status-resolved namepros has been taken over ..

[frank-germany]

 

[Ategy]

... @Ategy.com is prolific among others.

I'm not prolific .. it's the rest of you 999,999 NamePros members who are too vague and imprecise! It's like you're all afraid of words or something! lol


@Mod Team Echo @Mod Team Bravo @Mod Team Alfa @Mod Team Foxtrot .. where are we on a membership leaderboard based on character count and/or % of database content? I'm curious if I'm over or under 10x the person in second place!? lol

I still find it funny that NamePros literally had to change post size limits because of me! lol

you are welcome @Ategy.com but this is my thread

Unless it's a lists, marketplace or welcome thread, then all threads pretty much belong to everybody .. AS LONG AS THEY MAINLY STAY ON TOPIC! (You're allowed to make a rare random post a little off topic .. as long as it's a good joke .. lol)

If @Rob Monster starts or participates in a topic about escrow services, then it's perfectly on topic for him to discuss Epik's escrow service ... not only is that OK .. but I think it's great that as domainers we can get a registrar's perspective.

The biggest problem here is that there aren't more registrars participating in the various discussions throughout NamePros .. it's actually pretty sad .. I think most find @Rob Monster out of place because he is in a way .. in that he's the only one posting from a registrar's perspective .. but if you ask me that's not his fault .. if anything we should be blaming all the other registrars for not participating enough!

 

[Blitzpotz]

when I ignore someone
I would expect not to see any of his posts

not the case
you can't avoid them

and I might miss other more interesting posts
buried somewhere

I suggest it is YOUR thread that let me be visible.

Greatness dot human

 

[frank-germany]

Unless it's a lists, marketplace or welcome thread, then all threads pretty much belong to everybody .. AS LONG AS THEY MAINLY STAY ON TOPIC! (You're allowed to make a rare random post a little off topic .. as long as it's a good joke .. lol)

that was meant as a reply to you complaining
about me posting on every post Rob started

I wasn't doing so lately

as I didn't further want to enhance the Rob posts
with my replies

and if I ever was posting off-topic
it got deleted, for sure

 

[Ategy]

There is a Section "Popular this month". It is ranked by replies or by Likes, I even don´t know. Whatever, it is ranked by the acceptance and participation of all Namepros members. And the ranking cannot be manipulated by the thread OP to rise I assume.

LMAOROTF .. actually .. it's by replies ... so in a way @frank-germany .. with the way you post 4-5 posts in a row at least once or twice on every single page of @Rob Monster's threads ... it's actually you who is most responsible more than anyone else for putting his threads on the leader board .. lol .. it's your own fault .. and then you come here to complain about it here! lol x 100000000

*DYING of laughter .. someone please be sure to come feed Steamie after I'm gone*

 

[frank-germany]

I suggest it is YOUR thread that let me be visible.

Greatness dot human

no idea
what you are talking about

 

[frank-germany]

LMAOROTF .. actually .. it's by replies ... so in a way @frank-germany .. with the way you post 4-5 posts in a row at least once or twice on every single page of @Rob Monster's threads ... it's actually you who is most responsible more than anyone else for putting his threads on the leader board .. lol .. it's your own fault .. and then you come here to complain about it here! lol x 100000000

*DYING of laughter .. someone please be sure to come feed Steamie after I'm gone*

yes funny

I can tell you the reason
in case you care

I wanted to be read
by all these fellow domainers
who may have been fooled
in a timely manner

 

[frank-germany]

LMAOROTF

just in case somebody has no clue what that means ( like me )

LMAOROTF
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LMAOROTF
Laughing My Ass Off Rolling on the Floor

 

[Rob Monster]

So let´s just suppose that allegations against Rob are relevant and let´s suppose that Rob is even more clever than we think he would have engaged Frank to stage a continuing show of enmity. Schizo Bullsh*t? Of course, what else. But this fantastic thought just develops the current situation.

Interesting thought. I am not that clever.

@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.

 

[Internet.Domains]

Let's not over complicate things. Those that start topics that get attention should be rewarded, not scrutinized and penalized as a result.

Here's a big shout out to:

@Rob Monster for getting the discussion going.

@equity78 for churning out lots of content that gets the thought process and discussions started. Hat's off to a blogger that actually participates here on NP's. Much appreciated!

@Bob Hawkes for all that analytical juice, open mind and civility.

@Ategy.com for showing us that longer can be better and dog walking is good therapy.

Cheers! It's not the same without y'all!!....

Lots of others I would like to shout out to, but I got to walk the dog.......

 

[biggie]

If @Rob Monster starts or participates a topic about escrow services, then it's perfectly on topic for him to discuss Epik's escrow service ... not only is that OK .. but I think it's great that as domainers we can get a registrar's perspective

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...

 

[Ategy]

@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.

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 !!!

@Ategy.com for showing us that longer can be better

That's what she... ummm .. never mind! lol

 

[Rob Monster]

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...

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.

 

[Internet.Domains]

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

Oops, I need to be more eloquent with my wording. I didn't paint a a good picture....

 

[frank-germany]

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

a LIKE to me is worth
NOTHING

a THANKS
is what I appreciate

 

[Internet.Domains]

a LIKE to me is worth
NOTHING

a THANKS
is what I appreciate

I "liked" your post, for no other reason than you need a cyber hug.

 

[BaileyUK]

a LIKE to me is worth
NOTHING

a THANKS
is what I appreciate

For me
A 'Like' means agreement or appreciation
Whereas
A 'Thanks' is where I feel I've actually learnt something (or it's a personal thank you)

So Not many thanks given out be me. 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

PS. I do wish Bob would add that occasional rider he uses "PS I know nothing about domains" to the top of his comments on domain investments though instead of at the bottom However I have learnt to appreciate his rejigging of other peoples work and stats to create a more compressed analysis. Carry-on as always Bob We can always disagree with your conclusions later

Yeah that dot BEST BEAST has long gone, thank goodness - See we do gang-up for the good of the Board

 

[Samer]

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

if he stopped reading ur posts, it’s his loss

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

And the ranking cannot be manipulated by the thread OP to rise I assume

Everything can be manipulated, but we try to make it more challenging.

For example, we recently changed sorting by replies to exclude all replies from the thread creator. Now, when thread creators post 100 replies in their threads and other members only post 2 replies, their threads will be sorted as having 2 replies (and not 102 replies).

We show that number under View Metrics on each thread if you're curious:

• "Replies, excluding replies from the thread creator"

when I ignore someone
I would expect not to see any of his posts

This may be a bug where the widgets do not always take into consideration the Ignore list; we'll look into it.

where are we on a membership leaderboard based on character count and/or % of database content?

One day.

But, there is little doubt that you're likely #1 in terms of a character count to posts ratio.

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.

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.

However, we do show many other sorted lists by metrics such as Likes+Thanks ("Favorites") on our Overview page:

• https://www.namepros.com/content-overview/

or better yet .. turn off likes in all sections that aren't focused specifically on domains.

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.)

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.

Yes, it was part of a paid promotion. When the promotion ended, moderators felt it should be organized under Reviews.

We hope that helps.

 

[Ategy]

@Mod Team Bravo ... I know it'll make it more complicated to moderate .. but it's just that sometimes I feel threads are too aggressively moved to the review section. Particuarly when it comes to things so broad like GoDaddy auctions where it literally affects more than 50% of domainers. Or even more when the registrar or service in question is discussed , but more as an example .. but because only that one example was given, the discussion is moved as a "review", even if it was not the intention.

It wouldn't be so bad if moving the thread didn't mean the discussion effectively loses 80% of it's steam and almost no new people enter the conversation.

What I used to do in my old forum was leave the ones that truly merited global attention .. then after the topic naturally started slowing down I'd move it yet still leave a forward/redirect so it still showed in the index of the original forum .. then I'd cleanup/delete the redirect after the topic dropped off the 1st or 2nd page.

Again .. I appreciate the fact NP is huge and that judging which should stay and which shouldn't could be a challenge .. but that's where it helps having moderators who actually participate very actively in the forums. Sometimes at NP it feels like moderation is more police-like than it is leadership-like.

I often times find myself wanting to write about something that is related to something that happened at a particular registrar, but with the focus of my intended discussion to be more about the issue/incident in question as opposed to the particular registrar or domain service .. but I just don't post those anymore because I know they will be moved and effectively mostly collect dust. (Thinking about it now, I don't even know where the review section is from the home page .. although I do admit I probably could find it quick if I wanted to)

Again .. I appreciate it's not easy .. but just mentioning it here because we're talking about threads being moved ...

 

[Rob Monster]

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

For the record:

I like Nigerians -- we are hiring about 2 per month currently.

The religious stuff I will tone down.

And if the content bores you, sorry about that. I did post some stuff and they get some engagement. It is what it is. I will have less time for NP in the coming weeks so others will need to keep this place hopping!