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But that would be more relevant to the website, not the forums, wouldn't it? Some people act differently in or outside of the forums.

By the way, I have more than 1000 comments.

The-Whiz wrote:

But that would be more relevant to the website, not the forums, wouldn't it? Some people act differently in or outside of the forums.

By the way, I have more than 1000 comments.

well comments and forum posts are quite similar, i just think that the major problem its addressing is that everyone is spamming their first 50 posts so that they get to have a signature (truthfully even I did some unneccessary posts.)  i think that this is just one of many other alternatives there could be.  because i dont really think that what they are doing now is the right way to handle it.
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norberts wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

yeah and I barely have 25 comments on scratch
the main reason I go on is for the forums
like yesterday I went on and I found I had like 3 messages saying to stop swearing
yikes :S
that's why I think that there should be private messaging on the forums,

i'll go post something about this

Maybe it'd stop if you stop'd swearing... Oh well 

      lol

jamie wrote:

That would be harder to implement. The post count is a simple feature of PunBB (Scratch's forum system). "Linking" forum post counts to comments could be a difficult task.

really?  but they already keep track of the amount of comments you post?

jamie wrote:

That would be harder to implement. The post count is a simple feature of PunBB (Scratch's forum system). "Linking" forum post counts to comments could be a difficult task.

I thought scratch used fluxbb.

Look everyone, get back to the topic at hand, and not boast about how many comments you all have.

Anyway, first of all, as I'm sure that you will all know: The 50 posts rule is there because of people who might use their signatures to spam. Now, 50 comments is rather easy. Just comment on your own projects!

Now, as The-Whiz posted way earlier about having comments instead of posts:

The-Whiz wrote:

That would be more relevant to the website, not the forums, wouldn't it? Some people act differently in or outside of the forums.

There you go. Another reason. I agree with him.

Anyway, if I had to put it simply, I disapprove. People could just place comments on their own projects (and if they don't have any, they can upload a useless one), and comments aren't really related to the forums. So there.

FantasyTales, what I and The-Whiz meant is that in the forums people act different than they do in the comments. Read my comments and then read my posts. Or read yours. Yes, it's a good idea about making it not count if you place comments on your own projects. Curators can't favorite their own projects and let them get on the front page; they can favorite them but the projects won't get on the front page. And as for the rule causing more spam than it prevents, it depends. Though it is true that sometimes when something is banned, people want to do it. It could be similar with the 50 posts rule. But who knows?