Post Count Requirement - Poll

[Orient Matsuri]

POST COUNT REQUIREMENT POLL​

The following rule

1. Any member of the forum can join the contest. In order to participate, you need a forum account and cannot participate via extraneous means.

is changed to

1. Any member of the forum who has a minimum post count of 30 can join the contest. In order to participate, you need a forum account and cannot participate via extraneous means.

This poll is binding but will not apply retroactively, thus the current participants who don't meet the post count currently can continue to participate.

 

[Orient Matsuri]

@SaladBreak @hijirio @ferret @Ana Raquel @NikolaiMoller @Uto @Ewigkeit @pras @chontono @CypriotGirl @empo21 @MARCOMEN @iowacorn @theCONWEL @Amir @Grinch @hawadharma @Eulaliya @SekretMan @Fierro @Flamez

 

[Grinch]

The whole thing is a joke I swear

 

[hijirio]

The whole thing is a joke I swear

Me slowly starting to think the new user is your alt djdkfkfmfkfmdmfkmfmf

 

[Grinch]

Me slowly starting to think the new user is your alt djdkfkfmfkfmdmfkmfmf

Sis I barely find motivation to participate as 1 person, let alone 2

 

[ferret]

What happened here again? Weren't all demons expelled from this society?

@Grinch
Damn, I forgot to put the word "demon" in quotation marks.
SwedishFailurez has a new "home" now, although he has to use an translator.

 

[iowacorn]

I get the rationale behind this proposal, but when the contest is running on nearly half the participants it once was and continually shrinking for the past year +, to limit who can join more could be a nail in the coffin (hopefully it isn't).

 

[empo21]

Thirty posts aren't that many. It's easily achievable and everyone knows that it won't prevent sockpuppets.

But the fact that it exists, means that mods are alert on potential issues and, like mods said themselves, it reduces the amount of users who join, don't vote, get banned, song gets wasted etc etc.

So it's like a cautious exclamation point that doesn't hurt being added to the rules methinks.

 

[Gera11]

I get the rationale behind this proposal, but when the contest is running on nearly half the participants it once was and continually shrinking for the past year +, to limit who can join more could be a nail in the coffin (hopefully it isn't).

The number of participants comes in waves and sadly most contests are currently suffering from a low number, hopefully things will improve on all fronts. I don't think asking potential participants to get a little more acquainted with the forum before taking part is a big requirement. I understand your reasoning though, thank you for sharing your perspective.

 

[Uto]

I don't really care as you can just post one message in Italy thread and you'll enter a fight with someone that spans over 30 posts automatically, but that also shows how daft this proposal is. It doesn't really do anything and there haven't been issues with this before either. Goes against the ethos that kicked off OM as well. Fact that I have thousands of posts does not make me better than someone that has 0.

 

[CypriotGirl]

If this rule is made for avoiding fake accounts, think that if someone makes an effort to create a fake account, he can make 30 posts to qualify for the contest too. 30 posts limit won't stop him.

 

[hijirio]

Well that is true, there will always be a way to bypass the rules.

You know your house might still get robbed even if you placed a locker, but you still take precautions and not leave your door wide open. I don't think putting this rule (aka locking your door) would hurt anyone.

 

[iowacorn]

Gotta love SekretMan with only 5 posts voting yes

 

[Flamez]

@SaladBreak @hijirio @ferret @Ana Raquel @NikolaiMoller @Uto @Ewigkeit @pras @chontono @CypriotGirl @empo21 @MARCOMEN @iowacorn @theCONWEL @Amir @Grinch @hawadharma @Eulaliya @SekretMan @Fierro @Flamez

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