2stevejc wrote:Seem serial thankers,are more valued than serious posters.
First time I heard that one.
A well, at least the serial-thankers you mentioned are a bit creative, there's one in here who usually pastes "THANK YOU EXCELLENT POST" in other people's threads a few times a day.
Quite smart: with only 0,33 secs needed for a post you gain VIP-status in only 100 seconds.
Should post this pic a few times to become a godfather in an instance
But the question remains: what is a valuable post? When is one considered to be a valuable poster? And by whom?
I think a forum needs all kinds of people. Small posters, top-posters, re-posters, "serial thankers", leechers and lurkers, even trolls, spammers, idiots and ass-holes. And to deal with those last category a team of good moderators is also a necessity.
Forumphilia is like a good dish: lots of ingredients mixed in GoodSamaritans' pressure-cooker, and everybody can have a bite of it, put in some ingredients or just watch it silently.
And me, I just love the smell of it...