Darius JOHNSON
GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.10.09 01:29:00 -
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I'm not quite certain when or how this anti-technology was applied but at some point in my hiatus there appears to have been some bizarre witchery applied to the forum which serves no other purpose than TO PREVENT YOU FROM POSTING. Now for most of you this is probably a good thing. For myself this poses a bit of a conundrum. You see... Forums are for posting on.
Let that sink in for a minute. Indeed they are not only for posting on or "making posts" in the common vernacular, but sometimes people can reply back and a two way dialogue occurs. Over times, if you are careful, a COMMUNITY may appear. All of the above are a reason to have forums. I'll tl;dr that to make it simple:
REASONS FOR A FORUM
- MAKING POSTS
- FOSTERING 2 WAY COMMUNICATION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING
How can one accomplish any of the above in anything remotely resembling an engaging fashion with a 5 minute timer between posts? I've seen throttle limiters and they make sense in many cases but never in all my forum travels have I come across a more heinous reversal of purpose than a 5 minute limiter. I basically need to make a post and set an egg timer before I can reply to another. Not a short timer either, so now I may even be out of the mood, which again is a problem. The idea would be to hook people and KEEP THEM ENGAGED. Not to allow them to make one post then go boil water or whatever before they can continue another thought.
So, my query to anyone who has not committed the atrociously unforgivable offense of trying to reply to this thread after having made a post in the past five minutes is this... What do you do to optimize your posting? I'm looking for pro tips only as obviously the normal posting rules of EVERY OTHER FORUM ON THE INTERNET do not apply here so I will need to take it to the eve community.
Do you post, boil a cup of tea, post, cook a bowl of soup, post?
Do you perhaps post, go make a couple posts on a normal forum, post?
Please, help a brutha out here.
Originally by: Iroku Mata Darius is time to STFU and make your GSM place free for someone who got the humildity to have the job you claim and failled!
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