Unsolicited / off-topic comments in trading threads
- Thread starter goldpelican
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tas stacker
Guest
perhaps the admins just felt that members should have a place to discuss selling rules or even grievance
rather than just a flat here are rules obay them
rather than just a flat here are rules obay them
Silver_Dealar
Member
Seems like GP is taking action, I've noticed some of the unrelated posts in sales threads have started going missing. Good job mate
Fraser
Active Member
As a newbie, can I suggest that members are tagged with a WI (Windbag Index)?
Where this index is defined by: WI = Number of Posts per Trade
For example, I have noticed that:
"renovator" has a WI = 7,404 posts / 7 trades = 1,058 posts per trade !!!
"mmm....shiney" has a WI = 15,128 / 101 = 150
"Eureka Moments" has a WI = 6,702 / 62 = 108
"whinfell" has a WI = 2,996 / 40 = 75
etc... etc...
My proposal is that, any member with a WI > 50, should have their posts flagged with:
"Caution - Windbag Approaching" (or such).
Where this index is defined by: WI = Number of Posts per Trade
For example, I have noticed that:
"renovator" has a WI = 7,404 posts / 7 trades = 1,058 posts per trade !!!
"mmm....shiney" has a WI = 15,128 / 101 = 150
"Eureka Moments" has a WI = 6,702 / 62 = 108
"whinfell" has a WI = 2,996 / 40 = 75
etc... etc...
My proposal is that, any member with a WI > 50, should have their posts flagged with:
"Caution - Windbag Approaching" (or such).
How about you read the rules
And take a hint or 2
But it doesn't seem like you can take a hint
You have to fit in
Not make up crap to suite your needs
And take a hint or 2
But it doesn't seem like you can take a hint
You have to fit in
Not make up crap to suite your needs
betterlatethannever
New Member
Abusive and aggressive "advice,help or hints" never works 
Try speaking to people as you would expect to be spoken to,hint
Try speaking to people as you would expect to be spoken to,hint
betterlatethannever said:Abusive and aggressive "advice,help or hints" never works
Try speaking to people as you would expect to be spoken to,hint
I thought thats how people spoke to SpannerMonkey ??
Seriously though a newbie coming in like a bull at a gate and shitting everywhere was BS.
Mbutler
Silver_Dealar
Member
Fraser said:
This sounds pretty retarded TBH. What if you have someone that is helping answer questions of other members and isn't trading? Then you're calling a valuable member of the community a windbag? The people that you mentioned above are respected members of the community. Don't step into boots bigger than your size.
Fraser
Active Member
Relax Silver Dealar, by my calculations you have another 50 x 19 - 454 = 496 "free" posts until you reach the cut-off of becoming an "official windbag". That's a lot of help to newbie's, which (by experience) no-one does. Furthermore, to reach the stage of "renovator", you would have to generate another 1,058 x 19 - 454 = 19,648 posts without a single new trade. And for each new oz of silver you buy, you get to windbag another 1,058 times. Which even you must admit is a bit extreme. I mean seriously, what the heck are you going to windbag about to reach that level and why do the rest of us have to put up with that?!? To argue for no limit in the WI is (I think) doing the silver-stackers community a gross misservice! Without any knowledge of the matter, I expect the contollers of the site are also sick of all the wind being generated. AND if there were a restriction, then maybe members would think twice before creating hundreds of new frivolous and destructive posts every day. So there...
^ i found this quite amusing. Not sure if it will help Fraser buy/sell on here, but oh well, I'm enjoying the show...
I have a WI of just 10. TBH I am pretty stoked with that.
Silver_Dealar
Member
Fraser said:
Look in the discussion sections of the forum. There is plenty reason for people to do many posts. Also keep in mind that people who trade with the same people again and again don't keep giving each other feedback. Some people don't even give feedback at all.
My windbag index is quite low. Do I win $5?
This ^^^ Fraser are you trying to be noticed ? ....a bit of an attention whore maybe ? to make yourself a bigshot . You have no idea who trades with who & what they trade some one with 50 trades could have traded 50 1 oz coins & someone with 5 trades could have traded 5 15KG bars so theres one guy who looks like a big trader whos only bought 50 ounces & someone with your windbag index whos traded 75 kg ... think about it a bit before you look like a total tool . Many like myself dont really use the feedback or ask for feedback to be left i dont care if anyone leaves feedback its your choice .Silver_Dealar said:
Theres a lot of trust on here by your so called WI members. something you dont have & have openly said you dont trust people ? maybe because your a knob & piss people off they they screw you over . Its very rare that people get scammed around here with the established members .
Do it your way its your choice . We do it our way making friends & trading partners beyond the forum .
Most serious buyers just order through the big retailers ,not try to save $50 on a multi thousand dollar purchases like a tightarse. This forum is a nice place with mostly trustworthy people .
Dont go shitting on people you dont know or know nothing about would be my advice.
Enjoy your weekend .
Fraser said:
What a golden idea Fraser! Pure genius. Can you keep track of mine for me though? I wouldn't want to be trusted with such a serious task as calculating my WI.
PS: And don't let anyone tell you that your post was frivolous.
PPS: renovator is a windbag.
