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Fyron · #1 January 16th, 2002, 07:18 AM

I wasn't really worried about people here doing that, I just thought people would like to know about it. The ranks don't really mean sqwuat anyways.

If I could give you more 1's, I'd do it. Hey, I just thought of a circuitous and rather dishonest way of getting your rank average lower. You could create a lot of dummy Users and have each of them rank you with a 1. Not that you, or anybody, should do that. I am just trying to come up with ways to get you that crappy ranking you deserve.

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Apparently, somebody thinks I am a good contributor and ranked me with a 5 in the past hour or so, cause my average rank rose by 0.3.
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[ 16 January 2002: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Puke · #2 January 16th, 2002, 07:46 AM

anyone who speaks such ill of me deserves a solid vote of confidence. is just good sense. hell, i voted for you. i was actually hoping to find a way to get busted back down to private or something, since my (lack of) stars never seemed to show anyway. I dont want to re-register and loose my swanky handle though.

Atrocities · #3 January 16th, 2002, 09:01 AM

Its called GHOSTING. It is a practice that is despised amoung many forums admins. On one board, I had, as a Moderator, to delete 30 plus members accounts for Ghosting. If one Ghosts by accident, posting a double, then deleting it, then that is understandable. However, if it becomes habit, a sudden and swift reducting in total post count could occur.

Here, its content over post count. Keep that in mind when you Ghost.

Saxon · #4 January 16th, 2002, 12:51 PM

Sorry, I am a bit lost. Why would you want to have lots of Posts next to your name? Sure, you get called a General eventually, but the good posters get a reputation based on what they say, not how many times they open their mouth. For example, I probably have a reputation for being the person with the most Posts who still has to ask newbie questions. And there was that guy a while back who kept posting nonsense and was eventually Banned, he had lots of Posts and no one had any respect for him. It is quality, not quantity.

This whole Ghosting thing frightens me, are there really people who want to look so important that they will create fake Posts? I have not spent much time on other Boards and I know that many people have cited the high quality of this board. Are things really that bad out there? Maybe I do need to get Gold, if only to avoid the Boards of other games!

Growltigga · #5 January 16th, 2002, 01:33 PM

Saxon, I agree with everything you have said. I thought the purpose of forums such as this was for people to have discussions and share knowledge on common interests. I personally cannot believe that people are so petty minded that they resort to ghosting.

Surely the only purpose of ghosting would be to increase your number of Posts and thereby increasing your rank. Does anyone really want to be a general that much? after all, you would only end up being like Puke (NOI puke)

Atrocities, is this really what you have found on other forums and BB's?

Quikngruvn · #6 January 16th, 2002, 06:45 PM

Why anyone would want to bloat their posting stat is beyond me. 'Course, who anyone would want to cheat on PBW is beyond me, also. In any case, as long as the member# stays visible... I'd be suspicious of, say, member #2400 having >2000 Posts after joining two weeks ago (a hypothetical example).

Aside: I want to be just like Puke unless I grow up. I just need to make my jaded cynicism come across as smartass....

Quikngruvn

[ 16 January 2002: Message edited by: Quikngruvn ]

tesco samoa · #7 January 16th, 2002, 06:59 PM

There are alot of Forums out there that suck.

People writing insults and flames etc.....

Forums where people will jump over you because your new and don't have the time and energy to sift through 10000+ Posts to look for an answer to a question.

I will usually read a Forum for a month or so and then decide if I want to join it.

I spent 2 months reading this site before I joined.

I treat Forum's as I treat friendship circles. If it is a group of people who are considerate and think about there actions then I will opt in and see if I am accepted. If not then I do not bother with them nor there forum.

And another thing. When we do job interviews. I always find out peoples handles and what forums they post to and do some searchs on the web to see what there like. As well as a search on their name.

We have actually not hired a few people based on what they wrote on the net. And informed them of that decission.