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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: garlow2000 on January 17, 2013, 05:30 am

Title: Post quality
Post by: garlow2000 on January 17, 2013, 05:30 am
Post quality has dropped severely since this '50 post' fiasco' , must be kinda what BMR forums are like :D
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: galacticnomad on January 17, 2013, 05:41 am
I didn't know BMR even had forum technology
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Shamiroqai on January 17, 2013, 11:40 am
I like posting
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: italosvevo on January 17, 2013, 11:41 am
i dont like posting that much, furthermore for nothing
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: parcificseeds on January 17, 2013, 11:43 am
getting sick of posting
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: happy_kitten on January 17, 2013, 11:44 am
I don't know. The system has a point. If vendors can bypass it that is. But this feels fairly meaningless indeed. Let's keep on posting!
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Shamiroqai on January 17, 2013, 11:45 am
lol @ the Virwex spammer on page 1 and 2
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: italosvevo on January 17, 2013, 11:46 am
i feel like shit
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Robin on January 17, 2013, 11:47 am
Can't they implement some sort of other 'spam' prevention system? I mean this whole thing is to prevent those BTC bot scam/spam websites to stop from spamming the main board categories, and yet the normal members who actually post decently and participate within the forums are exiled and made to spam themselves until they can work their way up... aghh... this is getting way too annoying.

If they had more moderators this sort of thing wouldn't happen.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: italosvevo on January 17, 2013, 11:49 am
agree,
id prefered to pay a single btc than this
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Robin on January 17, 2013, 11:51 am
agree,
id prefered to pay a single btc than this

Someone needs to sort this shit out, this whole ordeal won't solve anything, other than make members angry and pissed off. Which it already has.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: italosvevo on January 17, 2013, 11:52 am
and btc spammers are still there ...
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Shamiroqai on January 17, 2013, 11:54 am
I only hope the newbie forum is excluded in the search function.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Robin on January 17, 2013, 11:56 am
and btc spammers are still there ...

And I don't think they intend on leaving.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: millhorse on January 17, 2013, 11:58 am
This feels like we've been put into a creche!
What is the primary reason for this newbie postcount business anyway?
Are the veterans sick of answering the same questions from people who won't read the wikis or FAQs?
Or is it because the captcha style verification seems to do nothing to keep the bogey bitcoin spammers off the forums?
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: efodix on January 17, 2013, 12:03 pm
I always wondered, does anybody here ever click on any of those spam links? I mean, people here more or less know at least something about technology, enough for those posts to immediately be blocked by a mental bullshit filter...
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Thurius on January 17, 2013, 12:08 pm
I always wondered, does anybody here ever click on any of those spam links? I mean, people here more or less know at least something about technology, enough for those posts to immediately be blocked by a mental bullshit filter...
I wonder this too, people who buy it must surely be retarded. Or... bots themselves :O
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Robin on January 17, 2013, 12:18 pm
The thing is there are a lot of effective methods of preventing spam bots, however most of them would require members to loose some of their anonymity, which moderators/administrators are trying to protect, so I can understand why they won't implement some stricter methods of spam prevention.

But there is always one, why not make the forum invite only?  ::)
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: AlistairCook on January 17, 2013, 12:20 pm
link ability to enter the forum (for buyers) to at least X succesful transactions
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Snotsnot on January 17, 2013, 05:26 pm
All this spam is sad.. :/ and making newbies forced to post 50 times before they can "use" the real forum
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: deleted on January 17, 2013, 05:32 pm
not sorry for the spam
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: deep987 on January 17, 2013, 05:42 pm
I only hope the newbie forum is excluded in the search function.

lol I hope so too. All the more reason that no newbie will actually find the newbie section usefull.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: mustangcobra on January 17, 2013, 05:47 pm
.............
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: _Teknique on January 17, 2013, 05:59 pm
I would like to contribute reviews to some of the review threads, especially SuperTrips since it seems there are a lot people who are disheartened by him right now, but i'm not going to waste my time spamming 50 posts to be able to do so. Oh well, there is a reason for the new system.. too bad people have to abuse it and have these rules put in place.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: summer on January 17, 2013, 06:04 pm
the newbie section will be full of posts like these.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: jacklinks on January 17, 2013, 06:09 pm
I feel bad for those under 10 posts...
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: parcificseeds on January 18, 2013, 12:29 am
Because of these new rules I must spam SR forum before I can contribute.. hmm, good work.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: HughBerto on January 18, 2013, 12:40 am
and if the spammers are using automated methods to spam the entire forum, wouldnt it be just as easy to spam the newb board for 50 posts and then back to spamming the whole site?
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: parcificseeds on January 18, 2013, 12:49 am
New SR rules are making me spam this forum to obtain 50 posts before I can contributue.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: kallekatt on January 18, 2013, 12:50 am
Quality
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: ominuby2 on January 18, 2013, 03:17 am
This sucks.  I promised to post a review for a vendor of one of his free samples, and now I can't do it until I get to 60.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: millhorse on January 18, 2013, 01:47 pm
One more thing...
No, sorry, it's gone.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: Stray Cat on January 18, 2013, 01:56 pm
Are the veterans sick of answering the same questions from people who won't read the wikis or FAQs?

This may have something to do w/ it as there were times when the same stupid questions were posted 10 times on the same page of the forums. 

Some people refuse to read and educate themselves, many of them come on here demanding a step by step guide.  A reflection of our society, I suppose, so many people wanting instant gratification at the expense of personal safety and personal freedom.  When I first came here I spent the first few days reading until my head swam.  Didn't make my first purchase for weeks.  Apparently, some come on here and within an hour or so they are buying drugs without encrypting their addresses - no interest in learning PGP, they just want DRUGS.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: flames on January 18, 2013, 02:02 pm
Well most people do come her for drugs. At first it is a bit like being a kid in a candy shop. Totally agree that you should be doing your research before you jump into anything.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: discgolfking on January 19, 2013, 04:35 am
people  are just posting anything to get there 50
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: bbbvvvbbbvvv on January 19, 2013, 04:37 am
Pretty sure the post quality will only suffer in this forum, which was created for that reason exactly - to keep the shitty newbie posts away from the grownups.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: qazwsx14 on January 19, 2013, 04:42 am
Yeah, have to agree. Although it may seem crappy, it at least contains the problem to one section.
Title: Re: Post quality
Post by: imm on February 25, 2013, 09:05 pm
bumping this up, it's important to be read by others