Should New Members Be Able to Create New Threads

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Should New Members Be Able to Create New Threads?

  • Yes

    Votes: 36 50.0%

  • No

    Votes: 36 50.0%
  • Total voters
    72
  • Poll closed .
I am a new member to your forums, luckily I haven't been char-grilled for posting new threads.

I bought Prologue the day it came out on PAL and wanted some info, so I Google, and up comes GTPlanet. If I hadn't been able to create a new thread, I would have gone elsewhere, there are lots of Forums!
(btw the replies I got were both helpful and polite...thats why I came back)

I know it is very frustrating for some of the longer serving members who know the site inside out. So when someone posts a thread that was discussed in detail the previous week, the temptation is to get out the matches. It would be simpler for someone to politely mention the thread has been covered and provide a link to that thread. Posts like "use the f**in search engine" are not helpful.

Everytime someone adds another comment to a bad thread it gets put at the top of the list marked "new" and makes the thread last 10days longer than it should, making things worse.

The poor guy that triggered this poll, had only registered the day before, posted three times, and then had twenty replies the same day telling him what a plank he had been! Do you think he'll be back?
If you discourage new members with these measures, you will be left with the same people having the same arguments about the same things over and over.

As you can guess already, I voted yes :)
 
I havent voted yet as Im not sure, I do agree with Tacet_Blue though about the treatment the new members get sometimes. It either puts them off and they'll not be back OR we enter into a huge O/L argument and poeple get upset etc etc......

I feel that the Mods need to step-up their activity a little, I dont mean that they do nothing dont get me wrong !! what I mean is.......

I dont see too many threads closed after a polite reply from a mod advising the new member that the topic has already been discussed ?

The term n00b doesnt help either I dont think - I know it will always exist but when a new member is directly labelled as a n00b its not that friendly.

 
Good points, tacet. Bah, you just swayed my vote, but I still think that something should be implimented. I don't know what could be done, maybe you could only make one thread a day until you get older (to the planet?)? Maybe someone (naude) could come up with another idea, and i'll poll on that? Go look over at http://boards.ign.com/ and just click on one fo them. That's what the GT4 forum looked like yesterday (imo). It was ridiculous!!

I just re-read it again, and my point is if they weren't able to do that, then things like this WOULDN'T HAPPEN!!! He never would have posted the new thread, he wouldn't have been bashed, he would have posted in an old thread, and would have gotten praise and credit for his actions? Am I not wrong in saying this? I mean, he made TWO new GT4 Pictures threads within 5 minutes of each other. I need anger managment.
 
Tacet_Blue
I am a new member to your forums, luckily I haven't been char-grilled for posting new threads.

I bought Prologue the day it came out on PAL and wanted some info, so I Google, and up comes GTPlanet. If I hadn't been able to create a new thread, I would have gone elsewhere, there are lots of Forums!
(btw the replies I got were both helpful and polite...thats why I came back)

I know it is very frustrating for some of the longer serving members who know the site inside out. So when someone posts a thread that was discussed in detail the previous week, the temptation is to get out the matches. It would be simpler for someone to politely mention the thread has been covered and provide a link to that thread. Posts like "use the f**in search engine" are not helpful.

Everytime someone adds another comment to a bad thread it gets put at the top of the list marked "new" and makes the thread last 10days longer than it should, making things worse.

The poor guy that triggered this poll, had only registered the day before, posted three times, and then had twenty replies the same day telling him what a plank he had been! Do you think he'll be back?
If you discourage new members with these measures, you will be left with the same people having the same arguments about the same things over and over.

As you can guess already, I voted yes :)
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Thank you very much! That's proof right there for why this would not work. 👍
 
Once again, you can't stop somebody from posting once a day, in the end there going to leave. The best thing to do is leave it where it is.
 
I support something along the lines of the original post, but with these changes:

The new users can create new threads sooner than 90 days, but no earlier than 30 days. 90 days is a loong time for someone to have to wait in case there's anything on GTPlanet to ask. Also, if they have very nice settings for a specific car that isn't posted yet, then they'd have to wait a long time to share the settings.

New users have a longer wait time between posts. Make them wait something along the lines of 5 minutes between posting. That should help cut down on spam.

Edit:

If this does go through, however, we need some sort of implimentation where existing users that create new names can carry over their statistics, meaning they don't have the same limits as new users, can have custom avatars and titles, etc.
 
Yes, we need a active mod on in GT4 forum to control it. the GT4 forum is going out of control here.
 
Cosmic
Yes , it does Darin. But most of the useless threads are closed. Am I right? :odd:
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What if there was a built-in filter to delete the smaller threads that are the same as the larger threads? Surely that would slim down the folder quite a bit....
 
I do believe that in this matter discression is to be used in determining who should and shouldn't be allowed to post. I voted the one with the lesser votes; that n00bs (less than 50 posts), should not be allowed to post new threads. I do know that the GT4 forum is trashed with repetitive threads, but I also know that there are some "n00bs" who actually use the search and are sane posters. So, for the sake of indifference, I voted for the one with less votes...
 
Darin
Yes, we need a active mod on in GT4 forum to control it. the GT4 forum is going out of control here.
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And guess who inherited that job?

In the next few days, the moderators will be taking action in that forum, and doing some serious house cleaning. We're all currently debating what needs to happen in there, and what course of action we're taking.

I can give a prime example of a forum that was ripe for destruction. I visit a weekly blog of a guy here in my home state. He's ex-military, and has a slew of ecxellent ideas that the 20,000+ readers of his blog really kick in gear. He finally started up his forum. He knew that with an instant membership of 20,000+ he was due for his share of headaches and set backs. So the course of action that he took, was to allow people to read two of the main forums, but not be able to post or access attachments. If you wanted to read the rest of the forum, you needed to cough up $20 for a yearly membership. If you wanted to post, it was a $50 fee.

Now keep in mind, this was a forum visited by 99% 25 and older crowd who could afford the cash.

Should we implement something like that hear? Say... You register, and can view your choice of 4 forums, and after a week the remainder of the forums open up. After two weeks, you're allowed to post?

Just a thought that might take this coversation in a different direction.

AO
 
Der Alta
Should we implement something like that hear? Say... You register, and can view your choice of 4 forums, and after a week the remainder of the forums open up. After two weeks, you're allowed to post?
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Then the people would just view the website as a Guest. Which enables you to veiw all the forums. 👎 So your plan Der Alta could not possibly work.
 
So shut if off completely to guests?

I think that makes sense. Though, you might get a lot of new members who just register to view the forums. But that isn't really a problem. Unless you're one of those morans who wants to delete all members who haven't made a post in over 6 months.
 
TriplePlay, if your rules (wait 90 days until you can post) were applied right now. You would not be able to create this thread. Instead you would have to post it. You've only been a member for 1 month, 90 days is somewhere around 3 months. :dopey:
 
Okay. So far here goes:

1. 90 days or 50 post limit.
2. 15 days or 20 post limit.
3. Guests can't view, but registered members can view 4 forums for first 2 weeks, then post away.
4. Other option, please elaborate.
5. None of these, the mods are doing a fine job on their own.

Please post your number and comment more.

@ sUn: tripleplay aka gt-unit
 
L1ama
no, i think there should be more active mods to close the useless threads
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Seconded

Der Alta
And guess who inherited that job?

In the next few days, the moderators will be taking action in that forum, and doing some serious house cleaning. We're all currently debating what needs to happen in there, and what course of action we're taking.
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I think this is the most appropriate course of action to take - especially with the GT4 section. Its good to read that action is going to be taken - hopefully then we can get on with what the forum is supposed to be used for, rather than everyone going on about new members and posts and limits etc etc .......
 
Actually someone beat me to the job, and has been working quietly behind the scenes to accomplish that.

TO make an analogy, He's much better at slowly and easily herding the cattle in the right direction, where as I'm more akin to dragging two or three out in sight of every body and shooting them so the others understand the consequences.

Be happy he's the one in charge not me. I'd get it done quicker, but there'd be a handful of unhappy people.

AO
 
I voted 'No', but have since changed my mind.
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Newbies not being allowed to create threads would mean more spam as they attempt to reach the "thread creating target".

And, it would act as a deterrant for genuine, good newbies. As DA said, new blood is needed and limiting a newbie to a second class member is not the right was of encouraging it.
 
Yeap, newbie's would race to reach the post goal, if there was a time restriction they would leave. I know I would.

After the moderators like Der Alta said clean-up the GT4 forum, there should be no problem. 👍
 

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