Are these mass-migrations to 'poly a good thing ? - Page 2

vovan · November 7, 2003, 17:30

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Originally posted by Alex
How do I know how many posts I have in the OT?

Well, the way I do it (and this may be skewed by the archiving of threads) is this:

- Click my profile. Take a look at the official number of posts.
- Then, click the "Search for all posts by this user" link
- Take a look at the number of results. The difference between this and my official post count should be my number of posts in the OT.

Though now that I look at it, the results probably are skewed by archiving... This method now yields exactly 23 posts in the OT, but I distinctly remember having a little over 30 last time I checked, and I posted once or twice in the OT since then.

Alex · November 7, 2003, 21:33

Now I'm confused.

66 posts using Spikie's method.

Doing what vovan suggested, I see:

2590 - official number of posts (profile link)
2251 - after clicking on the "search for all posts by this user" link

Alex · November 7, 2003, 21:38

oh, when I was searching like DrSpike suggested, I chose to search for posts from "yesterday and older", just to clarify.

vovan · November 7, 2003, 23:11

Clearly, my method produces errors due to thread archiving then (or a limit on the date when searching by the link in the profile). DrSpike must be closer to truth.

DarkCloud · November 7, 2003, 23:29

Anyways, hundreds of thousands of OT posts are deleted every few months

so the number searched is NOWHERE NEAR the real amount of OT posts that everyone has

I probably have 90-300 in the OT, maybe 400- but a search will only show about 40 at most

(I'm too old to have more posts in the OT still existing

)

Tuberski · November 7, 2003, 23:48

I show 417 OT posts, and 680 archived OT posts.
2072 On-Topic posts.

I'd easily be Emperor by now.

ACK!

Kuciwalker · November 8, 2003, 01:22

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Originally posted by DarkCloud
Anyways, hundreds of thousands of OT posts are deleted every few months

so the number searched is NOWHERE NEAR the real amount of OT posts that everyone has

I probably have 90-300 in the OT, maybe 400- but a search will only show about 40 at most

(I'm too old to have more posts in the OT still existing

)

Do they get sent to the archive, or actually deleted completely?

Unless you were joking.

The Mad Monk · November 8, 2003, 01:48

They go to the archive, but the archive is actually a conga line to oblivion.

The Mad Monk · November 8, 2003, 01:49

We lost all our original, time-of-the-event 9-11 threads that way.

Ben Kenobi · November 8, 2003, 05:13

Yeah, my count used to read about 4.5K posts on both the off and on. Now with the OT archive, I have about 4K.

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As long as the purity of OT is maintained so that the majority of the people on it don't actually play Civ

First time anyone's called me for violating the purity of anything.

Rasbelin · November 8, 2003, 07:25

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Are these mass-migrations to 'poly a good thing ?

Yes and no. First of all the negative effect is that it generates a large number of pointless threads which are basically very newbie questions which have already been answered or which the game documentation covers. Also some newbies tend to dislike the older community members. The positive effect is of course growth of the community, but that's not good, if the resources of the site don't match up with the ever growing ACS community.

DrSpike · November 8, 2003, 07:28

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Originally posted by vovan
Clearly, my method produces errors due to thread archiving then (or a limit on the date when searching by the link in the profile). DrSpike must be closer to truth.

Hmm, hopefully. I didn't test the way I suggested for OT posts, but I guess if posts are gone it would be hard to count them by any method.

Alex · November 8, 2003, 09:31

well, I have 243 more messagens in the OT archive. considering what was forever lost before, I'd say I would be an emperor by now.

Kuciwalker · November 8, 2003, 11:58

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Originally posted by Rasbelin

Quote:

Are these mass-migrations to 'poly a good thing ?

Yes and no. First of all the negative effect is that it generates a large number of pointless threads which are basically very newbie questions which have already been answered or which the game documentation covers. Also some newbies tend to dislike the older community members. The positive effect is of course growth of the community, but that's not good, if the resources of the site don't match up with the ever growing ACS community.

Those "newbie threads" can be very amusing... especially certain ones

Rasbelin · November 8, 2003, 12:19

Well, Coracle's threads weren't newbie threads, but surely better than those certain newbie ones.

spartak · November 8, 2003, 13:50

wots a newbie thread?

DrSpike · November 8, 2003, 14:30

Only a newbie needs an answer to that.

Nikolai · November 8, 2003, 15:29

Or one that isn't much in the OT.

Panag · November 8, 2003, 18:05

hi ,

well for one or the other reason , apolyton seems to blink out now in several fields

its also intresting to see that more and more people from other sites take a second membership at apolyton , ......

have a nice day

Asmodean · November 8, 2003, 18:25

Yeah...it's like I always say. Poly is slowly taking over the Internet.

Asmodean

DarkCloud · November 9, 2003, 14:33

Acutally some of those posts were deleted and not just archived.

the loss of the 9-11 threads is troubling... I don't think anyone saved them- (I had them saved at one point, but lost the *#(@* CD I put them on, sadly

)

Dis · November 9, 2003, 18:56

no! close the borders

oh sorry, just imitating neo-conservatives

The Mad Monk · November 11, 2003, 03:24

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Yeah...it's like I always say. Poly is slowly taking over the Internet.

Asmodean

You must be fun at parties.

The Mad Monk · November 11, 2003, 03:29

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Originally posted by DarkCloud
Acutally some of those posts were deleted and not just archived.

the loss of the 9-11 threads is troubling... I don't think anyone saved them- (I had them saved at one point, but lost the *#(@* CD I put them on, sadly

)

The OT Archive is different than the others, in that it autodeletes threads that go beyond a certain set limit (time or number -- I'm not sure which, maybe both).

The lesson, of course, is to remember to save your own damn threads.

Alexander's Horse · November 11, 2003, 03:42

I say close the books. I'm here, who else do you need?

Carolus Rex · November 12, 2003, 09:12

It's a good thing. The die-hards will always be around, but they're probably too few to keep the site alive in the long run.

It would be interesting to know how many members still actively post...

Carolus

Panag · November 12, 2003, 09:16

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex
It's a good thing. The die-hards will always be around, but they're probably too few to keep the site alive in the long run.

It would be interesting to know how many members still actively post...

Carolus

hi ,

people come and go , it depends , but many of the old folks are still not gone , maybe they post less , but they still have poly on the mind , ......

some have bought kids , others went of to fight in far away places , some got married , etc , .....

have a nice day