Posting in a welcome topic is tantamount to spam.
Ever topic is the same thing:

Topic: I'm new.

New user: Hello, I am new here.

Poster 1: Welcome to SSF!

Poster 2: LOL HI WALECOM TO TEH FORAMZ

Poster 3: Hello!

Poster 4: Welcome!

Poster 5: Hey, welcome to Shadow Star forums!

On and on forever.

Everyone is guilty of this, except me.

None of these posts are truly sincere, it's all fake-cheer done to add to the post count.

Even if you are genuine, the "welcome" posts do not warrant adding to your count.
Some users make the majority of their posts on that board, all with posts less than five words long.

You know I'm right.

I post in welcome boards to not only welcome people, but to rack up posts as well, so TUL is right. We should probably take off post countings for these topics.

Lulz.
I have to admit that I do too P:

Lawl. I'll let the votes decide.

I don't care either way myself, since spam isn't exactly outlawed here (as long as it's not in excessive amounts outside the spam board).

I don't see much wrong with it either, since I made posts count in the RP boards as well anyway.

Well, we COULD keep the Welcome and Farewell boards, and by posting a new topic/poll or a reply, we don't get points.... how 'bout it?

I agree with TUL. A lot of welcome posts are very generic and the same welcome is given to every member. I dunno about you guys, but I'd rather people welcome me because they're actually happy to see me and have put some effort into the welcome and not see the same message to everbody that joins.

Which is why I don't post in every welcome topic, and only when their first post gives me a good impression. Then, I'll take some time and let them know that in my book, they're welcome; and not just a means to a higher post count.

What the hell? You posted this exact message on VGL...

But our Welcoming topics are interesting unlike VGL. Like Xeel's topic. And, most of our members are awesome unlike the n00bs over there

*shakes head*

Mr. TheUntamedLegend, I do not see how the posts in the welcome board should not increase post count, after all, new members deserve a bit of reward for actually introducing themselves, and old members deserve that too for making new members feel welcome

*slams gavel*

objection over ruled, please think things through before making accusations, i'm sorry but I have to penalize you

*exclamation point explodes*

None of this makes sence to me. but i do agree with Yoshio, You SHOULD be welcoming new members to make them feel at home. other wise they won't show their " True Colors " Untill very later on. ( say like... me for example. Good happy go-lucky person right? True colors come on, and i'm the worst person in town ). We should get the true colors early. so that we can...handle more different people more eariler and easily

....erk!!!

pfft, regardless, since we are not a forum that really cares about such trivial things as spamming, we will keep post count in the welcome board for the reasons i have just stated

unless you can somehow prove that it is worth our time to undo the post count

can you provide proof that these 'serial welcomes" are a serious problem?

I was responding to TUL, I wasn't even aware you posted anything...

I don't see a problem on leaving the welcome board post count on here.

VGLan, however, where all the members post the same over-formal welcomes every time--I can see your point there.

Bubba's right in this thread, though. Most of our welcome topics have been pretty interesting so far.

Posting welcome is only posting wlecome.

Welcome isn't a discussion. It's just welcome.

I agree with TUL. Welcoming isn't always sincere.

But at least, if it can give an illusion that the member is indeed welcome... We can use the Post increaser as a bait.

I JUST INVENTED THE GREETING BAIT!

But TUL has a big point here. if members are always posting in Welcome topics, the rest of the forum becomes somewhat less active... Or maybe it could be the other way around. If members wait for someone to post a welcome topic, they'll go around the forum posting to pass time... Psychology is hard.

But I don't understand members that want to boost their post count at all costs. As most of you don't know, Double-Post is considered as Boost on most forum. And boosting is a crime, too. In great-scale forums, there aren't welcome boards and "I'm new" topics are against the rules, because those are 'spam', AKA Stupid, pointless and annoying, and they're an easy target for Boosters. This is mostly because there is no way to block Post count in those forums, thought (I'm talking about no php here) and they get many members a day.

I'm not saying of getting rid of the new user board, but to consider this. If we get rid of the Post increaser in the NUB/WB, where no revelant discussion takes place BTW, we block an easy target for post-count boosters.

@ Yoshio: A welcome should always be given, not traded.

And I have to stop acting like my Pennington self too.

Ugh... *tries to think harder of Mario da Vincy.*

I live by the motto, "don't fix what isn't broken"

and besides, I lose our chill forum reputation if we eliminate post count in a board where there are often good posts for fear of post boosting

if it becomes clear that someone is posting just to increase thier count, I can always start deleting thier posts and lowering thier post count

posts will continue to count in the welcome boards and that is final

*slams gavel*

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Posting welcome is only posting wlecome. Welcome isn't a discussion. It's just welcome. I agree with TUL. Welcoming isn't always sincere. But at least, if it can give an illusion that the member is indeed welcome... We can use the Post increaser as a bait. I JUST INVENTED THE GREETING BAIT! But TUL has a big point here. if members are always posting in Welcome topics, the rest of the forum becomes somewhat less active... Or maybe it could be the other way around. If members wait for someone to post a welcome topic, they'll go around the forum posting to pass time... Psychology is hard. But I don't understand members that want to boost their post count at all costs. As most of you don't know, Double-Post is considered as Boost on most forum. And boosting is a crime, too. In great-scale forums, there aren't welcome boards and "I'm new" topics are against the rules, because those are 'spam', AKA Stupid, pointless and annoying, and they're an easy target for Boosters. This is mostly because there is no way to block Post count in those forums, thought (I'm talking about no php here) and they get many members a day. I'm not saying of getting rid of the new user board, but to consider this. If we get rid of the Post increaser in the NUB/WB, where no revelant discussion takes place BTW, we block an easy target for post-count boosters. @ Yoshio: A welcome should always be given, not traded. And I have to stop acting like my Pennington self too. Ugh... *tries to think harder of Mario da Vincy.*