New Feature: CF Health!

[Matrona]

Let me repeat myself.

I don't want to see anyone else's either, I find the whole concept really unsettling.

 

[servant4ever]

It's better than before, but I do agree, I don't want to see other health bars, it gets annoying to look at that before the actual post...

 

[Matrona]

And the text part is still in my posts... not just the bar.

 

[Erwin]

I don't want to see anyone else's either, I find the whole concept really unsettling.

It's basically similar to a post count. In fact, your posts per day count has always been in your profile. It's a graphical way of showing your posts per day. I don't understand how it could possibly be unsettling.

 

[theFijian]

To quote Erwin:

There is an option to turn your Health Bar off in your User CP, Options

If you don't like it, don't show it. I've hidden mine, you can too!

 

[helmikaarina]

I think also those CF members are very healthy who don't post at all or only sometimes. If I understood right there are many who come here to read posts and to get some ideas, to learn and to see what others think... and for some reason they don't want to take part in discussions etc.

I think posting is not a value in itself and shouldn't be named this way. If Health were renamed e.g. Posting or something like that it would give more real picture about the way what someone does here.

I personally don't care but I think of those who are active but silent. If I were, it might hurt me to show I'm not healthy.

 

[Kokopelli]

I hate to be critical, but I think it is retarded.

• It serves little purpose to the overall wellbeing of the board
• It will encourage the trolls to flood the boards with their morology
• It may encourage newbies to flood the boards with more morology, thinking the 100% health is a high status indicator

More so, not meaning to insite a flame war, but if I wish to view a user's daily average posts, I will look at their profile. Perhaps it is just me, but viewing the average post as it stands is irrelevant. A user with tens of thousands of posts obviously spends a lot of time on the boards.

There... rant over.

:::Edit::: Edited bullet point.

 

[marduke]

There is an option to turn your Health Bar off in your User CP, Options.

hooray thanks mate

 

[Matrona]

It's basically similar to a post count. In fact, your posts per day count has always been in your profile. It's a graphical way of showing your posts per day. I don't understand how it could possibly be unsettling.

Why not just show the "posts per day" in users' posts instead of this health thing? Or call it 'posts per day rate' or something.

If this is a forum where people are encouraged to make substantive posts, isn't it incredibly counterproductive to implement a feature that encourages basically 'drive-by posting'?

 

[Erwin]

I hate to be critical, but I think it is retarded.

• It serves little purpose to the overall wellbeing of the board
• It will encourage the trolls to flood the boards with their morology
• It may encourage newbies to flood the boards with more morology, thinking the 100% health is a high status indicator

More so, not meaning to insite a flame war, but if I wish to view a user's daily average posts, I will look at their profile. Perhaps it is just me, but viewing the average post as it stands is irrelevant. A user with tens of thousands of posts obviously spends a lot of time on the boards.

There... rant over.

:::Edit::: Edited bullet point.

It's about as "retarded" as the Armor of God, the Jobs, the Quizzes, the Arcade, the Blessings system, all of which serve no real purpose to the forums.

 

[Erwin]

Why not just show the "posts per day" in users' posts instead of this health thing? Or call it 'posts per day rate' or something.

If this is a forum where people are encouraged to make substantive posts, isn't it incredibly counterproductive to implement a feature that encourages basically 'drive-by posting'?

Like I said, it was suggested by a member to have "Health" for members just like there is "Health" for Pets. I didn't want to make members buy food to keep healthy... the next best thing was to make members post to keep healthy.

 

[CeCe]

There is an option to turn your Health Bar off in your User CP, Options.

Thanks, Erwin.

 

[Toney]

Since input was not solicited, I am not quite sure it is welcomed. Mine's off. I wish there were a way to increase quality posts and discourage posting for the sake of posting. I doubt that there is a way to accomplish this, therefore my only objection to this particular scheme is that it promotes non-quality posting, indeed even terms such frivolity healthy. Maybe it is, but participation is probably a better moniker. Spiritual, mental and physical health are a little too personal to be trivialized.

 

[selune]

I like the armor and things, but then again, I like games where you get to collect "bowls". The health thingy is kind of fun. Trolls are trolls and will post regardless of the health bar.

 

[Erwin]

Since input was not solicited, I am not quite sure it is welcomed. Mine's off. I wish there were a way to increase quality posts and discourage posting for the sake of posting. I doubt that there is a way to accomplish this, therefore my only objection to this particular scheme is that it promotes non-quality posting, indeed even terms such frivolity healthy. Maybe it is, but participation is probably a better moniker. Spiritual, mental and physical health are a little too personal to be trivialized.

That's what reputation is meant to be for.

Because members get 1 blessing per post, there will always be a temptation to spam posts in order to gain blessings.

 

[Matrona]

Like I said, it was suggested by a member to have "Health" for members just like there is "Health" for Pets. I didn't want to make members buy food to keep healthy... the next best thing was to make members post to keep healthy.

Sorry.... if I sound like a bitter little curmudgeon... it just doesn't seem like it has a point. The armor is kind of fun and encourages people to be creative. And the quizzes and blessings and other things are like that too. But this health thing is different. How is it fun to have people spam the boards? And if people are spamming it squelches creativity, creates extra work for the mods, etc....

I'm sorry if I am sounding like a killjoy or just a mean and bitter person who doesn't appreciate your hard work (I do!). But I do not think this is a good feature.

 

[WesleyJohn]

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[Toney]

I don't suppose it's possible for us to suspend evaluation (either positive or negative) for a few days until after we've had a chance to try it out? Let's just see how it goes before we get all up in arms over a little green bar... perhaps?

And, just to repeat...in case anyone missed it...there is an option in your UserCP to turn it off.



WJ

The only way to stay healthy is to discuss it right now.

 

[Erwin]

I was going to say the same thing - let's see how it works out. I may decide to remove it anyway for totally unrelated reasons. People who don't want to make use of it can disable it.

 

[Kokopelli]

It's about as "retarded" as the Armor of God, the Jobs, the Quizzes, the Arcade, the Blessings system, all of which serve no real purpose to the forums.

Except for the "Armor of God," the jobs, quizes, and arcade provide a means to gain extra blessings while providing some minor entertainment for the users in a safe atmosphere. How many times have you clicked a link to play a shockwave game only to be greeted with a plethora of pornography, because the vile, ape of and admin thought it would be amusing to lure unsuspecting users to his domain of sin.