View Full Version : Please keep the post padding to appropriate threads
ohms_law
08-12-2008, 08:57 PM
Listen, I honestly don't mind post padding, but there's a time and a place for it. Threads like Word Association are made for it, for example. Blatant post padding in any forum other than Ejections is pretty much automatically inappropriate, and post padding in threads where real discussions are going on is not just inappropriate, it's rude and disrespectful.
I just spent the last 45 minutes cleaning up a bunch of garbage all over the place. I'm all but certain that I didn't get it all, and I had to kick someone off of the boards temporarily to do it. This stuff isn't cool, and I really hope that I don't have to do it again. I'm more likely to hand out longer suspensions and not lift them after posting this message. I don't want to do that, so please don't force my hand.
Thank you.
RedsoxRockies
08-12-2008, 09:11 PM
sorry, just got out of hand. I am still not well after surgery, and have had nothing to do. Bored teenager=chaos. I will keep control of myself, and I hopefully Metsguy234 will as well
metsguy234
08-12-2008, 09:29 PM
I'm just crazy, but I don't pad...
RedsoxRockies
08-12-2008, 09:35 PM
yes you did, me and you were going back and forth last night
metsguy234
08-12-2008, 09:39 PM
yes you did, me and you were going back and forth last night
Normally I don't pad though.
You, on the other hand. :D
DarthJaker
08-12-2008, 11:06 PM
i lost 20 posts! who got kicked off?
ohms_law
08-12-2008, 11:17 PM
i lost 20 posts!
You're not the only one, and I assure you that you didn't loose anything meaningful.
who got kicked off?
None of your business.
gosensgo101
08-13-2008, 12:02 AM
Well the two most likely suspects have been eliminated as possibilities. :D
DarthJaker
08-13-2008, 12:07 AM
http://sportsmogul.com/vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=185065
look! this is inapropritate thread for postpadding
twinsGM
08-13-2008, 12:24 AM
Yes, that thread is ridiculous
RedsoxRockies
08-13-2008, 10:55 AM
i lost 20 posts! who got kicked off?
Hmm, I wonder who...;) Did you read anything?
TheNamelessPoet
08-13-2008, 11:14 AM
Yes, that thread is ridiculous
lol the one u posted in???
DarthJaker
08-13-2008, 12:01 PM
Hmm, I wonder who...;) Did you read anything?
wat?
BINGLEBOP
08-13-2008, 04:18 PM
A watt? That's an electric measurement of power at one point in time, as capacity or demand.
HoustonGM
08-14-2008, 02:39 AM
I've cleaned up another thread.
Guys, honestly, grow up, at least a little bit.
metsguy234
08-14-2008, 02:47 AM
What thread?
metsguy234
08-14-2008, 02:47 AM
nvm, just figured it out...
HGM apparently has no sense of humor...
HoustonGM
08-14-2008, 02:48 AM
It has nothing to do with that.
metsguy234
08-14-2008, 02:51 AM
It has nothing to do with that.
The post in the "Eek!" thread were generally good-natured and funny (and most were posted by the thread creator anyway)
HoustonGM
08-14-2008, 02:53 AM
Ohms already cleaned that thread up before today. Still, in the main forums, threads should remain on-topic as best as possible.
ohms_law
08-14-2008, 08:58 AM
agreed... and, having already issued one waring in te original post, I'm sorely tempted to give a few of you a couple of days off. I'll hold off for now, but...
boomboom
08-14-2008, 09:13 AM
This is annoying, padding must stop (I can't believe I am saying this, but I am)
Get rid of post counts, make a repuatation level instead...so that new users know who to go.
Guys grow up, feel free to post as much as possible...but keep on topic.
rockiesfan4ever
08-14-2008, 02:13 PM
People, please don't create fake names like Advice Dog and Albert Pujols. It just gets annoying to read useless posts made by people who really don't care.
ohms_law
08-14-2008, 02:17 PM
No more alts. Period.
Three of you are taking a 24 hour break. Let's leave it at that, please.
TheNamelessPoet
08-14-2008, 02:35 PM
hey its summer lol the teenagers have nothing to do :p
rockiesfan4ever
08-14-2008, 02:39 PM
Lucky for you guys I go back to school the 19th....oh wait I don't do anything wrong :D :P
HoustonGM
08-14-2008, 03:09 PM
No more alts. Period.
Good.
Frijolito
08-14-2008, 03:12 PM
Does this mean no more Joe Morgan?
TheNamelessPoet
08-14-2008, 03:16 PM
well he has already been added so im not sure. i asume its no MORE people but you never know. either way... ummm... i dont know where I was going with that but ok yea :) sorry
TheNamelessPoet
08-14-2008, 03:17 PM
oh yea i remember now lol
I wonder if they will have BMO on their own server now if/when they get the new update up and running.
ohms_law
08-14-2008, 03:24 PM
Joe can stay. Bingle knows how to behave himself, and his Joe alt actually adds to some conversations. Bingle/Joe isn't the problem here.
ps.: Yea, Dee and Clay are still talking about moving the league forums to a separate board as far as I know. I hope they still plan to do so, because then the two communities can actually be, you know, two communities!
:)
Frijolito
08-14-2008, 03:29 PM
Ok just wondering because when you said
No more alts. Period.
I thought it meant no more alts. Period.
Instead you meant no more alts unless they are buddies with the mods.:rolleyes:
filihok
08-14-2008, 03:30 PM
ok just wondering because when you said
i thought it meant no more alts. Period.
Instead you meant no more alts unless they are buddies with the mods.:rolleyes:
oh snap!
ohms_law
08-14-2008, 03:32 PM
:rolleyes:
I meant what I said. No more alts.
RickD
08-14-2008, 04:26 PM
How do you stop it though? Do you ban IP's if a guy gets banned?
RedsoxRockies
08-14-2008, 05:20 PM
It appears we can not see our post totals anymore. That is disappointing, because it helped me tell if the other users contributed regularily. What did you clean up Houston?
TheNamelessPoet
08-14-2008, 05:58 PM
it does really suck becaus i like to help people every once and a while and i can generaly tell if a guy has been playing for a really long time if he has a ton of posts (basic I know but it seems effective) and dont have to be SUPER low tech lol (for lack of a better way to put it)
HOWEVER to stop the blatant padding in inapropreate ways i guess we will all get used to it
Annoying... ABSOLUTLY
a reason to leave... I doubt that
i kinda like u guys :p
TheNamelessPoet
08-14-2008, 05:59 PM
Except Rick D btw :p
he is an irrational Yankees fan and they are the worst :p
boomboom
08-14-2008, 06:02 PM
I am glad the post counts are gone :)
it looks werid thou...
Thankyou Dee.
EDIT: Thanks Clay!
RickD
08-14-2008, 07:11 PM
Except Rick D btw :p
he is an irrational Yankees fan and they are the worst :p
:p
Drake44444
08-14-2008, 08:36 PM
What was happening? People just posting dumb things all over the place?
boomboom
08-14-2008, 09:27 PM
What was happening? People just posting dumb things all over the place?
yes, most of it was cleaned up by ohms_law and HoustonGM
BINGLEBOP
08-14-2008, 09:45 PM
No more post counts?!? YES! Post padding is extinct then.
RedsoxRockies
08-14-2008, 10:02 PM
Postpadicus Maximus, or the post padder, has gone extinct. Post Padders used to be found on the Sports Mogul Forums, but hunting by the Houstonions and Ohmesians has killed most of. The Common Dee, their natural predator, finished off the last ones several days ago.
BINGLEBOP
08-14-2008, 10:05 PM
I think I just read an article that had a picture of one of them that they found.
No, never mind. That was supposedly "Bigfoot".
RedsoxRockies
08-14-2008, 10:07 PM
I heard that the species of Post Padder called BoomBoom had big feet, so maybe....
TheNamelessPoet
08-15-2008, 09:19 AM
I heard that the species of Post Padder called BoomBoom had big feet, so maybe....
rolf
RickD
08-15-2008, 12:29 PM
Is this an appropriate thread to post pad in? :p
TheNamelessPoet
08-15-2008, 01:46 PM
Is this an appropriate thread to post pad in? :p
funny u should say that lol i was wondering that myself hehehe
twinsGM
08-15-2008, 02:35 PM
funny u should say that lol i was wondering that myself hehehe
me too
MeetDaMets
08-19-2008, 04:53 PM
no
MeetDaMets
08-19-2008, 04:54 PM
one
MeetDaMets
08-19-2008, 04:54 PM
ever
MeetDaMets
08-19-2008, 04:55 PM
post
MeetDaMets
08-19-2008, 04:55 PM
pads
TheNamelessPoet
08-19-2008, 05:51 PM
Ever
RedsoxRockies
08-19-2008, 06:52 PM
never
RedsoxRockies
08-19-2008, 06:53 PM
not once
TheNamelessPoet
08-19-2008, 07:22 PM
well... maybe twice :p
twinsGM
08-19-2008, 08:09 PM
Gawd, I
twinsGM
08-19-2008, 08:10 PM
Hate post padders
twinsGM
08-19-2008, 08:11 PM
They are
twinsGM
08-19-2008, 08:13 PM
the worst!
RedsoxRockies
08-19-2008, 08:32 PM
No!!!!! It must be thrice!
metsguy234
08-19-2008, 09:28 PM
Once, Twice, THRICE!!!!
RedsoxRockies
08-19-2008, 09:31 PM
Or is it????
MeetDaMets
08-20-2008, 12:56 PM
whachu
MeetDaMets
08-20-2008, 12:57 PM
tawkin
MeetDaMets
08-20-2008, 12:58 PM
bout
MeetDaMets
08-20-2008, 12:58 PM
willis ?
metsguy234
08-20-2008, 03:15 PM
!!!THRICE,twice, once
jdiggin
08-21-2008, 02:00 PM
Ok just wondering because when you said
I thought it meant no more alts. Period.
Instead you meant no more alts unless they are buddies with the mods.:rolleyes:
I thought this was funny coming from michelle wie. :rolleyes:
Frijolito
08-21-2008, 02:25 PM
I thought this was funny coming from michelle wie. :rolleyes:
Why would that be funny? I have never used the Michelle Wie I.d. since I switched to Frijolito. I guess it'd be hard for someone like you to undersand that. Digging up old posts to start arguments doesn't seem like a very constructive use of your time.:rolleyes:
jdiggin
08-21-2008, 02:59 PM
Not a whole lot of digging to do considering it was the top thread in this section. :rolleyes:
Also, apparently no new post padding threads.
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 10:08 AM
Also, apparently no new post padding threads.
Incorrect.
Hrm, well that's how it seems to be working.
boomboom
09-08-2008, 04:09 PM
There doesn't need to be 5 word association threads. ;)
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 05:50 PM
Hrm, well that's how it seems to be working.
No more new Word Association threads.
or post count threads, or any thread boomboom or ohms dont like, etc
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 07:12 PM
:rolleyes:
How terrible. Threads that track a number that's already tracked elsewhere and serve no purpose aren't allowed.
Just because you lack the vision to see the validity of the threads doesn't mean they have no purpose.
metsguy234
09-08-2008, 07:48 PM
Well, the double standard will not continue... You can't delete the post count from my signature!!!
Wait until they hide signatures. (They serve no purpose but to spam zomg!!!!!)
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 07:55 PM
Just because you lack the vision to see the validity of the threads doesn't mean they have no purpose.
Yeah, updated post counts threads have such deep meaning. :rolleyes:
Wait until they hide signatures. (They serve no purpose but to spam zomg!!!!!)
See, now, you're just being a wee bit ridiculous.
Umm, actually I think we should. It would clean up the forums. Besides they would only be one click away.
DarthJaker
09-08-2008, 08:12 PM
my sigs gone:D
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 08:12 PM
Umm, actually I think we should. It would clean up the forums. Besides they would only be one click away.
In your User Control Panel, under Options, you can toggle whether or not signatures are shown.
Half of my stuff is broken from when dee messed with yankee haters account settings. Besides, i wish it was customizable. So i could not see that stupid cat sig if i didnt want to but i could see boombooms, etc.
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 08:25 PM
What stuff on your boa account is broken? Changing one account's settings shouldn't have any effect on another's.
HoustonGM
09-08-2008, 08:29 PM
I know, but it does.
What, specifically?
ohms_law
09-09-2008, 05:20 AM
Half of my stuff is broken from when dee messed with yankee haters account settings. Besides, i wish it was customizable. So i could not see that stupid cat sig if i didnt want to but i could see boombooms, etc.
I'll email Dee to have her take off that tool. I always thought that it went too far anyway, making everything you post hidden and not giving anyone any means to unhide specific posts...
*shrug*
Anyway, if you use Firefox you can get rid of specific images or even text if you use an Add on. That's what I did (and technically, still do), but about 6 months ago I just turned off signatures completely anyway. Makes everything much more readable.
Rongar
09-09-2008, 11:49 AM
There is a way to pad positively, of course...just type a few words of encouragement, every now and then, to your favourite posters...
Such as "Hooray for HoustonGM!"; "Ohms is okay!"; "Right on, Rongar!"; etc...
boomboom
09-09-2008, 01:36 PM
Half of my stuff is broken from when dee messed with yankee haters account settings. Besides, i wish it was customizable. So i could not see that stupid cat sig if i didnt want to but i could see boombooms, etc.
I actually agree. Maybe we could go to a new sig rules that don't have pictures... Kingmobbs sig was the worst... and it had no pics. lol
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