FYI: EFD Rewards Disabled in Hall of Fame and Trading forum

[Rumsponge]

Yeah, I kind of figured that there really was no easy way of dealing with it.

Guess the current method where we all make fun of necro-posters is, ultimately, the best solution.

[Sunab Naverith]

Originally Posted by northstar

thats not nice, so maybe it was wrong of me to go down the list congratulating ppl as i got a warning for it.

well i thought thats what the hall of fame was for sorry but i congratulated all the people on the first page of discoveries, uber loots and few other threads. not sure how i should be using the forum now

That is what the "gratz" button is for. There is no need to post a statement of "GRATZ! OMG!" or such after you have hit the "GRATZ" button.

As for using the forum? Try posting things with intelligence, in an attempt to converse with other participants in this universe, rather than just throw out random one liners in an attempt to farm EFD.


edit - 711 - a suggestion then, for HoF section!
Allow the thread starter possibly one of the following options:
1. Allow the thread starter the option of allowing comments or not (so that only "gratz" button can be hit w/no responses).
2. Allow thread starter "moderator" privileges within his/her own thread, allowing them to delete posts by people like northstar, and in the process of deleting them, regress the EFD gain and post count/activity rating (sorry Kimmi!).

[711]

Originally Posted by Sunab Naverith

edit - 711 - a suggestion then, for HoF section!
Allow the thread starter possibly one of the following options:
1. Allow the thread starter the option of allowing comments or not (so that only "gratz" button can be hit w/no responses).
2. Allow thread starter "moderator" privileges within his/her own thread, allowing them to delete posts by people like northstar, and in the process of deleting them, regress the EFD gain and post count/activity rating (sorry Kimmi!).

Such suggestions are not default features of the forum software and would require significant custom coding to achieve. EntropiaForum already has dozens of custom addons, edits and modifications, all of which require maintenance (especially when upgrades to the base forum software performed).

It would be nice to add such features to threads in certain forums, but it is not a simple thing to achieve due to the manner in which forum usergroup permissions are structured.

[Wollongong]

A solution which might have been better (as in, not punishing those who use the forums as they are meant) would be to just take away all EFD the offenders have. Hell, put them into a huge minus or something.

[Sunab Naverith]

Originally Posted by 711

Such suggestions are not default features of the forum software and would require significant custom coding to achieve. EntropiaForum already has dozens of custom addons, edits and modifications, all of which require maintenance (especially when upgrades to the base forum software performed).

It would be nice to add such features to threads in certain forums, but it is not a simple thing to achieve due to the manner in which forum usergroup permissions are structured.

All I have for a response is...

[kalanen]

*cough*

I was watching new posts and I thougth this one needs bumping

[Kimmi]

Originally Posted by kalanen

*cough*

I was watching new posts and I thougth this one needs bumping

congratulations! thats nice


ups wrong place...

[CyberPunk]

Originally Posted by kalanen

*cough*

I was watching new posts and I thougth this one needs bumping

I second that! wtf! Nea/Kimmi spamming grats on necro ATHs.

[jdegre]

Originally Posted by 711

In order to reduce the number of spam posts and necroposts, I have completely disabled the EFD rewards system in the Hall of Fame and Trading forums and subforums.

There is now no justification whatsoever for posting one word "Grats" replies in 2 year-old threads. That is what the "Gratz" button is for.

Originally Posted by CyberPunk

I second that! wtf! Nea/Kimmi spamming grats on necro ATHs.

which comes to show that merely disabling the EFD rewards is not enough.

what about giving a first warning to gratz-spammers, and if they keep ignoring the warning, reset all their EFD to zero, reset all rep to zero, and a 2-week temp-ban? i bet this would keep the gratz-spamming to an all-time minimum.

[Kimmi]

Originally Posted by CyberPunk

I second that! wtf! Nea/Kimmi spamming grats on necro ATHs.

When a post havnt been bumped for 3days I dont consider it a necro... but yeah I was just trying to point out how nea logs in once a week, to spam in all the ATHs on page 1... sry if my joke was bad..