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| What do you think of the new pay-for-posts policy introduced in Randomness and The Lounge? |
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| I think it is a great idea, because maybe people will focus more on the writing/critique part of the site. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's a good idea actually. At first I thought, well I don't really care about how many points I have, more worried about posts. But now I've realised that your point count represents how much you're worth as a member.
So next time I see some wasting newbie with a high post count but hardly any points, I'll know exactly where they stand.
It is a slight shame though, since randomness runs my life, but this is a writing site. People need to bear that in mind and I think this system will make them, at least a little more. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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So it seems almost half don't mind the change.
However, quite a large minority don't like it.
And some people don't care.
I've already seen the effects ... whenever I used to look in the recent posts link, it was full of Randomness/Lounge posts. Now I see mostly comments on stories and poems. Well done people! |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Woo! *basks in praise... even if it's not really mine.....* |
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| I may be new, and this may actually be my very first post, but I'm really surprised by how this site is really active in the writing areas. I guess judging by Firestarter's post that this wasn't always the case, but it's great to find a writing site where there's no spamming, no annoying posts, and tons of activity where it matters most. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Leave it to the Americans to put a price on:
time
air
heat
food
a house
people
and now, freedome of speech in the lounge and randomess? BOO!!! |
It was the Brits that started taxation without representation. |
DARGH to the Brits then! But DARGH the US for not trying harder to stop it!  |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| I do think that it's rather unfair that just because some of us have been here longer, we have a buttload more points than newbies. Really, only the new members are affected by this at all... |
If they critique though, which is really what this site is made to do, it shouldn't be such a problem. We need to focus on critiquing more than anything. It's good to have a "Lounge" forum with fun stuff to do and take a break from writing, but like someone said, when I used to come on to see what was up, most of the more recent posted in topics were in the Lounge. Having the points make it to where there's a balance between work and play. Like Nate has done, they are given points to start out with. It's just like money: spend it wisely.
I really don't have a problem with it, but I think if it could be applied to after you make one post, it would be more efficent. Like you post a topic and/or comment a day for free, the rest are to be paid for if you make anymore. I really don't make more than that a day. |
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Well i really dont care if i lose ten points even tho i dont have that many BUT what is the point?
AND, about the euryoon dollar thingies, i say NEY to that. |
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Since we *have* a forum for spamming, effectively, I'm not really sure why we bothered with this. If YWS were an entirely writing-oriented site, and we were having trouble with people screwing around in writing threads, fine. But since this place is partly about community, and there's a seperate section for 'random chat...' why is this important?
Waste of time, if you ask me. |
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 THOSE points could be spent on more important things like games and ....games ..... |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Or saved to beat others on the insanely difficult points scale. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| We have to pay to be random and relax. That doesnt go good with me. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Waste of time, if you ask me. |
If you don't like it, leave. A lot of the time I think it's a waste of money to keep this site alive so that some members can make those kind of comments. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree, Nate...I hate to see you so stressed out about all this, but I think you're right. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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i think it's a great idea; as firestarter also said, it's quite noticable when you look in the most recent topics section. and this is a writing site - if you want to play games instead, fair enough, just do it on a games site instead.
i wouldn't agree with getting rid of the social areas altogether though - it's definately important to get to know your fellow writers! |
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