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Minimum 3 Likes To Post In Bst Rule

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  1. Spoiltdiva

    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    #61
    I'm at work now and quite busy but decided to read my e-mails and saw your post, so busy or not I'll respond.
    Look you say that you are on here to buy, sell etc. Fine you can keep doing this as you've always done. But now you should also contribute to the site by giving advice and helping others, especially newbies.
    That would not be "posting to chase for like". And helping others as opposed to merely serving yourself would not constitude spam.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #62
    Actually we are seeing far less spam overall. And users are getting banned for "like trading", so... :)
     
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    skabt Banned

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    #63
    i was here to contribute and learn, but at some point i step on a moderator tail, then my account get bar for the reason of duplicate account without proving which account and so on.
    I lost a very old account with some good itrading and ton of thanks (if u recall), than i coming in as pure purchase but some time do contribute .....

    btw how newbie given me a like/thanks for what i contribute ?

    to admin :
    i actually received few email regarding "like" prices base on this post, is hard to block them, but worst you given them extra chances to make few buck ..
    far less spam ? nope, look at those who start thread in this section, most of them is seeking for like ..
     
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  4. indyonline

    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #64
    report those messages so they get banned.
     
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    CharlieL Active Member

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    #65
    What's the best way to get likes? Does anyone know? indyonline, you said it was easy: how do you do it?
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #66
    It's a community... If you don't like it or can't contribute, than leave. Whiners are not missed around here...
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #67
    Start a thread and share some valuable, new, news. Click on 'what's new' in the secondary nav bar and go respond to peoples post that have not been responded to. Go join in on a conversations, joke around with people, that would surely get you some likes.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #68
    I guess in all his confusion he forgot that duplicate accounts are not allowed either...
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #69
    I feel like the people asking *how* to get a like are maybe the same poeple who ask, "Please tell me what keys to press on my keyboard to make a high quality, relevant website."
     
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    CharlieL Active Member

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    #70

    Now that's not fair, Shawn. This isn't Reddit. Likes are not so easy to come by. Let's assume indyonline is a fairly average user. He has posted 4000 times, and has 130 likes (I simplify). This means that for every 30 posts, on average, he got 1 like. Meaning that it would take a new user 90 posts to get 3 likes. Assume the average poster makes 1 post a day...that's 3 months of regular posting just to get 3 likes. And this is assuming indyonline is an average user. I've seen users on here with 900+ posts with 2 or less likes. So I don't think it's unreasonable to ask how to get likes on this forum.
     
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    #71
    This. ^

    It's just another method of monetization. Either you get 3 likes here, or pay $40 for a post at Wickedfire... Bleh and you would think the internet would become more open and accessible instead of more controlling. Evolution in reverse.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #72
    Well his "likes" is a carryover from the old system that people didn't really use (the old reputation system). Right out of the gate, you can take a 8-10x multiplier for the number of "likes" that came in from the old reputation system. Here's the stats of how many likes are happening per day (January 19 and prior it was under the old rep system... that again, wasn't used much).

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    Under the old system, EVERY user could leave rep/likes, so even with FAR more users being able to use it, it was used overall 10x less. And those numbers are only going to grow as more users become established and more users get used to it.

    The point is that him having 130 likes in 4,000 posts probably would have been closer to 1,500 likes if we always had the current like system in place.


    If you can think of a better way to mitigate low quality users and spammers, we always listen to suggestions. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with monetization. If that were the case, we would have set the bar FAR higher than 3 likes. If someone can't post a single post that is anyone else likes... well... honestly, we just don't need that user. I'm far more interested in quality over quantity.
     
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    #73
    Ah. Well sorry for judging. I guess I can see the fact that if a user either wishes to contribute money or useful content, they're dedicated to using this website for its intended use. But I know I'll probably always forget to like a post that I enjoyed; maybe because of bongtokes, or maybe from not really caring. So hopefully, there's lots of people who care more than me. haha
     
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    #74
    can't use my stats as a measurement, I don't get many likes or rep, I have pissed too many people off or I would have more =)
     
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    #75
    lol I mentioned something similar yesterday
     
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    #76
    I don't get it... I've got 9 likes since the new system just by helping people around here with the new site. and people are whining about 3... laziness if you ask me...
     
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    #77
    I've gotten 10...started out with 34 likes on Monday now have 44.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    #78
    see, it's not hard to CONTRIBUTE.
    Like I said before, it's laziness(mostly).
     
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    #79
    Sure, might be later on DP Admin thought for this situation to give some relation in 3 "Likes" rule.
    No doubt it hurts to so many reputable old members.

     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #80
    I feel like your definition of reputable and my definition aren't the same. So far I haven't seen a single user on the forum that I even recognize the username from before the migration that didn't already have 3 likes as part of the migration.
     
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