Suspend people who flaunt their "padding," please
 

Threads like this...

http://dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread....hreadid=187912

do not belong on the forum.

It was over a year ago that Geoff said that padding was finished. I think it's high time that this becomes a reality, and I think that a stricter enforcement (instead of the constant locking of these threads) will get the message across a little more clearly.

I think it's important to remember that we want people to be able to have fun on the board. It seems like suspension would be a little much for someone who's just excited about having reached a certain posting landmark.

But these types of threads are discouraged (it's been moved, but it was someone announcing they hit the 1,000 post mark) and that's why we close them (and sometimes delete them).

We may start deducting posts from people who do this when they should know better, however.

That sounds like a wonderful idea.

I think that by a thousand posts (which is a number most members of this forum never will reach), one should know a little better, especially when they title it "ConPADulations."

I think that the deducting posts from people would be a good policy. I was just using this thead as an example, but I watch it all the time. People who post IBTL or just the myriad of things which do nothing but increase their count are doing nothing but leeching off an otherwise good community.

I keep thinking "half the distance to the goal line" (which is 0) to make it fair.

Sounds very good, a bunch of people would be in the negative real quick :D

You weren't a math major, were you? :)

Doh! I misread it :) Catch them 2 times, then make it a negative, how's that?

Then when they have a negative they'll really work double time to try to get out of the hole. :)

Post counts don't go negative. And they max out too.

no, I just started to take math classes... is it possible to ever get a neg number when you halve a number? :?

That is true, ok, ban them then :)

Yes. Multiply by negative one half (-1/2) and half the time you will get a negative number. The other half of the time you will get a positive number, and the rest of the time you will get zero.

How about we just draw and quarter every member who mentions "post count" or "pad"?

that is ridiculous - they'd have to stay in our presence a little longer than I'd be happy with. Beyond that, they would probably start a thread like, "I'll bet I'm in more pain then you! Tell me how hurt you feel."

This would turn other into even more of a waste of space.

This is why I am getting a c in my math class right now. :(

One possible solution is to not make available the "post count"...

cmon guys, it's hardly a problem now

i've seen hardly any posts relating to post counts or milestones or padding

if anyone posts such a post, first a warning, then a suspension, then a banning, simple as that

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Why worry about it? :confused:

This is not something you guys should lose sleep over.

Well, I doubt you care too much (or so it seems by the sentiment there) but it seems that people who do this crap over and over (which is quite a few of the "otters") just give more work to the mods. How would you enjoy the thankless job being compounded with having to put up with people who wantonly disobey rather simple policies?

I say make the punishment a little harder and people will think twice about it. Right now, I could do any number of things and only get a closed thread. I would know what I'm doing when I do it, but if it's just a thread being locked what the heck do I care?

I dunno - maybe it's just me but I see about 2-3 a day, and I'm not around that often.

thats true..

but also the reason why we shouldnt worry so much about it

it is still a rarity in there.. and most regulars know better..

not to mention, Im sure the mods are smart enough to know when some people do it more often, and might warrant harsher actions..

but suspension seems kindof silly.. considering it really isnt hurting anyone.. I think the mods have done a really good job in handling this so far..

if your looking for something harsher.. maybe petition the mods to just delete the threads when this comes up.. but a lock can be more effective in many cases, because it gives the mods a chance to leave a message to the original poster..

as far as that goes.. pretty much every thread that gets locked, is done for a reason.. maybe they should make an example out of all of those people.. and instead of ever locking a thread, they should just suspend everyone that does anything wrong.

I'm personally all about letting the people who can't follow rules take a break. Even simple breaking of rules. I know that is harsh and isn't going to happen, but I think that with the ever increasing amount of people coming to the forum those of use who are frequent contributors ought to behave in ways that show our maturity. Instead, we get ridiculous threads - often times exalting the belief that we're "padders."

I think it's one thing to get a thread locked because you're a new member. You could be testing the waters. It might have slipped your mind. It could just have been a mistake. It's another when you have a thousand posts and you want to praise yourself on that. It's also quite different when a thread is locked because it has run it's course, or an argument gets particularly heated.

I liked Blade's idea of just deducting posts from the people who praise their padding. Take away something that means something to them. Half to zero is a good rule.

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blade is an excellent mod.. and I generally agree with most of his thoughts.. but I definitly think this one is flawed and would most definitly be against it

Well yeah. Kind of like asking a murderer if he believes in the death penalty, isn't it?