limit number of threads started by user

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
13 if you don't count developers forum.
14 if you do.😛

so 14 in total, thank you for clearing that up.

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Originally posted by trev33
so 14 in total, thank you for clearing that up.

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OK, I was pressing the forum that doesn't have it. 😳

Originally posted by Very Rusty
OK, I was pressing the forum that doesn't have it. 😳

am i alone in thinking that it's kinda sad that we can't even agree how many forums there are?

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Again, what are the good threads? Everyone and their dog has an idea of what a good thread it is, and it can vary just like night & day. What a good thread is to me, could be a thread that sucks to you, and vise versa.

that's true, and i think in the main kewpie's suggestion that the 'market' will decide is a good one. most people don't start too many threads, but when you see 7-8 threads out of 30 on page one started by a single user, it's going it bit far i think.

imposing a limit would prompt users such as this to think a bit harder about what the threads they start, just as imposing a limit on recs (i hear they used to be unlimited) would have had the effect of making people think about which posts they will spend their recs on.

Originally posted by Blackamp
am i alone in thinking that it's kinda sad that we can't even agree how many forums there are?

Most likely! 😛

Originally posted by Blackamp
that's true, and i think in the main kewpie's suggestion that the 'market' will decide is a good one. most people don't start too many threads, but when you see 7-8 threads out of 30 on page one started by a single user, it's going it bit far i think.

imposing a limit would prompt users such as this to think a bit harder about what the threads they star ...[text shortened]... ave had the effect of making people think about which posts they will spend their recs on.

IF the 7-8 thread are good threads, I see nothing wrong with it. Especially if they are better than the other 22 on the page. 😉

Originally posted by Very Rusty
IF the 7-8 thread are good threads, I see nothing wrong with it. Especially if they are better than the other 22 on the page. 😉

IF the 7-8 were good threads, i wouldn't have started this one.😛

Originally posted by Blackamp
IF the 7-8 were good threads, i wouldn't have started this one.😛

Why don't you start "Good Threads" instead of complaining about others who at least try to do so. Just because you personally don't like them, and a few of your cohorts agree, doesn't make them bad.

Perhaps you can direct me to some of your interesting threads?

it's mor a question of particular users starting a thread every time they have a brain fart. as i've said before, putting a limit on resources makes people think a bit about how they use those resources.

Originally posted by Blackamp
it's mor a question of particular users starting a thread every time they have a brain fart. as i've said before, putting a limit on resources makes people think a bit about how they use those resources.

Are you talking about the Pee & Poo threads in the General forum?

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Are you talking about the Pee & Poo threads in the General forum?

i'm not trying to point at particular threads and label them good or bad - just to discourage particular users from treating gf as their own personal bs farm.

if you think the p&p threads aren't so good, then perhaps you can accept that if there was a limit on the number of threads that could be started, that particular user may well have chosen to use his quota on something else. of course, there are no guarantees.

i still think this could solve, or perhaps merely reduce, the problem.

but it still wouldn't stop a certain user from continually bumping his own threads back to page one.

Originally posted by Blackamp
how about a limit, in any one forum, of N new threads started per week? with, say, N=5 or so.

has its positives and negatives

positive:
1. People think before creating a thread so the threads could be "stronger" (term very open to debate)

Negatives:
1. Can you really put a limit on creativity?
2. Forums could become really dead - as it is a small amout of users actually post on the forums so this idea could make the forums even more dead (as the active forum people may go further more into the private forums)

Originally posted by Blackamp
how about a limit, in any one forum, of N new threads started per week? with, say, N=5 or so.

how about a limit on the number of ant-bobby threads one user can start?

anyway, I'm all for your idea. just remember, this knife cuts both ways.

your obsession with GB is unbecoming at best.

Originally posted by Blackamp
it's mor a question of particular users starting a thread every time they have a brain fart. as i've said before, putting a limit on resources makes people think a bit about how they use those resources.

why not limit the number of posts a user can make a day as well?