Idea: New Member Post Limit to Create a Thread

[Wesley]

If a person is new and needs to sell a house in a thread, he should make a $25 donation to CF. I learned this from UT/OU thread.

 

[djcubby]

For the record, there are far more LakeBison's out there than there are posters like the UCONN guy. You just don't see most of them because their posts/threads get deleted as we see them.

ROGER SPRAGUE!!!

 

[Omaha Cy]

Set it at 25-50, but referencing the point above, lower that threshhold in the ticket forum so that anyone can post a thread there.

Ive also been on other boards where this was implemented, and it worked well.

Perfect.

 

[WaverlyCy]

I think I read posts for over a year before I started posting, and my first thread was one of the biggest threads I've ever started. I don't like the idea. The nice thing about having this community is we can easily decide what thought is a good one and what isn't, dismissing the bad threads quickly. Let the power of our communal voice speak...and by the way that doesn't mean being a **** on someone's thread. You don't like the thread, ignore it or be respectful. That is my opinion.

+1. POST LIMIT = BAD IDEA.

 

[Cyclonestate78]

Make it so you can't post a thread the same day you join (or 2-7 days) and have a 10-25 post minimum.

Saying 100 is ridiculous on a board with such a limited focus, especially when football/basketball are not in season. All that will do is encourage people to post pointless replies to everything so they can get to this threshold faster. It would also create a level of elitism. This board is already getting bad enough with the grammar, repost, and let me google that for you police, we don't need post count egos to join in the mix.

Says the guy with less then 1,500 posts. :biglaugh:

 

[Prone2Clone]

I believe in the Natural Selection Theory of Threads. I don't care if there are 20 posts on the same topic, some will get replies and live on, some will quickly slip off the front page. Sorting through multiple posts on the same topic by reading the title or mousing over to read a few lines does not ruin my day.

 

[BCoffClone125]

I don't agree with this at all.

As some have noted, many people spend a long time visiting/reading the site before they actually join and then will even wait a little longer to post. I know I did. Aren't the mods on site responsible for patrolling the boards for anything that is out of line or has already been said? We shouldn't be discouraging people to post right away if they want to, because some people (myself included) don't post often and only provide input when they feel like it. New posters and new opinions are what make this board interesting, there are other ways to control trolls or crude threads outside of a making a limit. Just my thoughts.

 

[CTTB78]

Instead of a minimum number of posts--if we want to be restrictive, how about team affiliation?

We could ban any Hawk fan from posting.

 

[JT88]

Gotta get my post count up!! That way I can start another thread about the impending doom of the BIG XII!

Nevermind, I see I'm over the limit. Now to start that thread!!

 

[RedBlooded]

This is stupid. Who do you guys think you are? Half of the people on cf are idiots.

 

[Mr Janny]

This is stupid. Who do you guys think you are? Half of the people on cf are idiots.

yeah, but which half?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

yeah, but which half?

The other half

 

[Boxerdaddy]

I'm going to create 200 new accounts just to vote no on this.

 

[Cyberclone]

What are we communists now?

I agree with this, not everyone has the time to live on here. It's a free board,
and has way too many volunteer moderators if you ask me.

 

[Mr Janny]

I agree with this, not everyone has the time to live on here. It's a free board,
and has way too many volunteer moderators if you ask me.

I'll have you know that I didn't volunteer to be a mod. I got in the old fashioned way, with pure, honest nepotism.

 

[Clones21]

This is the dumbest thing I've heard. People can post whatever they want. The MODs do a great job in taking down trolls and what not, but some real Cyclone fans that just joined would like to speak too. I think it's dumb and don't think it'll ever happen.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

This is the dumbest thing I've heard. People can post whatever they want.

Picture of Clones21's mom coming in just a few seconds....be right back. :yes:

 

[Clones21]

Picture of Clones21's mom coming in just a few seconds....be right back. :yes:

Other than that! Privacy stays in the rules!

 

[Cyberclone]

I'll have you know that I didn't volunteer to be a mod. I got in the old fashioned way, with pure, honest nepotism.

LOL, I didn't mean the "actual" moderators, I'm talking about the self appointed moderators, that don't know how to simply skip a thread, but read it anyway, and then take the time to make a snarky comment about the OP. That seems to be the real problem.

 

[Mr Janny]

This is the dumbest thing I've heard. People can post whatever they want. The MODs do a great job in taking down trolls and what not, but some real Cyclone fans that just joined would like to speak too. I think it's dumb and don't think it'll ever happen.

Not saying I agree with the post minimum, but from a purely Mod perspective, having a minimum post requirement to create threads would really help with trolls who create accounts and then immediately create stupid new threads.

For example, here's just a sample of some accounts that were banned for doing just that:

• BigClone1
• ChrisMWillamss
• CloneJB
• CycloneBarrymen
• CycloneFB
• Cyclones21
• CycloneSports
• DSMISU
• DSMJared
• ISU1
• ISUjared
• ISUJB
• Jared4Cy
• StateCyclone
• Viking1991

Now, what if I told you that they were all accounts created by the same user, in the span of a couple hours?

What a d-bag, right?