Annoyed about posting for one's post count: is it just me?

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

IOn a similar note, I am really a bit curious on how well my posts are received. I'm not sure if I am doing things right or wrong since coming out of lurker mode. It seems like there have been a few topics that I post to and everything kind of shuts down. A few people have been kind enough to indicate that they liked something I said, and I appreciate that! Maybe everyone is too polite to tell me I am a dolt? I guess I could post a thread about it and see what everyone thinks, but that seems silly. Maybe I just worry too much.

I had the same thing happen to me for a while when I first de-lurked. I found that it was helpful to post to "fun" threads (not necessarily OT threads, mind you), so that people got a feel for my personality and posting style. Then they were more apt to look at a thread I started and say, "Ah, TW. Wonder what that kook's got to say now." Movies and TV is a great forum to do this in.

I wouldn't take the "I post, and the topic dies" thingy to seriously. I've written some absolutely smashing commentary that just so happens to be the last post on a given dead topic. And it can't be my writing, no sirree. I mean, even Henry is wise enough to quote me in his .sig.

You should all quote me in your .sig. Don't you all want to be held in the same esteem as Henry?



See, now that's the real mark of an uberposter. Post count's nothing. Getting quoted in a mod's .sig, that's priceless.

 

[garyh]

See, now that's the real mark of an uberposter. Post count's nothing. Getting quoted in a mod's .sig, that's priceless.

Indeed.

 

[mythusmage]

One thing that bugs me is those people who post multiple times to the same thread.

 

[mythusmage]

Either repeating what he said in the first post, or in effect continuing the post from the previous one.

 

[mythusmage]

This I find extremely annoying, and I was wondering if anybody else felt the same way.

 

[BSF]

TW - I will take your words of advice and not worry too much about it. If I am being an idiot, somebody will probably point that out, right?

Mythusmage - Yes, I do find the IM style of posting to be somewhat annoying.

 

[haiiro]

TW - I will take your words of advice and not worry too much about it.

I'll second TW's comment on the "I killed the thread" feeling. I de-lurked in December, and I still seem to have the magic ability to make threads sink like a stone. Definitely don't worry about it.

For what it's worth, just asking how your posts are being received is a good sign -- and from what I've seen, you're doing just fine.

 

[Welverin]

Can sigs still be turned off? That might solve the problem for people who don't think they are needed.

I do think too many people have their sig on every single post. Post the sig once in a thread, then turn it off for the rest of the posts.

It would be better if it could be done the other way around, have them default to off and force people to remember to turn them on for their first post.

 

[MerakSpielman]

Can sigs still be turned off? That might solve the problem for people who don't think they are needed.

Any viewing of a sig by anybody is completely voluntary.

Or have you forgotten that in your User CP (under Options) there are checkboxes to turn off sigs, avatars, and/or images?

If sigs bug you, don't whine that they take up room on your screen, just turn 'em off.

 

[Darrin Drader]

I'm going to assume by the fact that I haven't received an email from Piratecat that I am not the specific individual who is getting on people's nerves.

My take on it is that people come to these boards to have a discussion, have fun, or distract themselves for a while. I have a hard time believing that it would be of any value to put a lot of restrictions on the posts, type of posts, or frequency of posts on people. In fact, I think what it would end up doing is driving people away to other boards where they're allowed more freedom. Sure, there are trends that are annoying. Believe me, I get extremely annoyed whenever I see a thread posted that is attempting to deconstruct an unreleased product that nobody has seen yet, or a thread that accuses Wizards of being an evil heartless corporation when none of you have enough of the facts behind certain decisions that are made.

Regardless, I don't complain about these things because this is, after all, a fan site. As a fan site, I would like to point out two things: fan is short for fanatic, and a large number of fans of any genre be it a game, movie, TV show, or novel, have extremely annoying habits as a natural byproduct their extreme enthusiasm for whatever it is they're into.