Post limit before creating threds.

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Hey how about a limit of 10 posts before you can create a thread. It would not take long to gain 10 posts and it prevents people asking questions that could be answered with five minutes of lurking. I acknowledge that there will always be people who ask question's like "why can't i PM" and "is my penis to big/small" but i feel that this restriction would limit these.

[dark_soul777]

It may limit said posts, but I know from personal experience that I found this forum while very depressed and posting threads helped. On several occasions if I couldn't have taken up some time with that I would have resorted to cutting or worse...
Perhaps a 10 post limit would be a good idea for some of the categories but for the mental health related ones I think anybody should be able to post.

[Infidelitas]

Is this site wide? Because if it is..... No.

[kjr32legendracer]

I belong to 2 other forums (not designed for teens like this 1) but on those they have a set number of posts you have to make before you can freely start your own topic for discussion that doesnt mean if your under the limit then you cant start a topic it just means you have to get your starting post approved first by a site administrator which is good sometimes and also sometimes it was a pain in the neck 1 of the forums requires you to have 100 posts AND good judgement / behavior with the 100 posts you have made (basically your posts have to be 100 posts that contribute something to the topic and just posting stupid stuff to build up your post count isnt tollerated your posts will get deleted or your account placed on probation) and the other site is pretty laid back and laxed with their rules but still require 25 posts before you can start a topic with the only exception being the "Classifieds / Garage Sale" section.
It does seem there are quite a few "repeat" questions on here (especially in the Puberty Section) not sure if its because people are to lazy to look through the other posts before starting 1 of their own or they are just trying to get their post counts up. Even most of the surveys all ask the same questions i dont see the point in that but maybe some sort of requiring people to have a certain number of posts before posting their own topics would help that it would sort of force the people to check out the other posts and comment on them and get more familiar with the rules of the site by seeing how others on here act and conduct themselves. What that number of posts should be is pretty much up to the site administrators if they decide to impliment this

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

It may limit said posts, but I know from personal experience that I found this forum while very depressed and posting threads helped. On several occasions if I couldn't have taken up some time with that I would have resorted to cutting or worse...
Perhaps a 10 post limit would be a good idea for some of the categories but for the mental health related ones I think anybody should be able to post.

I can see a problem with making it site wide. How about just in the VT HQ and Puberty 101.

[StoppingTime]

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[Jess]

I agree with this. but also on not making it site-wide.

[Kaius]

A lot of people come to this site solely for help, they aren't going to want to waste time posting in other peoples threads in order to get help for their own. Not only that, this site is psych orientated, no one should have to wait for help that they may not otherwise be able to get elsewhere.

[Fiction]

A lot of people come to this site solely for help, they aren't going to want to waste time posting in other peoples threads in order to get help for their own. Not only that, this site is psych orientated, no one should have to wait for help that they may not otherwise be able to get elsewhere.

This. Quite a lot of people find this site in a pretty bad state. Why should we deny them help because some people ask ridiculous questions? Us mods can deal with the ridiculous threads, it's what we're here for. It just isn't necessary or logical.

[Bath]

I acknowledge that there will always be people who ask question's like "why can't i PM" and "is my penis to big/small" but i feel that this restriction would limit these.

Honestly it wouldn't change anything.

They'd just get 10 posts then do that.

[Giles]

I'm not sure what I think about this. It may deter the most lazy people from asking the same questions and those that do want to still ask will probably just spam until they get the posts.

[Wicked_Syn]

As everyone else is saying, and like my thoughts will be taken into consideration, I also highly agree with setting a set limit on P101. I however think that 10 is far to low, more like 50 if you want my honest opinion.

[Giles]

Sorry, but people are going to leave the site fairly quickly with all these post requirements. 25 for this, 10 for this, 100 for this, 500 for this... It's all a bit excessive.

If they aren't willing to stick around and make the relevant posts that they need then I, along with most others I imagine, would rather they weren't here at all. It takes no time at all to get 10, 50, 100 posts - even without spamming.

[StoppingTime]

You know, I've rethought this, and it isn't really a good idea in my opinion. Even if it was just for P101 for two main reasons:


They will just spam up the site so they can get to asking thier question there.
There are people who will come just for P101. They'll stick around there for a little, and leave. This is just who they are, and shouldn't have to be forced to use the site in order to have thier needs met. It doesn't seem fair to me.

[cpr97]

Sorry, but people are going to leave the site fairly quickly with all these post requirements. 25 for this, 10 for this, 100 for this, 500 for this... It's all a bit excessive.
i think if its made a rule and people dont like it they dont have to be here or prolly shouldnt be here anyways

As everyone else is saying, and like my thoughts will be taken into consideration, I also highly agree with setting a set limit on P101. I however think that 10 is far to low, more like 50 if you want my honest opinion.
agree with this cuz lookin through alot of the threads especially in the puberty section it seems like every topic in there has 3-4 different threads on the same topic like the surveys for example pretty much all ask the same stuff yea some have a few different questions here or there lot of the time i think people just post topics to get their post count up or cuz they are to lazy to check the first few pages of the forum to see if anyone else has asked a similar question that would give them n answer or they could ask their question in the thread if its a similar question.

You know, I've rethought this, and it isn't really a good idea in my opinion. Even if it was just for P101 for two main reasons:


They will just spam up the site so they can get to asking thier question there.
so whats the difference between spammin the site up to reach the post limit to start a post or spammin it up to get to 100 to beable to use the PM function the people that are gonna spam the site up are gonna do so either way you will never stop the people from spammin the site n it is pretty easy to get 10 posts without spammin hell you could do that just by answerin 10 surveys. i would think 25 would be a better number imho but i also think 100 posts is to much for the PM function to be used i mean either way if someone is makin bad threads or sendin bad PMs all you gotta do is report n if the staff thinks its innapropriate they can deal with it at that time n take the action needed (if they make a bunch of inapropriate threads disable their ability to do so just like if they send inapropriate PMs disable their ability to its fairly simple) i just think that the trouble makers will still find a way to cause trouble wether they have 0 posts or 500 posts to me its just silly to limit certain things to numbers of posts n not others but whatever its not my decision just sharin my opinions

[StoppingTime]

so whats the difference between spammin the site up to reach the post limit to start a post or spammin it up to get to 100 to beable to use the PM function the people that are gonna spam the site up are gonna do so either way you will never stop the people from spammin the site n it is pretty easy to get 10 posts without spammin hell you could do that just by answerin 10 surveys. i would think 25 would be a better number imho but i also think 100 posts is to much for the PM function to be used i mean either way if someone is makin bad threads or sendin bad PMs all you gotta do is report n if the staff thinks its innapropriate they can deal with it at that time n take the action needed (if they make a bunch of inapropriate threads disable their ability to do so just like if they send inapropriate PMs disable their ability to its fairly simple) i just think that the trouble makers will still find a way to cause trouble wether they have 0 posts or 500 posts to me its just silly to limit certain things to numbers of posts n not others but whatever its not my decision just sharin my opinions

Could you please write full words? This drives me crazy. Grammar nazism aside...

Thats not what I said. If they have a question they really want to ask about puberty, then they'll post meaningless answers in order for it to happen. It doesn't make sense. Just let them ask the question. I don't think this is needed.

[Giles]

Could you please write full words? This drives me crazy. Grammar nazism aside...

Thats not what I said. If they have a question they really want to ask about puberty, then they'll post meaningless answers in order for it to happen. It doesn't make sense. Just let them ask the question. I don't think this is needed.

I completely see your point and agree to an extent. If they post meaningless answers then they'll be banned and we won't need to see the pointless thread which is a better situation for everyone because then we don't need to see yet another question based around an identical problem.

[TacoRocco]

eh, im not sure about this, it is a double-edged sword. People come here mainly for advice, preventing them from posting threads immediately just deletes the purpose of the whole "advice" part. Some people just need one thing and that is all. I've never heard of a site with this kind of restriction.

[cpr97]

Thats not what I said. If they have a question they really want to ask about puberty, then they'll post meaningless answers in order for it to happen. It doesn't make sense. Just let them ask the question. I don't think this is needed.

dude you realize you pretty much agreed with what i said right? cuz i pretty much said the samething that if there is a post limit then people will just spam up other threads until the reach the limit so they can post their thread... go back n reread what i said. maybe it confused you when i said that people also spam up threads n post useless comments to reach their 100 posts so they can use the PM function on this site i was pretty much saying that to me it dont make sense to have post limits for 1 thing but not another whats the difference if people want to ask someone a question in private instead of in a thread or VM? say for example i have a question about something n i notice that you posted something similar to my question but i dont really want everyone seeing my question in order for me to be able to PM you n ask you i have to make 100 posts. thats all i was saying was either way your not going to stop people from spamming some people spam just to say they have alot of posts others spam to be able to reach the post limits to do certain things.
theres pros n cons to this though

pros:
it would cut down on people asking the same questions over n over again

cons:
people will just post useless posts to reach the post limit


basically either way people will ask whatever questions they want to or start whatever threads they want to 1 way or another.

[jacknife]

Having been on many forums, ran one, and modded a couple back in the day, I can say that this will only lead to spamming.

Other people have already brought this fact up; I'm just reaffirming it.

[Perseus]

I don't see why you people want to put restrictions on everything. Leave it the way it is. The mods have said it won't happen, anyway. Use your brain. Waiting to post a thread on a teen help site is obnoxious and retarded.