Hm... lately i think my post quality has been lacking, consisting more of short posts. This is partly due to boredom, i think? But, afaik, i try not to troll or flame, and i have been sorta active in the mafia thread and d2 tl team thread, and i do post in the strategy forum to help others sometimes...

So maybe 4/10, I don't know. i get the feeling that nobody here knows who i am anyway

Polemarch

Canada1564 Posts

July 06 2008 09:14 GMT

#344

I think this thread is giving the wrong impression that one-liners are necessarily bad.

e.g. of what I consider "good" one-liners.
- "Thank you" posts: manner + encourage people to contribute (see Uraeus comment about people thanking him in the small vod thread).
- "LOL" posts: like a way of thanking people for making funny jokes. Sometimes it makes me look back and catch a joke that I missed originally too.
- "YAA MA JAE YOON" posts: in the right place, like live report threads, hype threads, etc. - add to the atmosphere of the game. This isn't some stale academic forum, even if people like me are.

- Concise, insightful comments.
(Obviously these aren't huge epic contributions, but I do think they're positive and take almost no time to read.)

e.g. of what I consider bad longer posts.
- Flames.
- Incoherent wall-of-text rants. (People invest time reading these, and then get frustrated because it doesn't have a point or make any sense.)

I bring this up because it would be a shame if some misconception discouraged "good" one-liners and encouraged "bad" long posts. I think the best way to evaluate posts is Mani's subjective "don't post like an idiot" guideline. But beyond that, I'd argue that quality should be measured per-word, rather than per-post, because that's what readers care about.

That's how I see it anyway... but if there's a consensus disagreeing with it I'll adjust my posting habits.

HaXxorIzed

Australia8434 Posts

July 06 2008 09:14 GMT

#345

Decaf is correct to point out the bell curve, but I do believe as more people's posting histories are evaluated by staff results will change. It's much easier to be confident in an 8 score as a self-evaluation when others have been awarded this by say, Beyonder or another tl.net staffer, after all. : )

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

July 06 2008 10:13 GMT

#346

I have no idea where I'd stand in this system? Looking over my last like 3 pages of posts I'd say a 5 I guess.

Motiva

United States1774 Posts

July 06 2008 10:23 GMT

#347

Hmmm.... I'm gonna guess 6 &_&

Sr18

Netherlands1141 Posts

July 06 2008 10:56 GMT

#348

I don't contribute much but I think I will pass. My posts are either helpful or harmless.

RowdierBob

Australia13006 Posts

July 06 2008 11:37 GMT

#349

Easy 10.

Maybe a 9 for being overconfident.

NathanSC

United States620 Posts

July 06 2008 11:52 GMT

#350

6.

Although I don't always have the most to contribute, I don't deter from the conversation or make bad one-liners. Depending on the thread, I usually make an effort to bring something to the table, for better or for worse.

And I absolutely love TeamLiquid.

d4d

Switzerland1066 Posts

July 06 2008 12:14 GMT

#351

My score is probablly something around 9 for the last months...
Just because I posted mearly 4 or 5 times.

asla

Japan354 Posts

July 06 2008 12:46 GMT

#352

oh, i tried to contribute in the past at least a bit, but i have become too lazy i guess..
june was probably a solid 4

lakrismamma

Sweden543 Posts

July 06 2008 13:24 GMT

#353

I say 6 because I dont contribute much.
I see no reason for writing stuff just for the sake of it though. Often Im so slow that in subjects that im interested in people have already posted my opinions.

edit maybe 5...

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

July 06 2008 13:35 GMT

#354

lol a bunch of threads randomly closedO_o
good morning sir mod!

MoNKeYSpanKeR

United States2869 Posts

July 06 2008 13:42 GMT

#355

I would say I am a 6 or maybe a 7 at best. I do drop one liners and sometimes i don't Contribute much. But I do have posts that last longer then just one line, I like to think around 1/15 of my posts atleast is pretty long and detailed. Anyway, as of late I have decided not to spam as much as I have. Plus i have been banned already by sonuvgaybob last week for this whole purging thing.

Klockan3

Sweden2866 Posts

July 06 2008 13:42 GMT

#356

Atleast 6-7 since they have not banned me yet.

trollbone

France1905 Posts

July 06 2008 13:56 GMT

#357

Lol, there will be really a purge ? because Beyonder started it, but now he is on vacation :p

merz

Sweden2760 Posts

July 06 2008 14:05 GMT

#358

I'd say 7.

That is because when I post, it's usually not useless crap (unless I somehow stumble upon tl.net when I come home drunk or w/e)

I'd like to think that I help some people out in for example the strategy forum and I don't think i've insulted anyone on tl.net or displayed any sort of bad manner in quite a while ;O I've been sorta watching rather than contributing lately though so yeah 6 or 7 seems fine.

FR4CT4L

Australia697 Posts

July 06 2008 14:42 GMT

#359

Going for a 7.

Mostly staying to the blog section as my SC knowledge is shall we say, pathetic. I started playing with some friends last year, then ran into TL when looking for strats to beat em =).

Hopefully SC2 will put me on a better playing/contributing field around here.