Perhaps. How would you enforce that rule though?
We're trialling a new newbie system
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Impossible to be sure, but a proxy might be possible, like:
1. Average over .5 emoticons per post
2. Mention Drake
3. Know what "dabbing" is
=>80% chance of being 13
Therefore: autoban
I know intelligent 14 year old posters. And terrible posters who are much older. Don't really see what age has got to do with it.
So, long story short, ban Pogba.
How to you know their age?
Yes and make sure he knows the da Silvas have been promoted ahead of him.
Also, Ji-Sung Park.
Perhaps you do but I would say intelligence would average out better after 18.
And by intelligence I mean mostly about football and its history.
Thats the problem, outside CC information I wouldnt know.
I try not to read too much in that thread but does just seem like the same pointless comments just to get to the 1000 page mark, I wish a mod would just close it or delete a huge chunk of it
For sure. A lot of the deleted posts have been by mains members who've been around for a few years (some for over a decade) and should know better. Newbies see it and think it's okay, and so quality goes down further.
Scrap the whole caste nonsense and just ban the shit posters. Or have a reverse like system. 5 admin 'dislikes' and you're gone.
The noobs is shite because everyone posts tryhard rubbish to get likes, the activity levels are crap so half the threads are nonsense. Maybe let mains posters post in noobs to generate better threads if you won't do away with it.
edit: in before "well you'd be banned".
The noobs is shite because everyone posts tryhard rubbish to get likes, the activity levels are crap so half the threads are nonsense. Maybe let mains posters post in noobs to generate better threads if you won't do away with it.
edit: in before "well you'd be banned".
I think scrapping the newbie system would be the kiss of death for the 'community spirit' the caf has become loved for by many.
Actually think that could work to an extent. What if mains, or some of the mains (over a certain amount of posts?) were allowed to post 5 times a day down there (or unlimited) but not create threads? It'd alleviate constant try-hard posting and possibly make it easier to spot posters that would benefit the mains community?
Was discussed a while back, iirc. Seemed like a good idea to me - but the counter argument made at the time was also sound: In practice this could easily mean nothing more than having presumably good posters make presumably good posts in the newbs rather than in the mains, which is problematic for obvious reasons - and meanwhile the actual impact of such an experiment on the quality of newbie posting habits might be hard to determine, not least short-term.
As for the newbie system as such, I'm in favour of it - very much so. Most sites I visit regularly do not have such a system - and the only ones that aren't far worse than the Caf in terms of post quality are those with very few members (making them easy to moderate).
Why wasn't/isn't the old system working?
Not enough people coming through? Too much work?
Not enough people coming through? Too much work?
Yeah, fewer newbies getting promoted and many people leaving the site after registering and discovering they have to wait ages to be able to respond to posts in the mains.
Talking with some folks on a different forum, they are complaining that Red Café (especially in the newbie section) is difficult to move around in, not clear where to go for football discussion, generally confusing. It has been a while since I was down in the newbie's but I don't remember having that problem. Out of curiosity and in an attempt to help, could someone post a few screen shots of the newbie area, like the forum section list, maybe a page from each section so I can see if I can help them out.
It is possible they are just idiots, but who knows.
It is possible they are just idiots, but who knows.
I don't really remember 'discussion' in the newbie section, what you get are people attempting to post thoughtful individual posts to get likes, but not really two-way discussion. These people just need to change their expectations a bit about the newbie forum and treat it for what it is...it should be possible to get promoted in 100 posts if you really try, just don't expect a normal forum experience whilst doing that.
Yep. A few have been promoted in the past week with 100 or fewer posts.
As I remember it format wise, so not sure why they can't get around. Probably just lazy so feck em.
Newbies should be treat as a different forum really. You can expect to be there for a good few months if you're not that active. Just pick the right discussions to get involved in and post decent stuff and you will get noticed. There's no rush to leave there really as its pretty decent in its own right if i remember. Not that i would want to go back there 
Send all the baldies back down.Newbies should be treat as a different forum really. You can expect to be there for a good few months if you're not that active. Just pick the right discussions to get involved in and post decent stuff and you will get noticed. There's no rush to leave there really as its pretty decent in its own right if i remember. Not that i would want to go back there
They are all proper wastemen.
Just as i was starting to like it hereSend all the baldies back down.
They are all proper wastemen.
This is definitely true to a certain extent, but standalone posts by themselves aren't going to get people promoted. A lot of scouts look in detail at how well posters can deal with criticism in their replies, etc.
Can I get Newbie access? Maybe run some drafts and get people posting....
There's actually a thread about why Pulisic isn't a United target??
On another note, are @Akshay and @Mciahel Goodman scouts now? WW activity in the noobs must be at an all-time low.
Yep. Come to think of it, been a while since the last newbie game.On another note, are @Akshay and @Mciahel Goodman scouts now? WW activity in the noobs must be at an all-time low.
On another note, are @Akshay and @Mciahel Goodman scouts now? WW activity in the noobs must be at an all-time low.
pretty much.The posts have been noticed and disliked by the scouts. If this is the level of quality he continues to bring to the forum, he'll be gone.
Just look at his contributions to the FC Bayern thread. Guy's a wum wonder.
He's gone now.
It doesn't work. The quality is much poorer.
I think that's due to the regular posters usually making trash posts.
The place is turning into a kids crèche. Most the regulars can't be bothered.
Get rid of the whole two tiered nonsense. Probate infractions. Ban more.
You just have to look at the quality of posts from the mains posters atm to realise that newbies aren't the reason for the low quality. If we were as harsh on mains guys as we're on newbies in terms of QC, we'd lose a lot of posters. Unfortunately, a bad run of results always results in this mess. Mains and newbies alike.