Our site chose do do the Two posts per 2 hours. In a two hour period you could only make two postings. (here you call them threads though)

Some chose to make two back to back in one hour, and some made one per each hour. Either way, from the time their first post of the day was posted, they couldn't make another one until two hours had went by. (From the time of the first post timestamp.)

We have 60,000 members on our site, but it slowed our site down when it came to writing stories. These days, since implemented, people don't overly post anymore, which makes it nice to partake in more discussions.

Perhaps the TD could do something like that. Instead of making it a limit to amount per day, they could do amount per hour, and choose from there how many can be posted in an appropriate time line.

I don't normally read politics, but I can understand how that would be slightly annoying. I must say though, that even when I frequented here awhile back that PBA and Ed made posts like that then too. It's just how they are, I suppose. Big Grin


Anyway, I'm off to bed, my lil guy gets up far too early to be up any later, reading. xD

~Amanda



BUT, the place you Admin for has nearly 65,000 Members, they HAD to do something like that. TD is still very small and don't need the limitations, in my opinion Smiler

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