Meet and Greet

Don't forget
"Welcome to FAKKU! Enjoy!!!"

and

"Welcome to fakku friend, stay gold!"

and

"Welcome to fakku friend!"

and

"~welcome to fakku,visit the CAFE~"


and people who quote other people without adding anything:

https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?p=1065615#1065615

https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?p=1065602#1065602

wooooow, first copy pasta, now quoting?!

I see what you did there.

Anyway, I would like to say it should, but I dunno after seeing that.

I rarely read other user replies, only the OP.

I'd like for it to count, but not after this spam.

No, posts in M&G shouldnt count. This is mainly due to the fact that a lot of users are taking advantage of it, and adding nothing to fakku in the process.

I agree, im getting tired of seeing a user post in the M&G and nowhere else. I think its ok to welcome a few users sure, but when your saying "Welcome to the forums dood!" on every single one.
That gets irritating.

well i agree with the meet and greet not rise post count,cuz i want to greet new people but too lazy to type something,so sometimes i copy paste,and sorry,i didn'tknow that that was a spamming~

It's a shame to say this but some people only greet for the sake of their post count. If removed, there will probably be about half of what's already there. Not saying I'm against it, I'm just saying it's sad that people would do that just to benefit themselves then give an honest and sincere welcoming.

No matter what section, a post that is only a quote with nothing added should not count towards total post number.

True but some people just quote and say "This^"

^ This,
I do that often, but i try not to, or i feel like im not giving my share to the topic.
(Dont rage Gugu).

addressed to the copypastas:

i do not think any user would feel genuinely welcome should they go on to have a little browse through the other meet and greet threads. Too much those is copypasta, and recycled greetings really shows how much you care about the recipient compared to getting your name up on the board as "the first few people who said hi".

of course, i am not suggesting that everyone who ever did copypasta greetings are doing to it to whore themselves at a new face. nor am i able to come up with a way for people who love meeting new people on forums to extend their feelings of internet friendship without falling into the inevitable hole of reusing at least a portion of their welcoming wishes.

just try not to copypasta every single time, it totally degrades the meaning your greeting (whatever it is supposed to be)

I fail to see why it is a big deal. Why should you care what anyone's post count is? If they are spamming, let the staff handle it. Disabling post count in Meet and Greet is just silly.

Now on the topic of whether a stereotypical greeting is warranted or not... well, that is entirely a different discussion that doesn't involve the question at hand, at all.

Well, I do see a clear connection between those two. Apparently those who spam actually care about their post count; now, if posts didn't count, I think users would be less inclined to spam one-liners. At least those who are just out for the post count +1, I don't see a reason why anybody would do something like that if it wasn't for that very reason.

Although I may be wrong and people actually LIKE to spam one-liners in a greeting thread; then this whole thing is broken beyond repair.

That's been an age old debate on forums for years now. A lot of places just disable post count entirely, but unfortunately people do care about their post count so you'll often find that places that do disable it have a lot less traffic. Less traffic, less spam or a place with more forum traffic, but inherently more spam. Pick your poison.

I don't know. I just don't care; if they spam they spam. It isn't really problematic for anyone, and at the point where it does become problematic is the point in which the staff will do something about it anyway.

Which one is more laughable, the Meet and Greet section and its inhabitants
-or-
caring about post count?

Let's ask my old friend bar chart:




Hell yeah! The bar chart confirms it all!

That's 300% lol! Awesome!!!

Now, I don't see anything wrong in M&G in general, but...