Daily Three Post Limit?

[PBS Poll-435]

There is not a whole lot of real cognitive thought in many of the posts in GDP. A lot of bitching, a little complaining, and the rest is just pissing into a wind tunnel.

Three OPs per day in GDP?

It seemed to do the trick for diversity of opinion during the Primaries...


What do Ya'll think?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Heh...I am the tie-breaker.

So far...

Sounds like a good idea to me...

:shrug:

[PBS Poll-435]

3. The 'concern' has me concerned

Thanks (My Dear) CaliforniaPeggy.

:pals:

[JeffR]

2. No.

The yawping is very informative. Not at all edifying, but very informative.

[Double T]

4. Hell NO!!

Censorship of ANY kind is unacceptable. There is plenty to bitch, complain and piss in the wind tunnel about; all of which is good to vent here.

[PBS Poll-435]

7. I don't view it as "censorship." Perhaps extraneous threads could be moved to GD. nt

[yodoobo]

5. It would certainly boost the membership counts

The biggest windbags would just open up additional DU id's to launch topics, and then they would return to the standard ID to operate the discussion.

[PBS Poll-435]

6. (Like they don't already)

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

8. You know that is something I would never even consider doing..

I guess there are people out there who would stoop to such a thing...

Three well thought out and supported posts per 24 hr period should be more than sufficient to "vent" on any given day.

What is the point of adopting different personas except to "win" a debate with ones self.

[Name removed]

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[Engineer4Obama]

20. Rofl

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

10. NO then our newshounds can't keep us up to date

specifically babylonsister and kpete, I thrive on their threads because they cover news so well, BETTER than Crapington Puke.

[aquart]

11. Be decent. Say five.

[Name removed]

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[yourguide]

37. +1

[Egnever]

12. No thanks it sucked during the primaries

It silenced people that post relevant info. kpete comes to mind, he posts multiple news stories every day and limiting him and others to three cause you cant be bothered to scroll down is just asinine.

[PBS Poll-435]

13. Nah.

If there were a relevant place to go see Latest Braking News or relevant General Discussion, then such places would exist. In the tubes.

[Egnever]

15. So now I have to go to other sites?

Just cause you don't like to scroll? No thanks been here for 6+ years and never had a problem scrolling through posts, I keep coming back mostly cause its a one stop shop for relevant info.

The three post rule during the primaries shut down way too many relevant posters and allowed the noise to info ratio to go way up IMHO. It had exactly the opposite of the desired effect.

If you got a problem with someones spam put em on ignore, thats what its there for. Hide a thread works wonders too if you are so inclined.

[PBS Poll-435]

16. In case you have missed it, it is all noise

Concern, Near Concern, Bowing, Geithner,


It all has the same tone.


It sucks.

[Egnever]

17. If you say so.

Maybe you should find some place you like better?

[Renew Deal]

35. It might suck for you

But others like it. :shrug:

[ZombieHorde]

18. 3 is good, 1 may be better. nt

[The Straight Story]

19. How about we limit replies instead

:)

[freddie mertz]

21. I voted yes.

Too many barrages of the same material and arguments over and over in here, especially on days with big breaking stories and controversies.

Besides, there are a select a few out there who seem think they personally "own" this forum.

Setting a limit on their ability to dominate through bombardment-posting makes a lot of sense.

[NYC Liberal]

22. What we need is a way to automatically hide threads by keyword.

For example, you'd be able to put in "bow" and it'd filter out all the threads with "bow" in the OP's title.

[rug]

23. There should be a blood pressure test after the third post.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

24. I'd be happy if we just eliminate cross-posts.

I'm tired of seeing the exact same OP posted in nearly every forum because the author really, really wants to be heard.

[Jennicut]

25. No, just don't click on them to read them.

Ignore threads.

[IndianaGreen]

26. People that advocate 3 OPs per day in GDP

should be the ones restricted to 3 OPs per day.

[saltpoint]

27. How about no posts at all? That way no one would ever be in a

position to be offended.

[saltpoint]

28. I favor unspeakable punishments for anyone who even CONSIDERS

posting even one post, nevermind three.

[HamdenRice]

29. I would definitely favor it for GD, but not GD-P

There are posters in GD who mine the most preposterous "news" sources imaginable and endlessly repost them there.

Not so much here.

[SteppingRazor]

30. I think three's a little harsh, but I'd be in favor of a higher limit...

just to cut down on spamming the boards. Maybe 10 posts or so.

[Orsino]

31. Your description of the traffic in GDP doesn't match the severity of your proposed solution.

What problem are you trying to solve?

[nyc 4 Biden]

i hit unrec by accident, sorry.

meant to rec. Good question even though I voted no.

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[Cha]

33. I must have most of them

on ignore bc mostly the OPs I see are informative and thoughtful.

You're just reminding me of all the junk I don't have to see..and if I do see it I zap it.

[Renew Deal]

34. It was a terrible idea during the primaries

And even worse now.

[Tutankhamun]

36. I don't like the idea. Most days, I post fewer than three, but

sometimes I go for stretches when I post maybe ten per day. I don't want to be forced to stop because of a perception that DU is overrun by loudmouths. I love DU, and it's awesome the way it is.

[timzi]

38. Or Even One Per Day Would Be Fine.....

To encourage more thoughtfulness.

[earth mom]

39. Totally agree. The propaganda on GD-P is disgusting.

:puke:

[grantcart]

40. Yes you Better Believe It would be a good idea

Of course we would get more sock puppets

[PBS Poll-435]

41. I don't know why when Brent speaks we are forced to listen

:shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

43. ...snort...

:rofl:

[Kaleva]

42. Voted No because of the impact it'd have on our newshounds.

[NYC_SKP]

44. Yes, but only for people who changed their DU handle during amnesty!

:rofl:

I'm KIDDING!

:pals:

[PSzymeczek]

45. Some days

it's not enough.

[mcablue]

46. The current system works

I'd like to be free to post as many times as I wish.
The capability to hide threads is very useful. If a member does not like certain threads, that member has the opportunity to hide them.