Lounge Forum Changes
09-17-2009, 09:35 AM
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After much discussion and looking at what many other forums do in regards to this topic we have decided to make a few changes to the Lounge forum effective immediately. Those changes are:
1. Posts in the Lounge will no longer increment your overall post count
2. Posts in the Lounge will no longer show up in the "View New Posts" link
Please also remember that posts in the lounge must be kept PG-13. This means, and is not only limited to, no adult material including soft-core porn pictures or anything of the sort. Sure we all like that stuff but the forums is not the proper place for such materials. Also please do not post any gory images or any text or images that might offend other members in regards to their political view or religion. These are very touchy topics and often cause a lot of forum drama due to the vast differences in views of our members so we'd like to try to avoid such conflicts in the future. Forum members need not be separated by such topics. Just remember that we are all on the forums for one common reason/topic and that is the BMW 5 Series, first and foremost.
1. Posts in the Lounge will no longer increment your overall post count
2. Posts in the Lounge will no longer show up in the "View New Posts" link
Please also remember that posts in the lounge must be kept PG-13. This means, and is not only limited to, no adult material including soft-core porn pictures or anything of the sort. Sure we all like that stuff but the forums is not the proper place for such materials. Also please do not post any gory images or any text or images that might offend other members in regards to their political view or religion. These are very touchy topics and often cause a lot of forum drama due to the vast differences in views of our members so we'd like to try to avoid such conflicts in the future. Forum members need not be separated by such topics. Just remember that we are all on the forums for one common reason/topic and that is the BMW 5 Series, first and foremost.
09-17-2009, 09:37 AM
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Thanx Lomag....
a shame it's come to this tho....
09-17-2009, 09:39 AM
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Great idea and thanks to all of you guys for maintaining the forum. You guys do a heck of a job and based on recent events it seems we are learning to "play nicer" with each other. 
09-17-2009, 09:53 AM
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I also posted this in the Lounge sticky on this topic, but thought I'd add it here too:
Just a thought, but on many of the forums I visit they don't display post count but do have more member titles and bandings that are effectively tied to a member's underlying post count. I wonder if we'd see fewer pointless posts aimed at increasing one's post count if the "prize" were less immediate and less visible?
Maybe we could consider creating some new bandings for members with, say, 5000, 7500 and 10,000 posts or more? It ties back to the same thing, of course, but the current post count rewards the poor behavior with an immediate boost and it's very visible. Under the alternative proposed here, there's no easy way to tell how near or far you are from the next "banding". I have to think that takes away at least one of the incentives for pointless and meaningless posts.
Your thoughts?
Just a thought, but on many of the forums I visit they don't display post count but do have more member titles and bandings that are effectively tied to a member's underlying post count. I wonder if we'd see fewer pointless posts aimed at increasing one's post count if the "prize" were less immediate and less visible?
Maybe we could consider creating some new bandings for members with, say, 5000, 7500 and 10,000 posts or more? It ties back to the same thing, of course, but the current post count rewards the poor behavior with an immediate boost and it's very visible. Under the alternative proposed here, there's no easy way to tell how near or far you are from the next "banding". I have to think that takes away at least one of the incentives for pointless and meaningless posts.
Your thoughts?
09-17-2009, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='1010266' date='Sep 17 2009, 01:37 PM
a shame it's come to this tho....
Great decisions Lomag!!!
09-17-2009, 10:23 AM
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This explains why I have seen nothing but useful posts this afternoon! Thanks Mark!
Thanks Mark!