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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24886
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19. Put out or get out.
If you do not post at least once within 48 hours of registering your account, it will be deleted. You may register it again if you so desire, but the same rule applies. If you cannot post because you are having trouble activating your account, please e-mail Syd.
This is mostly a housekeeping measure, but it is in direct response to the iffy circumstances surrounding a certain forum battle vote.
#EDIT: This rule has been changed from 48 hours to one week. One week feels a lot more reasonable.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
Posts: 3475
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Wait, members are getting other people they know to randomly come on the board and vote for them? 
That's fucking pathetic.
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 There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
Posts: 7565
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No problems with this at all.
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| Wait, members are getting other people they know to randomly come on the board and vote for them? |
Not quite, but something similar.
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SevereFlame
Title: Superpowered President
Joined: Dec 07 2008
Location: White House In The Sky
Posts: 529
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This rule is needed. I'm still concerned over how new members are going to see the "eMail Syd for help" thing.
And what if you're not on during those 48 hours?
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24886
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48 hours is a minimum, and I check my e-mail compulsively. Most of thee accounts probably won't be deleted for closer to 72-96 hours. 48 hours is to give people a sense of urgency.
Also, you don't have to be registered to read the boards. People can read the rules without being logged in.
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SoldierHawk
Moderator
Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6113
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True. And if you created an account with good intentions and just never got around to posting, and its deleted...well it takes what, two minutes to re-create it?
Good rule, Syd.
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| William Shakespeare wrote: |
| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. |
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
19. Put out or get out.
If you do not post at least once within 48 hours of registering your account, it will be deleted. You may register it again if you so desire, but the same rule applies. If you cannot post because you are having trouble activating your account, please e-mail Syd.
This is mostly a housekeeping measure, but it is in direct response to the iffy circumstances surrounding a certain forum battle vote. |
Only drawback is people can still vote and then get deleted.
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Hacker
Banned
Joined: Sep 13 2008
Posts: 3129
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have fun deleting all the zero post acounts
arn't there like 50
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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have fun deleting all the zero post acounts
arn't there like 50 |
Syd it's really weird I mean I know hacker has posted but it says 0 posts next to his name..OH WELL! 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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| Douche McCallister wrote: |
| hacker wrote: |
have fun deleting all the zero post acounts
arn't there like 50 |
Syd it's really weird I mean I know hacker has posted but it says 0 posts next to his name..OH WELL! |
HA!
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Dr. Jeebus
Moderator
Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 5228
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There were 2 accounts created today by the same person. I think you should make people who try to register for the forums get your approval first, so people can't keep signing up with similar names/e-mails.
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dr.jeebus.sydlexia.com - Updated sometimes, but on hiatus!
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| The three greatest heels in history...Andy Kaufman, Triple H, and Dr. Jeebus |
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SoldierHawk
Moderator
Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6113
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| There were 2 accounts created today by the same person. I think you should make people who try to register for the forums get your approval first, so people can't keep signing up with similar names/e-mails. |
Actually, that's not a bad idea. The only problem I can see is the sheer amount of traffic the site gets...would it be a huge pain in the ass to sort through and approve/disapprove all the requests? Or do we not get that many per day?
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| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. |
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
Posts: 1591
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Hawk, we've only got like, 600 total. Looking back over the last little while, we are getting one every couple of days, occasionally two in a day. That's plenty low. I don't think it'd be much of a problem, especially compared to a lot of much bigger forums that do that, some places you'll end up waiting a week on average. Here the most you'd have to wait is a couple days.
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<Drew_Linky> Well, I've eaten vegetables all of once in my life.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24886
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| There were 2 accounts created today by the same person. I think you should make people who try to register for the forums get your approval first, so people can't keep signing up with similar names/e-mails. |
I would never join a forum that had that requirement, so I can't in good conscience require it on my own. This is the age of instant gratification, dammit!
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Lottel
Title: of the Eternal BWOG
Joined: Sep 02 2008
Posts: 1123
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Syd. Can't you install a thingy that checks IP or email addresses.
If someone tries to sign up with identical ones, it won't let them and messages you about it?
Seems that would be helpful AND non-intrusive while allowing them instant access usually.
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SoldierHawk
Moderator
Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6113
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I would never join a forum that had that requirement, so I can't in good conscience require it on my own. This is the age of instant gratification, dammit! |
Why not? That requirement never really bugged me, personally. I always asssumed it was to prevent...exactly the sort of thing it seems we're trying to prevent. *shrug*
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| William Shakespeare wrote: |
| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. |
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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What if I go away for a weekend, or don't have anything to say? Just because I am gone for two or more days doesnt mean i dont want to be on the site, either.
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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If you sign up, post. Nothing else to it. Why else do you sign up?
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Dr. Jeebus
Moderator
Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 5228
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| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
| What if I go away for a weekend, or don't have anything to say? Just because I am gone for two or more days doesnt mean i dont want to be on the site, either. |
This is only for NEW accounts
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dr.jeebus.sydlexia.com - Updated sometimes, but on hiatus!
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| The three greatest heels in history...Andy Kaufman, Triple H, and Dr. Jeebus |
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24886
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Yeah, this is only for new accounts. Only accounts with ZERO posts are in danger of being deleted.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24886
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I have changed the "You Must Post Or You Get Deleted" period from 48 hours to one week. It seems a lot more fair.
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SoldierHawk
Moderator
Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6113
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^ Not a bad move, actually. 48 hours seems reasonable too, but I agree that a week is about right. That way people have plenty of time, but its not excessively long for non-posters to clog up the works.
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| William Shakespeare wrote: |
| Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. |
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Dr. Jeebus
Moderator
Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 5228
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48 hours should be more than enough since anyone joining would likely be doing so to immediately respond to something since you there's no delay in signing up, but there's no harm in extending it to a full week just in case. That is, until the next forum battle...
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dr.jeebus.sydlexia.com - Updated sometimes, but on hiatus!
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| The three greatest heels in history...Andy Kaufman, Triple H, and Dr. Jeebus |
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Why would someone sign up and not be interested in posting almost immediately?
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Rydog
Title: Dragon Slayer
Joined: Aug 11 2009
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1511
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My first post was at least a day after I signed up....a week is better than two days. It allows you to weed out the non-posters as well as prevents you from unintentionally knocking off a legit newcomer.
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