somegirls Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 So, when I look up the picture threads, especially the AR-15 related, some people obviously think their guns are soooo special that they have to post the same pictures in like up to 3 threads. "It's an AR-15 so I gonna post it in the Armalite thread. Oh, I got the old Magpul stock on so it has to go into the Magpul trend thread as well. tell ya what, I gonna hook it up with a surpressor so I can post it in the silenced weapons thread too. Gosh I'm the John Rambo of airsoft..." is that really necessary? Please just post in one thread and chose the one you feel it's most related to. We all know you guys are excited and wanna show off your guns. But I guess you wish for positive feedback as well and when people get mad because they have to look at them three times you might achieve the exact opposite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 lol, have to agree with you, very annoying, I wonder if it might be covered on the sites thread cross posting rules? Don't post duplicate threads Multiple threads started about the same thing may be deleted, merged or moved at the moderators' discretion. However it does state threads and not posts, so I'm guessing not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 If people are too lazy to edit a line of html code out of their reply, I suspect they'll also be too lazy to read the rules. Sadly this is why so many people are suspended / banned in their first 100 or so posts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chimpy Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 They mean spamming the same set of pictures across multiple threads. For examples sticking a set in the Gear pictures thread, Pics of yourself in the field and then going across and posting the same pictures in the PMC thread. Rather than choosing the most appropriate single thread to put the pics in and sticking with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Ahh, sorry. My bad - I misunderstood. There's no automatic way of preventing this. If you feel a user is getting a bit carried away, report the posts using the 'report' button and leave it to the Moderating staff to decide what's best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
somegirls Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 yeah sure but it might help to make an announcement that people should please post their pics in only ONE thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Which will be promptly ignored, along with all other announcements we make. The best advice, as stated previously, is to report posts you don't like. It's a simple rule, but it remains the most robust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Given that 1) in most cases the images are not hosted on the Arnies' server and 2) many people may not view all the threads to which a picture could apply to, but would still appreciate seeing the pic I don't see the problem here. I myself posted a couple of pics of my G36 in the G36 thread and in the HK thread. The latter doesn't say "HK thread except anything with its own thread already" - and why should it? I don't consider that it is spamming to link to the same off-site image in more than one thread, as long as the image is relevant to that thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
somegirls Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 yeah it still annoying to see the same pice three times. Why can't people just pick one thread? Just recently, I checked the magpul picture thread "Oh that's nice" Checked the AR-15 thread "oh, so here we go again..." Checked the silenced picture thread "Are you kiddin me...?" It is just plain annoying and more than that, just unnecessary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elrey Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 To be fair, fiddlesticks4220's M4 doesn't have a suppressor on it. Seriously though, Marlowe has already addressed your concern, and I have to say I agree with Hedganian--as long as the picture is relevant to the thread and isn't posted an absurd number of times, I don't see the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hakkon Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I have no issue with it. I don't look at every picture thread on arnies. I look at the PMC thread, but if someone just posts their picture in a different one because they don't want to re-post it, then people like me won't see it. If it gets excessive do as Marlowe said, report it, or just scroll past, like I do, when there are repeats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spetsnazdave87 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Im a recent offender at this with my SFW, but I did want feedback on the paintjob (hence painted weapons thread) and the suitability for UKSF (its posting in the UKSF thread). Sorry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Yes, and it's not against the rules so can you and other people please stop reporting such posts. I'm repeating it for Misfit as he doesn't have to. Now, back to the pictures... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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