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Originally Posted by tore
No, they can't. Not really.
Let's say you have two users. One only posts long, thought out posts, but few of them. The other posts inane drivel and lots of it. These forums are made in such a way that the latter of these two users will gain lots of attention. He or she would be more visible on new posts or where have you and would have a higher post count. You would run into this person more often on average. The latter person will take over the boards.
There's a problem with forums in that the very nature of how they work rewards the posting behaviour of the second inane user more than it does the first user. To create an environment where the first user thrives as much as the second user, that requires actual effort. So, if you let things slide, they will slide.
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How will your solution cut back on that? Unless you ban small talk in the Lounge then that's just how it's gonna be. I love you, Tore, but your utopianism gets in the way of your realism sometimes.