Feral Heart
Game & Forum Discussion => Forum Discussion => Topic started by: OfficialSwifty on October 17, 2012, 06:40:36 pm
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The thing is... I totally agree with you.
I've seen plenty of people who just copy and paste their welcome's etc into different threads.
I have certain things that I always go through in the posts, but I always make sure to make the post at least a little personal. I've never copied and pasted the same thing into two different threads.
The other thing is repeating things you've said in the same thread. It's happened now and then and it's certainly frustrating, but I still do it. - Some people don't seem to be able to scroll up and read it again, but tend to ask again.
Even if I want to get my posts etc up, I wouldn't take these things to consideration to do so. I simply let it take its time and post when it's necessary.
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I agree with you and with everything Reckless said.
Although, I find myself doing exactly that way too often.
For example: My bio thread, I just can't think of anything else to post than 'Thanks'. Plus it wouldn't be very polite if I'd just ignore them.
So I choose the easy way.
But yarr..
Just because I've seen so many pointless spamming, I don't like it that much either.
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This all may be true & I do agree with you. But just keep in mind that ranting about it may make it worse, because the person posting posts that don't need to be posted will see this & notice this as something that really bothers you (and many others, like me) meaning that they may do it more to bug you, yes this may not be true for all who do this.
Just remind them to ask themselves if the post is really worth posting. Yes, I used to do this, but I've matured.
P.S Should this be locked?
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I often use copy+paste on introduction threads, specially when im talking them to read the game rules, or to take a look to forum. But i always write some text myself, but sometimes i don't know what to write because i never seen these users before and makes me to write short real welcomes.
I paste almost the same answer to the same question at game help, but i always reading carefully the question to give the best answer.
copy+paste helps a lot on frequently asked questions, using it in moderation and is not bad.
I dislike with people who repeats threads everywhere and i agree.
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what bothers also, is when people post on a thread with a suggestion that has been stated over and over and over again by people before them, on the same page as the original post. as then the original poster is just bombarded with the same (possibly, in terms of help threads) useless information instead of suggesting not put forward by a person before them
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P.S Should this be locked?
I think Ramine would've locked it, if it was seen as an unnecessary thread.
copy+paste helps a lot on frequently asked questions, using it in moderation and is not bad.
Yes, I agree with this, I mean, copy and paste is something I'd love to have in-game as well. xD It's always good, as long as it's not over-used.
I keep a document on my desktop with useful links and such, if I didn't have copy and paste.. Well yea.
I think what Ax means is the short welcomes that are just .. Plain and non-personal over all.
what bothers also, is when people post on a thread with a suggestion that has been stated over and over and over again by people before them, on the same page as the original post. as then the original poster is just bombarded with the same (possibly, in terms of help threads) useless information instead of suggesting not put forward by a person before them
We see 'new' suggestions that have been discussed, 'new' complaints that have already been discussed/brought up as well.
Then again, it may be rather difficult keeping track of every thread that's already been brought up.. Perhaps people don't spend as much time on the forum as some of us do and have completely missed these threads before or don't bother checking different pages to see if it's already been brought up.
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P.S Should this be locked?
No need to, nothing wrong with dis thread.
But aye, I do agree with you. I try not to reply with the same thing constantly - I don't like the repeating myself to the point where it seems insincere or hollow. I do, however, keep a notepad on my desktop full of quotes of things that I may need - shortened urls, easy explanations to complex subjects. Because, hey, some of these things will take 20 or so minutes to make a full and decent reply to, and I really don't want to retype that every time it comes up. Same goes with PMs, though I do try to take care to personalize those in some way so I don't sound like I'm a robot with "Hello subject name here, and thank you for contacting me about subject of concern here". Because that's GlaDos' job, not mine.
On the note of repeating a one word answer through every thread, though... that's when it can be taken as spam, and spam on the forums is no different than spamming in the game, really.
I don't think that post count is such a big deal. Too many variables involved. So I'm just going to keep putting along and get to somewhere when I get there.
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I agree too. I only post more than once on a topic if it's my own. --When they reply and all, I like to reply back. I don't say the same exact thing, though.
~~Alaskan~~
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@Crin
I guess you could say that. I agree also with you. It's true that they'd want to post to raise their post counts, but it won't make you look any cooler. It be at least smarter to edit a post rather than spamming. The forum isn't like writing down notes, but rather like a detailed conversation, if you were to compare. If posters that like to spam were to ask if the thing they'll post has any relevancy to the topic or not, they'd most likely not post too much times on the same thing.
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what bothers also, is when people post on a thread with a suggestion that has been stated over and over and over again by people before them, on the same page as the original post. as then the original poster is just bombarded with the same (possibly, in terms of help threads) useless information instead of suggesting not put forward by a person before them
We see 'new' suggestions that have been discussed, 'new' complaints that have already been discussed/brought up as well.
Then again, it may be rather difficult keeping track of every thread that's already been brought up.. Perhaps people don't spend as much time on the forum as some of us do and have completely missed these threads before or don't bother checking different pages to see if it's already been brought up.
while this is the case, it wasn't what i was meaning. i was referring to one thread. one thread that will have a problem for a map. on that thread, there will be four users one after the other suggesting the exact same thing as the one above them. this is what i mean by pointless posting.
i more understand the lack of desire to sift through the posts here for a solution, but it wasn't what i was referring to in the least
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I too tend to keep a notepad in my pc with answers & links for commonly asked questions by other users and so there are many times that I will repeat things I've said in the past if I find that the exact same answer fits the situation. I never just plainly repeat my greetings in the introduction thread though. Of course I sometimes copy paste the usual forum reference links for the rules and help threads etc but I always fully read through the user's intro and make sure to give a personally unique greeting message to each even if it's just mentioning how unique their name or avatar is. Point is I agree that some individuals clearly post just for the sake of gaining a higher number on their post counter rather than actually taking the time to get to know individuals in the community and develop each of their individual post statements. Some of these same users are the ones who open up entirely new threads about topics that have been discussed multiple times and often recently on the same section their posting in. There are even times, as mentioned by CloudFish, that I'll answer someone in the help thread and one of these "Post Scoring" individuals will come and repeat the exact same thing I or someone else already previously said in the same post. It's quite annoying and useless really so I totally understand how you guys feel. At least if a user is going to following under an already answered thread don't repeat the solution that someone else already stated but rather supplement it with a point that will further help the individual ex:
A user asks how to get their character that's stuck out of Fluorite and the next poster answers to use the character reset button. Instead of a hundred other people repeating to use the character reset button maybe take a screenshot of it instead to now back up the previous posts answer with a visual aid.
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^^ Please allow me to explain how I feel about this Topic.
There is a time and place for such an act like for example what Ramine said about her thank yous and all, or when you really have nothing else to say, but when repeating posts is used just because someone is lazy or wants to jump the post number it's kind of..how should I put this..Rude and insensitive...Mild harshness there.
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^^ Please allow me to explain how I feel about this Topic.
There is a time and place for such an act like for example what Ramine said about her thank yous and all, or when you really have nothing else to say, but when repeating posts is used just because someone is lazy or wants to jump the post number it's kind of..how should I put this..Rude and insensitive...Mild harshness there.
Agreed, well stated Rain.