My point is that if someone posts more (like Hilarious or Bryant), it doesn't necessarily imply that they are spamming (break the "spam limit" in your speak). Some people may and do spend here most part of their day, make friends here (and enemies too, lol), actually they live on the forum. This doesn't in the least mean that they are evil spammers or worthless contributors...
Fair point some of the larger posters are useful contributors and not considered spam Stunna did say 9/10
The question is how to incorporate those type of posters into an exception list if they are capable of making quality posts and still pass the limit at the same time.
The spam has been a major issue for a while, anyone have some sort of suggestion on what they feel fair pricing is per rank?
Posts based on Activity is already being done a progressive scale could be added to it
Group Requirement
Brand New 0 posts
Newbie (none)
Jr. Member activity: 30
Member activity: 60
Full Member activity: 120
Sr. Member activity: 240
Hero Member activity: 480
Current 100 Posts Flat a week = 14/Day
Newbie = 14 Activity = 14 posts a week * 4 = 56/month ---> * 2 = Max 120 Posts a Month Min 50 = 4 Posts a Day
Jr Member = 30 Activity = 30 posts a week * 4 = 120/month * 2 = Max 240 Posts a Month Min 50 = 8 Posts a Day
Member = 60 Activity = 60 posts per week * 4 = 240/month * 2 = Max 480 posts a month Min 50 = 16 Posts a Day
Full Member 120 Activity = 120 posts per week * 4 = 480/month *1.5 = Max 720 Posts a Month Min 50 = 24 Posts a Day
Sr Member 240 Activity = 240 posts per week * 4 = 960/month *1 = Max 960 Posts a Month Min 50 = 32 Posts a Day
Hero Member 480 Activity = 480 Posts per week * 4 = 1920/month * 0.6 = Max 1440 Posts a Month Min 50 posts = 48 Posts a Day
Simple system instead of a flat average as your around in the forum the more posts and more knowledge you have on average and a multiplier that changes the rate appropriately before becoming a divider to keep the max posts from getting to high.
Would factor in Bryant and Hillarious not sure who else would get close to that limit but it probably wouldn't be reached often otherwise it would need to be reanalyzed.
It pushes the old limit of 5000 to 1500 so a fairly conservative cut.
That said those who abuse the system will be caught pretty fast using it so don't think the top end will be met often.
Per rank posting could also go by a post total as well.
Existing posts:
100-200: 0.02 or 0.04 BTC / 30 days Min Posts 50/month
201-400: 0.04 or 0.08 BTC / 30 days Min Posts 50/month
401-700: 0.06 or 0.12 BTC / 30 days (activity must be more than 60) Min Posts 50/month
701-1100: 0.08 or 0.16 BTC / 30 days (activity must be more than 120) Min Posts 50/month
1101-1800: 0.1 or 0.2 BTC / 30 days (activity must be more than 180) Min Posts 50/month
1801-2500: 0.12 or 0.24 BTC / 30 days (activity must be more than 240) Min Posts 50/month
2501+ posts: 0.15 or 0.3 BTC / 30 days (activity must be more than 300) Min Posts 50/month
The only other one I saw was a per month system and possibly running two separate systems one on posts and one at a flat rate.
Two different form options one that says join on per post the other saying join per flat rate and users decide on a month to month basis.
Member = 60 Activity = 60 posts per week * 4 = 240/month * 2 = Max 480 posts a month Min 50 = 16 Posts a Day = 0.0004/post
Maximum = 0.192/Month --> 0.2
Full Member 120 Activity = 120 posts per week * 4 = 480/month *1.5 = Max 720 Posts a Month Min 50 = 24 Posts a Day = 0.0006/post
Maximum = 0.4372/Month ---> 0.45
Sr Member 240 Activity = 240 posts per week * 4 = 960/month *1 = Max 960 Posts a Month Min 50 = 32 Posts a Day = 0.0010/post
Maximum = 0.96/Month --> 1
Hero Member 480 Activity = 480 Posts per week * 4 = 1920/month * 0.6 = Max 1440 Posts a Month Min 50 posts a Day = 48 Posts a Day = 0.0012/post
Maximum = 1.72/Month --> 1.75
That would put the maximum at around 1.72 a month from signature campaigns anyways just a few charts someone might have a better idea.
Could use some rounding I guess to look better.
A combination of the three systems would be the most interesting one
Combining existing posts, member activity and rates, since people would need to buy an account that contributed or has a fair amount of posts to match its rank to take advantage of higher rates and the ones that meet all three qualifications would be far lower in number
2500+ Post Hero Accounts only go to page 8 or in other words only 235 around less actually since some are less than Hero rank including myself
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=mlist;sort=posts;start=210Newbie and Jr accounts are achieved far too easily. It'll be harder to defend against multiple sockpuppet accounts created by a single user to bypass the post limits.
