post padding

EstillEngineer#59 · January 5, 2010, 02:38 PM

i was just wondering if you can be banned for "post padding" on TFL??? see i joined another fourm yesterday called kentuckyhuntin.net and i only have 9 posts. i got a message from one of the moderators warning me that post padding would get me banned.

**Mal H** · January 5, 2010, 02:47 PM

Define "post padding". If you mean posting trivial posts such as "+1", or nonsense posts, then a member's posting privileges here at TFL may come under scrutiny more than a member who contributes to the knowledge base.

EstillEngineer#59 · January 5, 2010, 02:49 PM

i assume thats what he was refering to but i mean come on ive only got nine posts and most of them are on one thread that i started to ask a question

**Mal H** · January 5, 2010, 03:00 PM

We can't speak to the moderation policies of another board. That's their business, not ours.

Polydorus · January 5, 2010, 03:05 PM

EstillEngineer#59 how quickly did you make your nine posts?

EstillEngineer#59 · January 5, 2010, 03:08 PM

between yesterday morning and this morning. but like i said most were in one thread that i started at ask a question

Brian Pfleuger · January 5, 2010, 04:00 PM

If your posts have been legitimate questions and responses to the answers, which judging from your posts on TFL I would assume that they are, then it sounds to me like the Mods on that particular forum may just have their undies in a knot.

9 posts in one day gets you in trouble? Geez.... I've been AVERAGING that many on TFL for almost a year and a half!

EstillEngineer#59 · January 5, 2010, 04:08 PM

lol im to worried about it im just on there because its focused on huntin in my state. if they ban me they ban me i guess

**Mike Irwin** · January 5, 2010, 09:49 PM

+1, Mal.

**JohnKSa** · January 6, 2010, 12:09 AM

Here's one way...

**JohnKSa** · January 6, 2010, 12:09 AM

...that you could make yourself obnoxious...

**JohnKSa** · January 6, 2010, 12:10 AM

...and obvious enough to get called for "post-padding".

**JohnKSa** · January 6, 2010, 12:10 AM

Another way would be to post the same thing over and over an over, especially in several different TFL subforums. Carrying on a conversation that requires several posts is not going to garner negative attention.

johnwilliamson062 · January 6, 2010, 09:19 AM

Are you talking about trying to increase your post count so you look more legitimate when selling something?

Most people check the join date and feedback and hold both in higher regard than if you are a "senior member." I don't see any reason you would want to do this except if you are selling something and then I don't think it would work that well.

EstillEngineer#59 · January 6, 2010, 10:54 AM

no its nothing like that. this happend on another forum where they put some value on ur status.(i.e. junior member, member, senior member) but on there it goes fawn, spike, 6 pointer, 8 pointer and on. but its no big deal i got it figured out now

madmo44mag · January 6, 2010, 10:59 AM

LOL- I'd be gone pretty quick there myself.
If a another member has posted what I was about too - Quote them and +1
No need to restate it IMHO!

EstillEngineer#59 · January 6, 2010, 11:10 AM

exactly but like i said its no big deal i got it straitend out.

**Mal H** · January 6, 2010, 05:11 PM

Looks like we're done here. Question asked and answered ... thread closed.

January 5, 2010, 02:38 PM	#1
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	post padding i was just wondering if you can be banned for "post padding" on TFL??? see i joined another fourm yesterday called kentuckyhuntin.net and i only have 9 posts. i got a message from one of the moderators warning me that post padding would get me banned. __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 5, 2010, 02:49 PM	#3
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	i assume thats what he was refering to but i mean come on ive only got nine posts and most of them are on one thread that i started to ask a question __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 5, 2010, 03:08 PM	#6
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	between yesterday morning and this morning. but like i said most were in one thread that i started at ask a question __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 5, 2010, 04:00 PM	#7
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	If your posts have been legitimate questions and responses to the answers, which judging from your posts on TFL I would assume that they are, then it sounds to me like the Mods on that particular forum may just have their undies in a knot. 9 posts in one day gets you in trouble? Geez.... I've been AVERAGING that many on TFL for almost a year and a half! __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

January 5, 2010, 04:08 PM	#8
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	lol im to worried about it im just on there because its focused on huntin in my state. if they ban me they ban me i guess __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 5, 2010, 02:47 PM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Define "post padding". If you mean posting trivial posts such as "+1", or nonsense posts, then a member's posting privileges here at TFL may come under scrutiny more than a member who contributes to the knowledge base.

January 5, 2010, 03:00 PM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	We can't speak to the moderation policies of another board. That's their business, not ours.

January 5, 2010, 03:05 PM	#5
Polydorus Senior Member Join Date: October 5, 2005 Posts: 144	EstillEngineer#59 how quickly did you make your nine posts?

January 5, 2010, 09:49 PM	#9
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	+1, Mal. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

January 6, 2010, 12:09 AM	#10
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,993	Here's one way... __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

January 6, 2010, 12:10 AM	#12
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,993	...and obvious enough to get called for "post-padding". __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

January 6, 2010, 09:19 AM	#14
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Are you talking about trying to increase your post count so you look more legitimate when selling something? Most people check the join date and feedback and hold both in higher regard than if you are a "senior member." I don't see any reason you would want to do this except if you are selling something and then I don't think it would work that well.

January 6, 2010, 10:54 AM	#15
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	no its nothing like that. this happend on another forum where they put some value on ur status.(i.e. junior member, member, senior member) but on there it goes fawn, spike, 6 pointer, 8 pointer and on. but its no big deal i got it figured out now __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 6, 2010, 10:59 AM	#16
madmo44mag Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Ft.Worth, Texas Posts: 1,522	LOL- I'd be gone pretty quick there myself. If a another member has posted what I was about too - Quote them and +1 No need to restate it IMHO! __________________ Texas - Not just a state but an attitude! For monthly shooting events in DFW visit http://www.meetup.com/TexasGunOwner-DFW

January 6, 2010, 11:10 AM	#17
EstillEngineer#59 Member Join Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Estill County, Kentucky Posts: 57	exactly but like i said its no big deal i got it straitend out. __________________ Before I refuse your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan

January 6, 2010, 05:11 PM	#18
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Looks like we're done here. Question asked and answered ... thread closed.