stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :
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Posted: 03:17 - 28 Dec 2004 Post subject: |
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Ok, since everyone else is sticking their oar in.
A bad thing to me is that a lot fo new people come on the forum only to have their posts negativley rated for spelling and TXT SPK, which they will be used to using on other areas of the interweb. When they see this they just think, "Bunch of pedantic tossers" and leave never to return. Which is a shame.
I don't know how best to deal with this, getting their first post rated by six or eight people as 'boring' 'redundant' and 'confusing' can't help matters, this anniahlates their karma instantly and they land up having to type huge long posts before they are allowed to submit them. Perhaps a modification of the system which prevents multiple ratings for everything except maybe 'spam' and 'abusive' for the first while, allowing people to in essence 'moderate' their posting style by means of constructive replies (or lack of replies) to their messages.
Where it is useful is, for example, in the workshop section. This is the internet after all and you don't know who is at the other end of the keyboard. Supposing you asked a question about for example, how to fix your brakes. The person replying could be a 10 year old who is pissing about or equally someone who knows what they are doing. Chances are that if someone has a high karma rating (eg kickstart) then they have posted a lot of things that others have found useful in a coherant and consistantly sensible manner. You know whose advice to take. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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synaptyx Crazy Courier
Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Karma :
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Bendy Mrs Sensible
Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :
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JimboJ Manc Pikey
Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Karma :
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Posted: 11:32 - 28 Dec 2004 Post subject: |
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Get-fucking-rid of it .
James ____________________ [00:42] <NSR-Andy> which one's the missionary position
[00:42] <NSR-Andy> i've heard it's good
[9:42pm] <Shaun> you came first mike | <Shaun> yes gav, because I really want to fuck you |
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