Beelzebub
First Post
I’m having a frustrating problem with a message board that you guys might be able to help me with.
Much to my chagrin, there is a member who appears to be posting merely for the sake of upping his post count. By this, I mean that he posts one line responses simply to voice an agreement, if two people post a reply to his message he will post a separate reply to each, instead of editing messages he will double post, and he has defended slightly off topic messages by stating that he is trying to up his post count.
If this practice were limited to spam threads (like [hivemind]) I would have absolutely no problem with it; hivemind threads are clearly labeled, thus easy for me to avoid. But as it is, in an on-topic thread with 67 replies he can have as many as 27 responses. Each one sporting his avatar and rather long sig. When I see a post by him, I will sometimes ignore the body of the actual message; which is sad because he often has something insightful and pertinent to say.
I guess what I’m trying to ask is: is this my problem or his? Should I learn to live with his rapid-fire postings, complete with their graphics-heavy attachments? Should I e-mail him and voice my concerns politely? Are such activities against the rules and if so, should I report the threads when I see them? Or should I just apologize now for posting on such a negative topic.
Thank you for your time and I apologize if this thread is inappropriate
Much to my chagrin, there is a member who appears to be posting merely for the sake of upping his post count. By this, I mean that he posts one line responses simply to voice an agreement, if two people post a reply to his message he will post a separate reply to each, instead of editing messages he will double post, and he has defended slightly off topic messages by stating that he is trying to up his post count.
If this practice were limited to spam threads (like [hivemind]) I would have absolutely no problem with it; hivemind threads are clearly labeled, thus easy for me to avoid. But as it is, in an on-topic thread with 67 replies he can have as many as 27 responses. Each one sporting his avatar and rather long sig. When I see a post by him, I will sometimes ignore the body of the actual message; which is sad because he often has something insightful and pertinent to say.
I guess what I’m trying to ask is: is this my problem or his? Should I learn to live with his rapid-fire postings, complete with their graphics-heavy attachments? Should I e-mail him and voice my concerns politely? Are such activities against the rules and if so, should I report the threads when I see them? Or should I just apologize now for posting on such a negative topic.
Thank you for your time and I apologize if this thread is inappropriate
