Thunk/Wow thread guidelines
We've had some issues in the thunk and wow threads. I know the threads are mainly there for folks to get their daily dose of eye candy. And they predominantly exist just for pics. That being said, we have had some complaints about what people are terming spamming. What they see as one person, making lots and lots of posts in a row, often only having 1-2 pics per post, in what some think is a way to just increase a person's post count.
We don't want to make stringent rules and suck the fun out of things. However, we do want to acknowledge the issues that some are having.
So we're aiming for these guidelines.
Please, no more than 20 posts per hour in a thunk thread. And by posts I'm referring to posts containing photos only.
When at all possible, please put multiple photos in each post.
Use spoiler tags to allow you to post photos while not wearing peoples' scroll wheels out.
One thread to pop into to see an example is the AT Thunk thread. In it, one poster posts a lot of screen caps. What they do is to put one cap visible, the rest behind a tag. They can post their caps, those that want to see them can by clicking on the tag, those that aren't interested can go past them without scrolling a mile.
Now we're not going to be banning people or moderating people for this. We're not wanting to turn this into a 'who can I find breaking the rules' marathon.
Participation in this is voluntary. We know that some threads have self-imposed limits beyond these, and if the participants in the thread are fine with it, we're fine with it. Posters can decide amongst themselves if they would like to follow these guidelines. Or if they'd like a mod to help mediate a discussion, please let us know. We will be happy to work with you.
Another thing for people to consider, if you find too many pictures posted by one person to be annoying, and if you're the only one that finds it annoying, then how about you put that person on ignore, you make them invisible to you. They and the rest of the thread can enjoy their posts, and you don't have as much to scroll past.
We can't make a thread fit the sensibilities of a few, what we'll aim for is something that works the best for the most. And, in doing that, it means that people may need to not focus on changing others, but simply making it so that those others can't bug them.
Have fun, live and let live, but also try to have some consideration for your fellow posters. Let's find a way to have fun, have your eye candy without annoying people away with 'too much of a good thing'
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