I've noticed a few members who only post in one or a few forum sections. Some have come in for a single purpose such as bashing critics of DMOZ or to espouse some belief. Some forum limit posters from doing things depending on number of posts or infractions. I'd suggest a daily limit of posts to a single forum or have a formula so that they have to post in more than one section. Your thoughts?
I guess that would end the debates on P& R section, since you would want to "limit" the posts what about if someone started a thread about your or your company and then you ran out of "reposnse count" What would you do then>....Just not be able to post.. The WHOLE reason a "forum" is called a "forum" is because people can post, Oh and ALSO READ THE FAQ HERE and you will see http://forums.digitalpoint.com/faq.php?faq=dp_faq#faq_posting_guidelines
What about those who are making 30 quality posts in a specific section? Should we really limit how many times they can post?
It's actually been suggested before. What I'd suggest is to use the search function. On a side note, I don't think it's necessary.
QFT. There seem to be a few people here who want to stifle debate. It's good to know it doesn't seem to have a lot of popular support, because it will be a sad day if they get their way.
I don't think it's wise. Some people are only here to discuss Google or Google Adsense. Some are here only to discuss directories (some even just one directory). While for the better part, some of those people with a specific goal here are only here to stir the pot, they are part of the community. To MAKE them post elsewhere will cause some to leave, but it'll cause even more of them to spam other parts of DP with crap, and there is already enough of that going around Personally I post in 4 of the forums here, with about 4 watched with an occasional post. If I was forced to post in another 4 forums I can promise the posts in those forums would be even less worthy of being read then the 8 you'll see me in now *smirk*
There are forums that don't allow signatures until you have 50 posts, there are others that wouldn't allow any links in posts until you had 25 posts.
Why force anyone to post in areas they don't want to? I bet 90%+ of my posts are in the AdWords forum and wouldn't want to post in other sections just for the sake of being well rounded.
I didn't think there would be a simple way to resolve a problem that I see. Coming in and commenting on Adwords, intellectual property, database schema or some area of objective expertise is not a problem. There are a few forums within that tend to be the haunts of single issue members. Should we restrict some one from coming in to bash Shoemoney, Wikipedia, ClickBank, or some other service, site, or person? It wouldn't hurt to have some requirement for having some well roundedness, the best universities require not only academic accomplishment in a variety of subjects but also require extracurricular activities and civic involvement.
The idea seems good when you think about it, buts its unrealistic. Some people may have just come to this forum to buy/sell/trade stuff (I'm sure a good amount do), and others just to discuss Google. They'll leave if this happens, and then we lose a lot of quality members.
And Math Professors should be required to teach English and History. I think every forum has a handful that only post in that forum. Of those few, a few are actually worth listening too. I'd really hate to lose them, or worse, actually take as fact something they say in a forum they know little about. I mean, imagine an editor from DMOZ discussing link sales
Digitalpoint would never do that. They love the high number of indexed pages from us posting, which gets into the google SE.
I do not follow what you are saying. Accordingly, forcing people to post outside there niche or interest would increase the over all post count of the forums in general. That would increase the number of indexed pages in the SE. Though, did you mean, the average user? I (and many others) could care less if my posts are highly indexed. Though, it was good SERP that caused me to stay here..
ROFL. Classy move Tom. Well, now that I've dutifully posted in another section of DP... please explain how it helps DP if frequently add 2 cents in sections where I have no expertise? Seems plenty do that without me exacerbating the problem. Feel free to enlighten me if there's a rationale that doesn't include simply stifling opinions you don't like.
I'll try. You understand the term trolling, right? BTW, the thought came up before you arrived here and was not pointed at you. I respect the fact that you are a DMOZ editor that is here and not anonymous.
Long as the personal grudgematches of a select few blot out all other debate it's pretty much a fait accompli that discussion can't happen. That wouldn't be fixed by your proposal... it'd just make it one-sided. Editors that come in for the purpose of answering real questions would be eliminated in your model. IMO that section of DP is going to remain useless to most that wander in to ask a serious question until the moderators show a heavier hand on both sides. Closing the occasional thread won't work as well as actually tossing a few of the worst actors out and stating why it was done. Makes a good visual aid for other posters.