Originally posted by Thai-delight at 13-1-2011 21:32
Actually i find some of the posts here very good, and some of those are worth being awarded, but perhaps could be used sparingly, but it has reached a point that everybody is expecting to get k everytime they post (unless you run out of course ) Just my POV. Do as you please, however,as this thread is in good hands.
I give Ks when I believe a post is extra informative or helpful. That is often for a report but not exclusively. I also do it for other posts I like. I use As when I want to make a quick point that doesn't warrant a stand alone post.
Obviously Ks are awarded here to encourage participation so it's hard to assess to what extent this thread can run on it's own steam.
If Joe was interested in properly evaluating how popular this thread "really" is, he would cease awarding Ks and dramatically reduce his own post count for a week and see what happens. On the other hand, I do like the idea of the "shoot the breeze / no holds barred" kind of limited environment this thread creates and so it's a worth while experiment.
Do mods have the ability to assess stats, not so much posts per day... Joe is single handedly increasing that figure... and not posts per view because not every thread has one person driving half the posts. I would love to hear stats that say new members who sign up and actually continue to 100+ posts has increased "X" fold etc. Something that shows members who sign on have been made to feel comfortable by this thread and as a result engage other areas of the forum and both participate and contribute. I'd like to hear that the average number of "online" members has increased "X" %. That would be an excellent result. |
