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Mon 04/06/01 at 12:27
Regular
Posts: 787
To become a regular you have to make 300 posts, containing at least 7500 words in total.

Is this word number too low?

It hardly encourages insightful debate, does it, it's only 25 words per post!

Maybe fewer posts and more words would encourage some newbies not to flood the forums with two line answers, but actually add to discussion with their own views.
Mon 04/06/01 at 13:32
Posts: 0
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I have seen some newbies jump straight to the 'regular spot' by reaching the 300 posts target in one day but have only written about 3000 words which is a bit ridiculous.

Does anybody know what Tony thinks about this?
Mon 04/06/01 at 13:25
Regular
"smile, it's free"
Posts: 6,460
Not just 12000 words, but 12000 words in 300 posts -

So if you've posted 450 meesages, you have to have over 18000 words.

Over 40 words per post average. Shouldn't be too hard to do, but should cut down on some of the more pointless messages.
Mon 04/06/01 at 13:17
Regular
"Eff, you see, kay?"
Posts: 14,156
VenomByte wrote:
> Anything over 300 posts, but only IF your word average if above 40
> words per post.

This would prevent the higher word count being
> abtained by further twenty-word wastes of space (but not much space,
> admittedly).

So, 12000 words, then!
Mon 04/06/01 at 12:56
Regular
"smile, it's free"
Posts: 6,460
Anything over 300 posts, but only IF your word average if above 40 words per post.

This would prevent the higher word count being abtained by further twenty-word wastes of space (but not much space, admittedly).
Mon 04/06/01 at 12:38
Regular
"not dead"
Posts: 11,145
Yep, that would be better.
Mon 04/06/01 at 12:35
"High polygon count"
Posts: 15,624
250 posts, 10,000 words?
Mon 04/06/01 at 12:29
Regular
"Infantalised Forums"
Posts: 23,089
Yup.

Something like that.

Guru made it with his brainfarts, whilst Big Sally tore us all up and got Regular quite deservedly.

It's a thorny issue and can only be resolved through lengthy discussion and fights.
Mon 04/06/01 at 12:27
Regular
"not dead"
Posts: 11,145
To become a regular you have to make 300 posts, containing at least 7500 words in total.

Is this word number too low?

It hardly encourages insightful debate, does it, it's only 25 words per post!

Maybe fewer posts and more words would encourage some newbies not to flood the forums with two line answers, but actually add to discussion with their own views.

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