[starman]

http://www.nyyfans.com/faq.php#2c

6 months AND 50 posts before you can start a new topic.

That's pathetic.

[iMOTOR]

Sounds like a good rule to me, it would cut down on trolling.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally Posted by iMOTOR

Sounds like a good rule to me, it would cut down on trolling.

And, some of the spam.

[PookJP]

(I was hoping this was going to be about this forum and its tyrannical mods/admins)


Oh, nothing!

[Goldfinger]

50 posts is ok, but that 6 months is over the top. But a forum like this can't implement a 50 posts rule. Some people sign up to ask a question about their Mac. That's how I started off in here anyway.

[nredman]

at least you wouldn't become "addicted" on that forum and spend way too much time on it, like i do here

[alphasubzero949]

How about 3 months before seeing invisible forums?

[euphras]

Some rules definitely make sense (especially the restriction of starting threads). I´d say that our mods and admins should deliberate on that.

[JoshuaZ]

Not such a bad idea. I mean really, it would cut down on certain... people...

[IceEnclosure]

I called someone a jerk on HoFo and got banned for 3 days.

I've never been banninated. I felt like Ca$h.

[Kevin]

This one does too

http://ihateapple.net/forums/list.aspx?forumid=2

It's run on crappy software too.

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by E's Lil Theorem

And, some of the spam.

Not anymore. The new hotness (tm) among spammers is to multi-post spam messages in existing threads. Fortunately we haven't been hit with this yet, because deleting ten posts is much more painful than deleting two or three threads.

[rickey939]

How many posts are needed before the database bombs every few minutes?

[starman]

Originally, it was 1 year AND 100 posts. Could you imagine not being able to post a new topic for A YEAR?

Six months is WAY over the top.

Mike

[residentEvil]

Originally Posted by rickey939

How many posts are needed before the database bombs every few minutes?

I believe that has been reached already.

[residentEvil]

Oh, on a sports site I visit, the new posted terms of service/agreement just changed. You can no longer use ***** or (*&%$ as fillers in your post to mean swear words, etc. It is grounds for account banning!

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

I called someone a jerk on HoFo and got banned for 3 days.

I've never been banninated. I felt like Ca$h.

Somebody here called cody "A stupid Cünt" for starting a thread about donating to a funeral and nuttin happened.

[wdlove]

Each forum administrator has the right to make his/her own rules.

[starman]

Originally Posted by wdlove

Each forum administrator has the right to make his/her own rules.

True, but don't you think 6 months is a bit excessive? In 6 hours I can put up a competing forum. All I wanted to do was post about some Yankees stuff my mom found in the house and now I have to wait 6 months to do so. Imagine if every Mac user had to wait 6 months to post here about their Mac. Most people would replace them by that time!

Mike

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by starman

http://www.nyyfans.com/faq.php#2c

6 months AND 50 posts before you can start a new topic.

That's pathetic.

It's not pathetic. It's what's missing here at MacNN.
Make it 25 posts and 3 months and will still work.

Darn Spam and re-registering after banination is mostly done with.

-t

[Demonhood]

a lot of people find these forums thru google, register, post a thread about their problem, and then become part of the community.
restricting new users from posting new topics would just make them post their problem in already existing topics.

it's a bad idea.

[DigitalEl]

I called someone a jerk on HoFo and got banned for 3 days.

Happened to me @ the TiVo Community. One mod there is a b!tch. Frak her!

[starman]

I love this quote. It's from the person who made the rule:

http://forums.nyyfans.com/showthread...ghlight=months

When i first arrived here, i was able to make a new thread after 42 minutes

Is it me or is there something wrong with that^^? When I join a forum, I want to jump in. I don't want to wait 6 months. Sure I'll do a search first, but SIX MONTHS?

Mike

[IceEnclosure]

My first post here was a question about my iMac back in the day. It would have been rather discouraging to not be able to post it until I was registered for xx days.

as far as this place goes anyway, I like it the way it is.

Besides, I just skip over spam threads anyhow (Cool new MAC site, check it out!!!!)

[Oisín]

I have no idea what my first post was. Probably something dumb and silly somewhere here in Teh Louneg. I was here for over a year before I even managed to get a Mac, so it was definitely no computer question that made me sign up.

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

I called someone a jerk on HoFo and got banned for 3 days.

Meh, I said (quite politely) that I disagreed with the admin on a forum and got a permanent IP and nick ban, plus a threat of being reported to the police for trying to sabotage her personal property, out of it.

Then again, she was a complete psycho, so perhaps not the best example

Why not just have "first 10 posts must be approved by moderator." - then the spammers can't post new or in existing threads? I suppose you'd probably need a few more moderators though.

[sminch]

Oh, on a sports site I visit, the new posted terms of service/agreement just changed. You can no longer use ***** or (*&%$ as fillers in your post to mean swear words, etc. It is grounds for account banning!

bloody hell, some sites are just mad... i've been on a few which have no moderation and are just flame-fests and trollery with rampant swearing for africa, which can be fun if you're in the mood but does get a little much sometimes. seems like there aren't too many where the right balance is found.

god knows i'd never have hung out here if there was a six month rule on new threads - my first posts were all "how do i do x" over in the ibook, os x, and apps forums. that said, could you set the forums up so that you have to do a search before you can start a new thread about cleaning a white ibook or why your battery level always stops ast 99%?

sminch

[DigitalEl]

The craziest unmoderated, out of control forum I ever saw was the brief run of the Howard Stern forums. Every lowlife, sexist, racist jackass with a radio was there to spew bile. I guess I was naive to sign up and think reasoned people would be discussing the show. <okay, naive is putting it kindly>

They were so bad, Howard had the the plug pulled after just a few weeks.

[Big Mac]

I think many tend to exaggerate the existence nuisance posts on the forums. IMO, the admins/mods usually strike a great balance between privileges and control. Some will disagree, but I don't wish to see things change very much at all.

[JoshuaZ]

MacNN is like one of the better forums I've found online. Good people, helpful, and honestly not too many jerks out there screwing things up for everyone else.