Happy Birthday -
<div class="IPBDescription">Uh, what?</div> Apart from post-count boosting, what is the purpose of all these 'Happy Birthday' threads? I'm not naming names, but a large amount of them are made by a single person... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
People know who's birthday it is by looking at the front page. Other people can do it too, if they care. And if they cared about the person, they would know the birthday anyway.
It's just been annoying me a bit lately, opening up Off-Topic and seeing half of the posts being about some guy's birthday, and all the posts are just +1 "Happy-birthday".
I don't know. Discuss.
[and before anyone brings it up, yes, i did post a birthday thread, but it was about me, MY birthday, and this was something i cared about <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> But saying "look, it's Forum meber #126531's birthday today! Let's All +1 !" kind of gets to me.]
People know who's birthday it is by looking at the front page. Other people can do it too, if they care. And if they cared about the person, they would know the birthday anyway.
It's just been annoying me a bit lately, opening up Off-Topic and seeing half of the posts being about some guy's birthday, and all the posts are just +1 "Happy-birthday".
I don't know. Discuss.
[and before anyone brings it up, yes, i did post a birthday thread, but it was about me, MY birthday, and this was something i cared about <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> But saying "look, it's Forum meber #126531's birthday today! Let's All +1 !" kind of gets to me.]
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He is in NS customization, 80 or so percent of his posts in there.. and he has 270 posts.
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Gah.. it just annoys me. Do we need new threads for it? Sure, every once it a while it isnt too bad, "Hey this guy has a birthday" but with the huge amount of people who classify as 'regulars', it gets a little overboard. Just look down... we end up getting groups of 5 'happy birthdays' in a row.
Don't worry, I'm sure its just a joke, kinda nice to see that someone cares on your birthday though <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Postcount isn't everything. Just ask Esuna <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Postcount isn't everything. Just ask Esuna <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
well he did kinda post the word "post" 4000 times...
Postcount isn't everything. Just ask Esuna <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
well he did kinda post the word "post" 4000 times... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
It was 3999, I tell you!
That said though I think there should just be 1 bday thread a day naming all the peeps in it.
his birthday has been and gone. He made his own thread.
his birthday has been and gone. He made his own thread. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
....oops
I mean, <i>next year</i>, of course <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
anyone else want to join the list?
Agreed. I almost posted a complaint about this earlier. Happy birthday and all that to everyone to whom it applies, but we don't need individual listings every day. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Agreed. I almost posted a complaint about this earlier. Happy birthday and all that to everyone to whom it applies, but we don't need individual listings every day. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Would you rather have your own birthday thread, or one shared with another 3 people?
I post B-day threads for people i know, regulars and people i respect.
If the mods don't like it, they can PM me and ask me to stop or something, but i'm gonna carry on doing it untill i get asked to stop.
Agreed. I almost posted a complaint about this earlier. Happy birthday and all that to everyone to whom it applies, but we don't need individual listings every day. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Would you rather have your own birthday thread, or one shared with another 3 people?
I post B-day threads for people i know, regulars and people i respect.
If the mods don't like it, they can PM me and ask me to stop or something, but i'm gonna carry on doing it untill i get asked to stop. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Postcount +1
Still, I vote for a sticky for birthdays.
There are a mere 20 today. The forum also, with current numbers of sticky threads, allows 13 threads on the front page at a time.
There are a mere 20 today. The forum also, with current numbers of sticky threads, allows 13 threads on the front page at a time. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You could increase the number of threads shown per page. Since I've got a relatively high res screen (1280x1024) I set it to 40 threads per page.
Agreed.
Agreed. I almost posted a complaint about this earlier. Happy birthday and all that to everyone to whom it applies, but we don't need individual listings every day. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Would you rather have your own birthday thread, or one shared with another 3 people?
I post B-day threads for people i know, regulars and people i respect.
If the mods don't like it, they can PM me and ask me to stop or something, but i'm gonna carry on doing it untill i get asked to stop. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Jimmeh, you do a great job of this. The reason people have such a hard time arguing against what you are doing is because it is such a nice and friendly thing to do. If you were doing something absolutely horrible, people would have no problem telling you off, the opposite is true when you become some kind of community wellwisher.
I understand the value of each person having their own thread, but <i>both</i> sides have important points. The only compromise that seems appropriate is having a SINGLE birthday thread each day, <b>or</b> taking that a step further, having ONE birthday thread that is posted in everyday by people wanting to say happy birthday to the people who have their birthdays on that particular day.
PRO's:
*One single thread.
*Easily ignored (for those who choose to do so.)
*Efficient
*Can be stickied.
CON's:
*People having their birthday must share the thread
*Horribly Impersonal
*No longer "special"
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In the end it is your choice I think, unless told to do otherwise by those with higher authority. However there is one other option; have a bunch of people sign a list asking to not have a thread made for their birthdays, so as to reduce spam. If enough people sign, the amount of birthday threads would be decreased greatly.
Unless there is a single birthday thread, for the sake of a clean forum that does not in anyway resemble the horrors of the Waste Handling Facility that Scooter_Blue calls a forum, count me on that list.
Of course you can revive it and try to keep it alive this time.
*sniff*
*sniff* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because you dont have it set under your profile ¬_¬