When is TFP due for an axing?
 

Looking at the member list, I notice that probably the *majority* of accounts on here have been active since the birth of TFP v4.0 and they have a whopping ZERO post count.

Lurkers eating up precious bandwidth!

Although I do have to say, board speeds have been quite nice so far.

Ax time - Whenever the Admins feel like it.

Yeah, right before v3.0 went down it was certainly looking like we'd accumulated a very nice set of 0 posters who seem to have quickly returned with v4.0. It did make a difference last time you "cleaned house" so to speak. Maybe give people a couple weeks to see if people are just busy or really are lurking, put out a warning then a week later, bring it down.

I don't know about 4.0 but axing on 3.0 was automated. That is, people were given a reasonable time to get accustomed to TFP and then were expected a reasonable amount of participation. Keep in mind that just because you see a user in the members list with a post count of 0 it does not mean they haven't already been axed.

Ach, I don't mind anyway. I am sure that those lurkers will be dealt with eventually. I am here personally because I like interacting with all of you who DO post, I don't waste any time thinking about those soon to be axed...

I think the Titty Board should be earned. That'd easily get rid of the lurkers who just come here for the free tits.

BoCo, thats actually not a bad idea at all.

Very true, however I believe the downside to doing this would be that the quality of the posts in the forums would be be affected, with people just posting anything, trying to 'earn' the free porn.

What I dont understand is, if bandwidth is so precious, why encourage people to reply to a post if it's good? There's no real point in reading fifty 'Awesome post man. Thanks' replies?
Doesnt that tax the bandwidth and waste server space? Maybe some form of 'rating' would be more appropriate for the porno section of the board? ie. If you like the chick someone has posted, give it 5 stars. The total number of stars is then saved and displayed in the index. So users know that if a post has 500 stars and has been viewed by 100 users, then its a good post.

I also think that this is a very good idea!

That is a great idea. I second this idea. Vote on the motion?

I rate 99% of the threads I view on the TB. But I also like to make comments -- not just "Nice Rack" but there are times when a quality reply on the Titty Board is warranted.

Considering that it's just text, I don't think that it puts that much of a strain on the server. Lots of people viewing threads who won't reply, however, does put an extra strain on it.

Since the pics are linked off server, its actually the long list of "nice tits" posts that follow the pictures that use any bandwidth, and the refreshing threads and loading the threads. Unless I'm completely confused, a long ass thread in this forum will take as much bandwidth to transfer as a long "ass" thread in the titty forum.

I think that this is a good idea.

I am surprised that a board with this much traffic in the titty board..There wouldn't be a *Earn your way into the Titty Board* Kind of rule.

I think it should be done.

Earning the titty board: That concept has been tried out, and it failed miserably. It's good in thought, but people just dont behave.

While it sounds good on the surface I think you should look at it from another angle - what brings people to the TFP to begin with? Usually it is the Titty Board. I would almost bet big bucks that a huge majority of all posters spent nearly all their time on the titty board in the beginning, then gradually branced out onto the other boards. I don't know if it would work in reverse.

Ax away I say, but you'll kill off my brother who still hasn't posted yet and is trying to get up the nerve to post his art in the creative dept. If there's any way to save his ass and ax the TB lurkers, do it!

Earning the right to go to the Titty Board might be a good idea, although it might backfire and stop the influx of new members. Also, I don't agree with getting rid of comments - People go to a lot of trouble to post pictures (something I have yet to master) and I think they deserve the chance to read the feedback for a job well done. Otherwise, where's the motivation? We can only depend on altruism for so much.

Push your brother a little harder.
He won't have to worry about negative comments and the folks on the Art board are very supportive.
We look forward to his work.

Just axe if they don't have a certain number of posts.

What happened to the post count for the users. I don't even know how many I posted, for all I know, I might be axed...

*Go_AVS loses his head*

false alarm, my sunglasses fell off..

wont that just encourage more nice tits, wow, awesome and other single sylable responses?

Nice in concept, but I doubt it would work.

I was lured by the boobs, but here I am, a regular poster. Plus I too think that it would just mean alot of worthless posts to get access.

I think the current system of periodically axing non-participants is probably the best solution to a difficult problem.

Like Lebell, I have become a regular poster after first being lured by the promise of free porn. A lot of the posts on the titty board are short wow, nice, great, keep it coming, type stuff anyways. There was one guy in particular on 3.0 that I remember that had over 500 posts in 2 months and the best reply he had was Damn Nice! If we force them to earn it by posting in the rest of the threads then I think these boards will be spammed with Uh-huh, yep, nope, I agree, etc. I don't think any of us want to slog through dozens of those posts for each quality post.

BoCO's idea has been proposed before in some form or the other. But I share End User's reservation that the quality of the posts* would drop.

Pot. Kettle. Black:cool:

eek, guess I'd better participate.. :)

Hi guys from little old New Zealand :D

I agree, Lurkers contribute nothing and should not be here.

I only found this place because of the titty board. Imagine if it wasn't there at the start for me :(

I'll admit that when i first joined I was a lurker, then the rule about maintining a minimum level of participation started. After that though, I have been posting comments that I think help to contribute to the topic, but in the beginning i did start off with a few of those 1-2 word posts in the TB, and then just migrated to the more interesting topics in the other forums.

Well I was pretty much just lurking until I read this post... not on the titty board tho, just reading general discussion and the advice forum, I didn't even know you guys didn't like lurkers until this thread came up :) So yeah I've actually started participating in the conversations now :D

Guess there's more people lurking than ya think, including people you know (online anyway, Azmodan I'm lookin at you :p)

I too started to come here for the titties, back when it was just titties, this is my second incarnation, and as it expanded I found my way into other forums, like this one. I've posted stuff here, asked for help in advice, posted my homemade Bailey's recipe. Give others a chance to find their way around the board. Maybe they are just shy. or maybe they are like me: Active participant 95% of the time, but at the moment, eyeball deep in final exams, and just ducking in and out.

Yeah i would have to say it is up to the admins i guess. It is there board and if they feel people dont contribute they should get the axe.

In 3.0, I am ashamed to say that I only posted in the Titty board and the Links board. I vowed not to do that in v4.0, and its going pretty well. I seem to keep going back to the Nonsense board. lots of fun there :)

Not a bad idea....but I guess phred said it...it failed

actually cant you like click on their member name and look at their last ## posts? if so that could speed up a look up lurker and ax them somewhat

I came to this place for the titties, but I stayed for the forums. But I wouldn't have done it the other way around, oddly enough. Still, it's probably an effective way to keep numbers under control.

I think the titty board posts should not count towards the post count. Tons of people just post too simple responses. Responding to someone's post on the titty board is common courtesy. If someone starts a thread in the titty board, that should be counted, but not the responses. After you take out those titty board posts, anyone who doesn't have a post within a week or something should be axed.

I was a member of Bianca.com along time ago, I found TFP through them. I love the titty board but posting is fun, and keeps me around.

No no no, you got it all wrong. This is your first incarnation, Beelzebub was your second!

Bah, no one reads classic literature anymore. ;)

I'm a newbie to this board...I'm not sure what a "lurker" is. Am I one? This is my first post, although I read the forums almost every day. I like reading what people have to say, but dont really feel the need to chime in. Beleive it or not, I have only been in the TB a few times, since I only have internet at work and don't feel like getting fired anytime soon. :)

Do I need to start making posts to ensure I'm still allowed to visit?