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October 21st, 11, 08:23 AM

@ JohnGalt
I've already said mulitple times, its around ten but must include at least one forum post or the server doesn't begin counting.

You're not pushing '20' posts, you've got 7 forum posts (most of them in this thread, which if there was any justice wouldn't count towards anyones membership otherwise any member just whining about it would be enough to make the problem go away) and about 5 gallery comments. In other words you're barely out of the gate.
I'm not sure what time constraints have to do with anything, I've seen members make thirty constructive posts in under half an hour. With the gallery comments I could make constructive (or even non-constructive salivatory posts) at a rate of two a minute. It speaks of a lack of effort to my mind.

That was loverslove1980's first post to the forum above and almost instantly, has been upgraded. To me, thats an indication its worked correctly. The instant a forum post was made, the server began counting posts and applied the upgrade. If you take the time to check like I did you'll see that since joining the site two years ago he/she hasn't actually made any posts at all until now.
All of this is exactly what I said, until you make forum posts it doesn't even begin counting.

I don't know why people keep asking me 'When' something is going to happen - its all controlled by the server - and so far despite being bloody-minded like all computers are its correctly applied upgrades consistantly according to the rules its programmed with, within the limitations of the fact this website is made of several different pieces of software cobbled together and forced to integrate.

As for breaking the rules down here and explaining them, I'm not going to do that. I don't intend to provide a black-and-white list of what people have to do to contribute.
My posting in this thread - sadly - is not to help people achieve the bare minimum required effort, its to defend the program in its current form and demonstate that its working correctly.

Upgraded accounts are a reward for those who wish to contribute, full-screen ads are a price that people who don't intend to contribute have to pay (this site runs at a huge annual loss after all). It is not a bribe for people to make posts to artificially increase our sites activities and boost our google stats. The Ads are not a punishment or a threat used to force people to post to the site just to make them go away.

Everyone approaching the issue with the thought "How much do you want to make them go away?" has got it wrong.
Its a reward for those who willingly - not grudgingly - and openly give time, energy and thoughts into improving this site (in the form of posts).

October 21st, 11, 08:23 AM	#8
RobM Guest Posts: n/a	@ JohnGalt I've already said mulitple times, its around ten but must include at least one forum post or the server doesn't begin counting. You're not pushing '20' posts, you've got 7 forum posts (most of them in this thread, which if there was any justice wouldn't count towards anyones membership otherwise any member just whining about it would be enough to make the problem go away) and about 5 gallery comments. In other words you're barely out of the gate. I'm not sure what time constraints have to do with anything, I've seen members make thirty constructive posts in under half an hour. With the gallery comments I could make constructive (or even non-constructive salivatory posts) at a rate of two a minute. It speaks of a lack of effort to my mind. That was loverslove1980's first post to the forum above and almost instantly, has been upgraded. To me, thats an indication its worked correctly. The instant a forum post was made, the server began counting posts and applied the upgrade. If you take the time to check like I did you'll see that since joining the site two years ago he/she hasn't actually made any posts at all until now. All of this is exactly what I said, until you make forum posts it doesn't even begin counting. I don't know why people keep asking me 'When' something is going to happen - its all controlled by the server - and so far despite being bloody-minded like all computers are its correctly applied upgrades consistantly according to the rules its programmed with, within the limitations of the fact this website is made of several different pieces of software cobbled together and forced to integrate. As for breaking the rules down here and explaining them, I'm not going to do that. I don't intend to provide a black-and-white list of what people have to do to contribute. My posting in this thread - sadly - is not to help people achieve the bare minimum required effort, its to defend the program in its current form and demonstate that its working correctly. Upgraded accounts are a reward for those who wish to contribute, full-screen ads are a price that people who don't intend to contribute have to pay (this site runs at a huge annual loss after all). It is not a bribe for people to make posts to artificially increase our sites activities and boost our google stats. The Ads are not a punishment or a threat used to force people to post to the site just to make them go away. Everyone approaching the issue with the thought "How much do you want to make them go away?" has got it wrong. Its a reward for those who willingly - not grudgingly - and openly give time, energy and thoughts into improving this site (in the form of posts).