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#81 Postby SouthFloridawx » Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:52 pm

Audrey2Katrina wrote:
IMO it would take someone with no life to make duplicate posts just to have a high post count.



I Resemble that remark!

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Actually it's called summertime doldrums for a teacher between jobs!

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Ok sorry but, most of the posts that I have read from you audrey2katrina are informative and well worth the time it takes to read them. :lol:
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#82 Postby KWT » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:22 am

I think its a great idea, though I actually think it doesn't go quite far enough and you really need to get rid of the post system completely. It's the only I think to completely get rid all of those one liners.

I dare say instead of 1 liners to raise the total posts, they'll just do it to ramp up the categoires instead. i think you'd have to change the categories system as well if your going to stmap it out completely.

Still its a good move and I suspect those having a good moan are those who also want to bump their post count up as well.
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#83 Postby Jim Cantore » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:49 am

Also get rid of the people who bring nothing to the table but running up post counts.
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#84 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:44 am

It's the only I think to completely get rid all of those one liners.


Frankly, I don't think anything short of banning just about everyone will get rid of "all" those one liners. I agree that many of them can be particularly annoying, especially those who post an emoticon like :eek: and nothing else, or those who overdo it in the "Talking Tropics" forum where folks are more interested in the latest tropic news (which can be very important to them); however sometimes a little levity is a welcomed break in the action. I've done it betimes, as have many of the mods, analysts, and even admin... I don't have a problem with an occassional one liner that is cogent, and/or provides a little bit of levity--yes this can be overdone, but I find that to be the exception rather than the norm. I've caught myself openly chuckling at the cleverness of some of the "one-liners", and do not believe these to be in any way designed at pushing up post count. The post count thing is gone, and good riddance--overkill could wind up making a good thing into something that in and of itself is burdensom. JMHO.

And thanks, SouthFloridaWx, I appreciate that; even though I do sometimes have to straddle that keyboard as brevity is another area I'm not well known for. I guess it's either the much maligned "one-liner" ..or a general epistle... feast or famine. :D

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#85 Postby wxmann_91 » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:37 pm

Why should be get rid of one liners? My screen is pretty big so one line can pack a lot of information. If you mean one liners it should be "OMG" or :eek: or "It looks good", junk like that.
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#86 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:28 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:Why should be get rid of one liners? My screen is pretty big so one line can pack a lot of information. If you mean one liners it should be "OMG" or :eek: or "It looks good", junk like that.


Like we've said many times - quality over quantity. Many times, those one-liners can be very informative. And I've seen a number of copied and pasted paragraphs upon paragraphs that could have been summed up with just a link. It's all about the quality of the post.
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#87 Postby kevin » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:20 pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you... I noticed this just recently and thought it was a failure of a feature instead of an implementation. THANK YOU. :D
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#88 Postby mtm4319 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:39 am

chadtm80 wrote:I will work on getting [the option to view all of a user's posts (on that user's profile page)] added back in


Any progress on this? I'm guessing it wasn't possible... but if not, thanks for trying anyway. :)
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#89 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:36 pm

As part of this process we've decided to lower the post counts needed to achieve rank badges. This takes away te last incentive for people to post just for the sake of posting. It also means we have a lot more CAT5 members. :-)
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#90 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:42 pm

WOW! I am now "Catastrophic"! -- scary!

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#91 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:59 pm

So now everyone is suddenly upgraded to Cat-5?
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#92 Postby southerngale » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:02 pm

HurricaneHunter914 wrote:So now everyone is suddenly upgraded to Cat-5?


No, not everyone.

mf_dolphin wrote:As part of this process we've decided to lower the post counts needed to achieve rank badges. This takes away te last incentive for people to post just for the sake of posting. It also means we have a lot more CAT5 members. :-)
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#93 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:11 pm

Here are the updated counts. :-)

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Tropical Wave                1
Tropical Low                10
Tropical Depression         50
Tropical Storm             100
Category 1                 250
Category 2                 500
Category 3                 800
Category 4                 900
Category 5                1000
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#94 Postby george_r_1961 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:12 pm

WOW im a Cat 5!!!!!!!!!!.


Beware of Hurricane George..coming soon to a message board near you!
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#95 Postby bvigal » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:14 pm

LOL! This is BRILLIANT!!!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink:
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#96 Postby rainstorm » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:15 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:WOW im a Cat 5!!!!!!!!!!.


Beware of Hurricane George..coming soon to a message board near you!


you always were a big windbag, lol :D
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#97 Postby wxmann_91 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:25 pm

I was wondering why everybody was a Cat 5, LOL!
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#98 Postby Cyclenall » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:43 pm

Cool, I'm now a Category 5 and I just joined 2.5 weeks ago!! :D
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#99 Postby SouthFloridawx » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:47 pm

Cyclenall wrote:Cool, I'm now a Category 5 and I just joined 2.5 weeks ago!! :D


Hey me too!! woohoo!
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#100 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:56 pm

My name doesn't fit my rank. Who has ever heard of a Cat-5 Hurricane HUNTER. :lol:
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