Question Regarding Rules.

[Stigg]

V.A. (or any other mod that stops by!)

I was wondering what is meant by "Back-to-back posting." I understand that you don't want the same poster to post 4 times in a row, but whatabout every other post, regarding content that was being brought up in the "in-between post"?

Something like:

Me: So when do I get to train a pet?

You: At level 10.

Me: When can I feed it?

You: After you finish the quest.

or should it have been:

Me: When do I get to train a pet? EDIT: When can I feed it?
You: At level 10. EDIT: After you complete the quest.

I seem to post similar to the first example a ton. As do a lot of other members, just wanted to see what your thoughts were. I know that the second example is short and not all that intensive, but most posts seem to be rather detailed.

[Dutchgrass]

I guess that once it starts looking like IRC chat (certain post on this forum *cough*) you're crossing the line. :wink:

[Kalos]

General idea is, if it takes less than 15 seconds to say, it's probably not worth having said at all. Go for indepth, detailed posts. Posts that contribute nothing or are diliberately devoid of content are spam. If it's just one person to another person it belongs in PMs. Try and ask the obvious questions together instead of individually, and when answering try to forfill the most obvious follow up questions so they need not be asked.

[kcma]

i'm pretty sure they mean no double posting, ie. use the edit button ;)

[Tanitha]

It's double posting.

If you are the last poster in the thread and want to add something, edit your last post if it is possible. (1 hour after original post) If it is not possible you are allowed to add a new post. If someone else has posted you can add a new post regardless of the edit limit.

What a lot of people do is they read through a thread while having their morning coffee and reply to each interesting post they see. That ends up with them having 3 to x posts all back to back. Mods like it when they create one reply to ALL the people they want to respond to. They don't like those back to back posts as it simply clutters things.

From my experiences as a mod, if you double post frequently you get flagged - which means your every move is under scrutiny.

[Stigg]

Thanks a ton ladies and gentlemen!

[Gorny]

V.A. (or any other mod that stops by!)

I was wondering what is meant by "Back-to-back posting." I understand that you don't want the same poster to post 4 times in a row, but whatabout every other post, regarding content that was being brought up in the "in-between post"?

Something like:

Me: So when do I get to train a pet?

You: At level 10.

Me: When can I feed it?

You: After you finish the quest.

or should it have been:

Me: When do I get to train a pet? EDIT: When can I feed it?
You: At level 10. EDIT: After you complete the quest.

I seem to post similar to the first example a ton. As do a lot of other members, just wanted to see what your thoughts were. I know that the second example is short and not all that intensive, but most posts seem to be rather detailed.

By back to back posting, we mean the same person making two or more posts in the same thread in rapid succession without someone else first adding a post that would be inbetween the two.

So for example, if Stigg posts a thread and Kcma posts a reply then Oatmealsmurf posts a reply then Kcma replys again and then Stigg posts twice in a row before anyone else replies, this is what we refer to when we say back to back posting. Howeverit's undderstandable if the person (be it the thread starter or someone else) actually has something constructive to add to the discussion going on or a few hours have passed, this is a different story. Depending on the forum, some mods will interpret this one differently.

This, from The DII Community Forum's Rules and Links Thread (http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=495535)explains it a bit more simply:

Double-Posting: “Double-posting” is defined as making two posts in a row in the same thread. If you submit a post and suddenly remember something you want to add, use the “Edit” button located below your post to add material. The “Edit” feature may be used to modify your post for up to an hour after its creation.

Lastly depending on the nature of the thread, double posting can be allowed.

[Stigg]

Thanks Gorny!
And that was Gorny's 8000th post. And a very impressive one, I must add!

Woot!

[Tanitha]

And that was Gorny's 8000th post. And a very impressive one, I must add!

[mesonm]

wow...a thread on how to post in a thread....

Now, I've seen everything....

:shocked:

In any case, regardless of whether we double post, we'll never catch KCMA....

:flowers:

[Gorny]

And that was Gorny's 8000th post. And a very impressive one, I must add!


Ummm .... http://forums.diabloii.net/member.php?u=48781

But Ash has us all beat: http://forums.diabloii.net/member.php?userid=9427


My normal haunt: http://forums.diabloii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=2

[Tanitha]

Sadly you need to register on DiabloII.net to see that. But I take it you put Ash to shame?

[Stigg]

Sadly you need to register on DiabloII.net to see that. But I take it you put Ash to shame?

Ash has 25k+ posts. He puts all of us combined to shame :P

[Gorny]

Sadly you need to register on DiabloII.net to see that. But I take it you put Ash to shame?

Me: 12,131
Ash: 25,823

[kcma]

wait, so he has 25k on dii and 17k here? dood... i dont know if i can catch up to that... ever...

and stigg... he puts us all combined to shame because you're not pulling your weight *wink*

[Stigg]

wait, so he has 25k on dii and 17k here? dood... i dont know if i can catch up to that... ever...

and stigg... he puts us all combined to shame because you're not pulling your weight *wink*

I was wondering the same. I believe he has only about 10 posts here....maybe that whole thing awhile back made post count start over on these boards while it didn't on the D2 boards....

And I don't love ana enough to up my post count by 300 like some people *cough* kcma *cough*

[Tanitha]

Darling Stigg.

kcma: 15.71 posts per day.
tanitha: 9.33 posts per day.
stigg: 3.39 posts per day.

Of course, we can cut kcma's down to 0.05 posts per day comparatively because he writes one-liners, while either of us tend to approach a post frothing at the mouth with a self inflicted verbosity ...

But - I'm not pulling my weight? Ha!

[mesonm]

But - I'm not pulling my weight? Ha!

You have half of the number I do, but I've been here four times as long...

I'd say you are doing just fine...

ROFL

[Stigg]

Darling Stigg.

kcma: 15.71 posts per day.
tanitha: 9.33 posts per day.
stigg: 3.39 posts per day.

Of course, we can cut kcma's down to 0.05 posts per day comparatively because he writes one-liners, while either of us tend to approach a post frothing at the mouth with a self inflicted verbosity ...

But - I'm not pulling my weight? Ha!

How dare you catch me before I edited my post! Haha...that was REALLY up there for about 10 seconds while I pulled it down and edited it!
And I do like the .05 posts per day by kcma. I think there should be a word count!

But you did call me darling! Woot me!

To save on confusion for later. I think about 50% of the posts I post get one form or another of an edit within 2 minutes of me posting it.

[kcma]

my word count will be bigger than all of your word counts. not only do i post vigorously, i intensely make each post big and heavy. so ha! one liners? sure we all have them here and there. but surely my ratio of one liner isn't different from yours :)

think about it. if we both have 20% 1 liner... you'd have 1 a day and i'd have 3. sure i have 3 times more 1 liner than u do, but that's only because i also have 3 times more carefully crafted and insightful posts <3

[Stigg]

my word count will be bigger than all of your word counts. not only do i post vigorously, i intensely make each post big and heavy. so ha! one liners? sure we all have them here and there. but surely my ratio of one liner isn't different from yours :)

think about it. if we both have 20% 1 liner... you'd have 1 a day and i'd have 3. sure i have 3 times more 1 liner than u do, but that's only because i also have 3 times more carefully crafted and insightful posts <3

o r l y ???

[snowieken]

Forum history lesson!

All the forums (Dii, WoW, warcraft III and gwonline) used to be combined - an account on one of these forums meant that you had one on the other as well. I can log on to the gwonline and the warcraft III forums, for instance, although I never had to register there.

Then the forums split up and every account became a separate account. With separate postcounts. So for the sake of example, let's say Ash had 16k posts on his account when the forums split, that would mean he made about 1000 posts here and 9k on D2 forums.

[Stigg]

Thanks snow! I wondered about that too. I went to the D2 forums and tried to post in the OT forum....but I had to sign in....which failed. So I registered...and my PC was 0. /sigh

[MixedVariety]

Dondrei is rapidly catching up to Ash's post count, by the way, and pretty rapidly. I think he might be approaching, or already have reached, 20,000 posts and he's only been a member for around a year.

[Ju Smurph]

I think he might be approaching, or already have reached, 20,000 posts and he's only been a member for around a year.

Thats insane :shocked:

[kcma]

there are work that needs to be done... i blame my low post/day squarely on you guys, JS, Tanitha, Stigg! Since i don't want to be a double posting cheater, i need everyone's help to increase my post/day!! it's like... i can't grind high xp/hour if all the mobs are dead and respawn rate blows :p

[Dutchgrass]

Thanks snow! I wondered about that too. I went to the D2 forums and tried to post in the OT forum....but I had to sign in....which failed. So I registered...and my PC was 0. /sigh

This thread and it's links actually made me go back to the D2 forums for a while. Was amazed I could still remember my old PW.
Forums are still the same though, still bickering and e-peen flaunting in the PvP forums, old West vs East wars, made me a bit nostalgic. Might even reinstall D2 for a while and play a bit. :wink:

Postcountwise I came over here right before the split with about 400.

[kcma]

i never posted on dii net that i know off... but i did use the marketplace :)

[Ash Housewares]

General idea is, if it takes less than 15 seconds to say, it's probably not worth having said at all. Go for indepth, detailed posts. Posts that contribute nothing or are diliberately devoid of content are spam.

I don't know about that, I can say what it is I want to say in a short span, I don't need an essay to express myself

[kcma]

i have to agree with ash. not to mention some ppl are more concise with their words ;)

[xxlebox]

there are work that needs to be done... i blame my low post/day squarely on you guys, JS, Tanitha, Stigg! Since i don't want to be a double posting cheater, i need everyone's help to increase my post/day!! it's like... i can't grind high xp/hour if all the mobs are dead and respawn rate blows :p

I try to react asap, but you dont kill mobs fast enough ;)

[kcma]

no no, you need to be more active :D

[xxlebox]

I'm on like 12/7, that not enough for you? :P

[kcma]

12/7 and u get 370+ post in 7 months? you should be ashamed of yourself :D

[Ash Housewares]

I'm not crazy about this posting about posting, but, here is what you need to do

get an avatar of a woman, you have a theory that people respond to women more right? well there you go, you have visual stimuli, and perhaps you will be motivated to post more just to gawk at your own avatar

or you could play the game or something, your choice

[kcma]

the irony of that coming from you of all people <3

ps. we've moved on to my battered fingers.

[idealises]

here is a good site for irc help .. www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html

[xxlebox]

12/7 and u get 370+ post in 7 months? you should be ashamed of yourself :D

well, I have stopped playing WoW for like 4 months, and in that time, I wasn't on the forums as well, so... :wink:

But I'm back in business and addicted again, so everything is alright with me :P

[kcma]

good, now go play on TVC with us!

[snowieken]

here is a good site for irc help .. www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.htmlNo one asked for irc help, so naturally this post makes my moderator finger itch. Then again, there is nothing wrong with that site. But we have lots of advert spam to deal with in this part of the forum, and the unsollicitated posting of that link makes my alarm bell ring.

So, watch your step.

[xxlebox]

good, now go play on TVC with us!

yeah, but you need to get an account for me first :O
I'm on EU remember? xP

I'm not crazy about this posting about posting, but, here is what you need to do

get an avatar of a woman, you have a theory that people respond to women more right? well there you go, you have visual stimuli, and perhaps you will be motivated to post more just to gawk at your own avatar

or you could play the game or something, your choice

well, I do like your pic ;)
she's from Kingdom of Heaven isn't she? ^^

[Ash Housewares]

well, I do like your pic ;)
she's from Kingdom of Heaven isn't she? ^^

she was in that one, though I never saw it

[kcma]

i thought that was ash, and i thought. hey, that ash's kindda cute...

[xxlebox]

hehe if ash would've looked like that... then, wait. Isn't Ash a guy? :shocked:

[kcma]

yeh he is :p but that doesn't mean he can't look like that *wink*

[xxlebox]

if there was any guy looking like that, I don't think alot of guys would still be hetero-sexual lol xP

[kcma]

ohhh, transgenders can be sooooo hot *wink*

[Idol]

ohhh, transgenders can be sooooo hot *wink*

For some reason, when I read that, I said the 'wink' bit in a wierdly high voice. 0.o

[kcma]

funny because your sig says love me and want to be with me? you should start taking hermones ;)

[xxlebox]

rofl :P I don't dare click the link, but I'm very anxious (if that's right word... damn, my english sucks)

[Foonyak]

I don't dare click the link

It's a safe link...:grin:...it goes to the EU WWN members' Guild Thread.