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@Mod Team Bravo, this might sound self-serving but if you want to have a better weighting of thread relevance, add the weighting of likes and thanks to get an indication of popularity. At present, you can drive up view count with a bunch of folks just posting their name pitches endlessly in a thread but the content value can be extremely low. This is an indication of activity but not of popularity or utility.
That's what she... ummm .. never mind! lol@Ategy.com for showing us that longer can be better
Hi
that is not true
If he starts a thread that is posted n general discussion section to discuss his escrow service, then that is promotion.
it should be in Advertising section
if he replies to a thread, where the OP is asking about another platforms escrow service (uni or sedo) and he talks about his services, fee's etc, in that thread, then that is promotional.
when he starts a thread in general discussion section about being bullish on .org and talks about reg fee pricing at his service for .org, then that is promotional
there are LOTS of impressional, gullible folks on this forum and they are being taken advantage of, to that extent.
if the intent is discussion, enlightenment, helpful, advisory, etc, then why you have to promote who you work for in each of those threads?
who else does this on the forum?
imo...
Oops, I need to be more eloquent with my wording. I didn't paint a a good picture....Sounds good in theory .. but the problem is that there are also self-inflating "like groups" as well .. go into the Meet and Greet section .. there are some who give "Likes" to the same people even if they post just one or two words .. but at the same time those same people don't give likes to people who actually engage or help the newcomer. It's pretty funny how obvious it is actually! lol
I spend hours behind my daily auction lists that I share here at NamePros .. yet only get 0-2 likes per post on average out of well over 100 views, yet people get 6-7 likes for literally posting one word ... "welcome"! I'd say I don't care .. but the truth is that some people, particularly new members, could certainly see "likes" as credibility .. which is why I feel @NamePros should set a minimum character count in some sections before a post can be "liked" .. or better yet .. turn off likes in all sections that aren't focused specifically on domains.
Can't say too much about that as I'm now on the Like leader board myself! lol .. Although I still want to see a character count leader board! Make it happen @NamePros !!!
That's what she... ummm .. never mind! lol
Sounds good in theory .. but the problem is that there are also self-inflating "like groups" as well .. go into the Meet and Greet section .. there are some who give "Likes" to the same people even if they post just one or two words .. but at the same time those same people don't give likes to people who actually engage or help the newcomer. It's pretty funny how obvious it is actually! lol
I spend hours behind my daily auction lists that I share here at NamePros .. yet only get 0-2 likes per post on average out of well over 100 views, yet people get 6-7 likes for literally posting one word ... "welcome"! I'd say I don't care .. but the truth is that some people, particularly new members, could certainly see "likes" as credibility .. which is why I feel @NamePros should set a minimum character count in some sections before a post can be "liked" .. or better yet .. turn off likes in all sections that aren't focused specifically on domains.
Can't say too much about that as I'm now on the Like leader board myself! lol .. Although I still want to see a character count leader board! Make it happen @NamePros !!!
That's what she... ummm .. never mind! lol
I "liked" your post, for no other reason than you need a cyber hug.a LIKE to me is worth
NOTHING
a THANKS
is what I appreciate
a LIKE to me is worth
NOTHING
a THANKS
is what I appreciate
I do agree about the Rob profile getting a bit out of hand, blimey wasn't it Religion that started take over (or it Nigerians) I don't know because I stopped reading any of them. Still moving my names to Epik though, I can separate the two
Everything can be manipulated, but we try to make it more challenging.And the ranking cannot be manipulated by the thread OP to rise I assume
This may be a bug where the widgets do not always take into consideration the Ignore list; we'll look into it.when I ignore someone
I would expect not to see any of his posts
One day.where are we on a membership leaderboard based on character count and/or % of database content?
Replies tend to take a lot more effort than any other type of interaction, reaction, or engagement with a thread, so we prefer to use this form of activity as the best metric for popularity.this might sound self-serving but if you want to have a better weighting of thread relevance, add the weighting of likes and thanks to get an indication of popularity. At present, you can drive up view count with a bunch of folks just posting their name pitches endlessly in a thread but the content value can be extremely low. This is an indication of activity but not of popularity or utility.
We've thought about doing that for reactions and post count, but we've decided to create new counters for posts and reactions within domain-specific sections. This way, there will be every-section totals (that's what we have now) and domain-centric totals. We'll then show the domain-centric totals next to members' posts and the every-section totals on member profiles. (This likely won't be finished anytime soon, but one day.)or better yet .. turn off likes in all sections that aren't focused specifically on domains.
Yes, it was part of a paid promotion. When the promotion ended, moderators felt it should be organized under Reviews.If you mean this thread:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/if...scrow-you-are-wasting-time-and-money.1119508/
As I recall, that post was part of a sponsorship deal. It was linked from a banner ad on Namepros. The banner campaign finished but the thread still exists. If has some meaty discussion.
I do agree about the Rob profile getting a bit out of hand, blimey wasn't it Religion that started to take over.(or was that Nigerians) I don't know because I stopped reading any of them. Still moving my names to Epik though, I can separate the two
I've been a member of NamePros for 4 years. I don't have to say that I have been relatively active.
Silentptnr - Member Since 2015 / 12,866 Posts / 34,081 Likes
Rob Monster - Member Since 2011 / 2,564 Posts / 8,439 Likes
Frank Germany - Member Since 2015 / 7,287 Posts / 9,068 Likes
I don't see anything in those numbers that suggest Rob is flooding this forum that already has perhaps millions of posts. I don't see anyone "Taking Over" the forum. I appreciate Rob's posts as I do the posts of others.
As for policing, I hold the position that yes, community watch is important, but let the management do the policing. It has been far too obvious that some members are put off by Rob to the detriment of otherwise insightful threads. It shouldn't be so obvious. It's just too easy to look the other way or find something else to read.
As for marketing/advertising, Rob is the owner of Epik along with other assets. That's not a bad thing. It is what it is. He just needs to follow the same rules we all do and NamePros management has made it clear that they are working with Rob to be sure he doesn't accidentally or otherwise, break any rules.
I have come to appreciate Rob's thoughtful, inclusive, open, go-getter, philosophical, rebel, personality. I also respect his accomplishments. We should all, always, try to be respectful.
Namepros is not an easy crowd. I applaud his clear success at starting good conversations. He does that in real life too.
I hope you can find a way to manage your busy weeks ahead and continue contributing as you have been.Thanks for that.
We have a lot going on. That's true. I believe we can help the industry re-ignite some growth engines that are dearly needed.
The recent exchange with NameBio here shows that we can have some healthy banter and people bring their experiences and some folks bring their data. The tone is mostly civil.
The linking to products or example is done in the context. We'll see if we can dial that back. Like I said elsewhere, some busy weeks ahead so will defer to others to keep NP exciting.
Good luck! Will try to answer PMs asap.
There are a lot of things to unpack in this thread,
First I will say, the mods should be on top of a post and making a reply on whether what's going on in a thread is ok, they can have a rubber stamp, copy and paste, something a long the lines of, "this post is well within the rules of namepros so no need to report it, it's allowed." So after the first report, they will not get repetitive reports taking up their time
Like look I asked a question because all hell was breaking loose off Namepros https://www.namepros.com/threads/wh...e-offthehandle-katebuckley-situation.1163067/
I asked what is the Namepros official position? @NamePros @Mod Team Echo @Mod Team Alfa @Mod Team Bravo Was the post in violation of a Namepros rule?
The next day a friend texted me and said "I see they doxxed offthehandle on Twitter, will Namepros ban those people?" My reply hell if I know, open a thread and ask. Their reply, "f*ck NO!"
Secondly your signature line should be used effectively to market if that is a goal here, so don't put your services in every post, I think Rob is trying to do both in my opinion, he is trying to give advice how he sees it, and he a lot of experience and I think he tries to help. He also wants people to use his company and their products, which makes sense, but a forum does have rules how much promotion in a discussion thread you have, and that can be tweaked.
Thirdly, People are going to go after people they don't like, over 15 years here i have had people dm me asking if I could help, "Can you post against this member? "Dislike this post please"
Here is another tidbit for the new or the old that are uninformed, there are spies here, and there are people here who don't like domainers, yes they belong to a domain forum and they don't like domainers. Some it's about morality others it's jealousy or they love being a troll. But there are members that will email a company letting them know that there is talk about a name that might violate their intellectual property. In a heated back and forth back in like 2009 I was asking someone who told me what they thought of domainers why are they on Namepros? I was like you are a domainer, "No Raymond I am not a domainer, call me anything you like but please never call me a domainer."
There is a lot of petty stuff that goes on, I modded it for 12 years. At least with Rob and Frank here it's open and transparent, I respect someone saying I don't like this. It's the mods job to say if you don't like it you might need to move on or change your viewing habits if it's allowed here.
@Ategy.com is correct that posts that get moved here or reviews do lose steam, except for those that go after Rob.
There were people who used to report incomplete whois on other members back in the day.
Look I spoke to someone on Saturday I haven't seen on here in awhile, they are like a 2006 join date, and I said why are you never on Namepros? I hate they allowed politics. I said I don't care for it either and avoid it, it's easy to avoid, (In 15 years I have spent 15 minutes in all breakroom threads) so just don't go to that section, the mods do a great job of keeping that out. Their reply was that they can see it on the sidebar and the very notion it exists made them leave namepros. Ok what can you do? And I am cool with this person, known them for years, hate political discussion more than they do but I respect it's in a section that I can avoid. Everyone is not going to get everything they want, this is not Twitter, or Facebook where, you are triggering me brah, I am offended brah, I am going to tweet about you and ruin your life brah, now your banned brah, gfy Brah.
That's not what this place is you can't bully someone into silence (the day that happens the boycott should begin), when you get to a point there are too many allowed things you don't like, you have to leave.
So those 'spies' i im guessing are TM lawyers who are looking to find thier next potential client. This is whole new information for me. We should be more careful with our names then.
I actually laughed hard reading your post. Especially about the old friend that left NP because he could see the side bar. Too funny.There are a lot of things to unpack in this thread,
First I will say, the mods should be on top of a post and making a reply on whether what's going on in a thread is ok, they can have a rubber stamp, copy and paste, something a long the lines of, "this post is well within the rules of namepros so no need to report it, it's allowed." So after the first report, they will not get repetitive reports taking up their time
Like look I asked a question because all hell was breaking loose off Namepros https://www.namepros.com/threads/wh...e-offthehandle-katebuckley-situation.1163067/
I asked what is the Namepros official position? @NamePros @Mod Team Echo @Mod Team Alfa @Mod Team Bravo Was the post in violation of a Namepros rule?
The next day a friend texted me and said "I see they doxxed offthehandle on Twitter, will Namepros ban those people?" My reply hell if I know, open a thread and ask. Their reply, "f*ck NO!"
Secondly your signature line should be used effectively to market if that is a goal here, so don't put your services in every post, I think Rob is trying to do both in my opinion, he is trying to give advice how he sees it, and he a lot of experience and I think he tries to help. He also wants people to use his company and their products, which makes sense, but a forum does have rules how much promotion in a discussion thread you have, and that can be tweaked.
Thirdly, People are going to go after people they don't like, over 15 years here i have had people dm me asking if I could help, "Can you post against this member? "Dislike this post please"
Here is another tidbit for the new or the old that are uninformed, there are spies here, and there are people here who don't like domainers, yes they belong to a domain forum and they don't like domainers. Some it's about morality others it's jealousy or they love being a troll. But there are members that will email a company letting them know that there is talk about a name that might violate their intellectual property. In a heated back and forth back in like 2009 I was asking someone who told me what they thought of domainers why are they on Namepros? I was like you are a domainer, "No Raymond I am not a domainer, call me anything you like but please never call me a domainer."
There is a lot of petty stuff that goes on, I modded it for 12 years. At least with Rob and Frank here it's open and transparent, I respect someone saying I don't like this. It's the mods job to say if you don't like it you might need to move on or change your viewing habits if it's allowed here.
@Ategy.com is correct that posts that get moved here or reviews do lose steam, except for those that go after Rob.
There were people who used to report incomplete whois on other members back in the day.
Look I spoke to someone on Saturday I haven't seen on here in awhile, they are like a 2006 join date, and I said why are you never on Namepros? I hate they allowed politics. I said I don't care for it either and avoid it, it's easy to avoid, (In 15 years I have spent 15 minutes in all breakroom threads) so just don't go to that section, the mods do a great job of keeping that out. Their reply was that they can see it on the sidebar and the very notion it exists made them leave namepros. Ok what can you do? And I am cool with this person, known them for years, hate political discussion more than they do but I respect it's in a section that I can avoid. Everyone is not going to get everything they want, this is not Twitter, or Facebook where, you are triggering me brah, I am offended brah, I am going to tweet about you and ruin your life brah, now your banned brah, gfy Brah.
That's not what this place is you can't bully someone into silence (the day that happens the boycott should begin), when you get to a point there are too many allowed things you don't like, you have to leave.
The next day a friend texted me and said "I see they doxxed offthehandle on Twitter, will Namepros ban those people?" My reply hell if I know, open a thread and ask. Their reply, "f*ck NO!"
I can see you didn't mean it to be funny, but I found it funny that a person would leave an entire community because of something in a sidebar. That the mere small box on the right side of the screen and the notion that a political thread existed was enough to cause them to not come back to such a resource I find comical.
Ahh, sorry. I knew your post was serious. It was only that part that made me laugh. The rest wasn't funny.Oh that part I found ridiculous, I agree. He found namepros ridiculous and left. But you said you laughed at the post especially that part is why I replied.
Secondly your signature line should be used effectively to market if that is a goal here, so don't put your services in every post, I think Rob is trying to do both in my opinion, he is trying to give advice how he sees it, and he a lot of experience and I think he tries to help. He also wants people to use his company and their products, which makes sense, but a forum does have rules how much promotion in a discussion thread you have, and that can be tweaked.