speaking of extra ways of earning gold on lazy days, i suggested that we get a small amount of gold for the first pm or profile comment we make each day.. but it was shot down without any discussion at all.

this mistook my suggestion as handing out gold for EVERY pm and profile comment which really dissapointed me as it wasn't what I was going for at all :(

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it was admins, mods and general community. It seemed to me that everyone who left feedback on my suggestion had skimmed the post and only saw the words 'gold', 'pm' and 'profile comments' without reading what i was actually suggesting.

I've owned many a forum in my day and I dislike spammers as much as the next person. I wouldn't suggest something if I thought it promoted that and giving a small amount of gold for the first pm and profile comment a day would not promote spamming as a - it would only be like.. 5 gold or so and b - you could only get it once a day. So it would be pointless to try and spam those areas.

I felt completely miffed on that thread.

Did they lock that thread or you gave up?
I saw it, I'm not sure I commented though... seemed everyone was happy to not earn more gold.

@vickicat: It really does seem that they want us to earn as little gold as possible. In one thread there is 'how to earn gold' and in another there is rules stating what you can't do in case you would get extra gold.
I don't see the problem with earning a little more... excessive amounts is wrong but whats the problem with earning a little more.

I'm sure the people that buy CI's and sell them each month probably have much more gold than everyone too so... wheres the problem in earning a little more legitimately?

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yeah, they were incredibly rude, i just wasn't going to mention that fact and they locked the thread before anyone, including myself, could even add in their opinions which I found to be unfair.

Even if they don't like an idea they should at least let the members discuss what they think about it rather than saying 'nope, don't like it!' and locking it straight away. It wasn't fair to me and it wasn't fair to the community either as they never even got a chance to voice their opinions on the subject.

I hate the post locking and thread moving :(
I had a post in Life Issues closed because I didn't ask for advice... is it required to ask for advice in there? I never realised, I thought it would be discussing life issues... do I need to have something wrong with me to post there? hmph!

Plus there's my infraction *grumbles*

i know, i see a lot of posts shut down that shouldn't be simply because they don't a - like the topic b - think there's no discussion or c - who knows??

it seems to me that they just glance at posts before closing them without giving the community as a whole the chance the participate.

maybe that's just how i'm seeing it though?

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Likewise, I've only been a member for a week too!
Most staff are great but there is one or two who seem to be on a power trip!

I love your current avatar by the way :)

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running off before you say something you shouldn't? why would have something mean to say to begin with, we aren't bashing the staff or being mean we're simply discussing some issues we've had and are having with a few of them. that doesn't mean we hate the staff or don't support them, just that we wish a few things were different ;)

Menewsha makes me hungry!
Actually, I'm not sure it's Menewsha but gosh I'm hungry right now.
43 minutes till my lunch break... I hope I can make it!

that's a long time to wait when you're really hungry, you guys don't have a vending machine where you can pick up a quick snack?

We do but I don't have any change on me.

I actually ended up only just taking my lunch break. Just when I posted the other post I had a buddy want to listen to my calls so I did that with him for an hour... I'm surprised I got that far without passing out :D
Plus side is that I'll only have 2.5 hrs left of my shift when I get back instead of nearly 3 :)

I don't think it's so much about earning gold. Yes, it is quite hard. I kinda wish lurking got you a little bit of gold because I tend to lurk through threads unless I'm really interested in them.

For me, it's more the thread moving or locking which sometimes isn't justified (e.g. Comotized posts)... we're not saying ALL staff either, just SOME staff.

I like earning my gold via posting, i actually agree with it but I do think we need a little more than just posting to get gold. Hence the reason I suggested the gold for the first pm and profile comment per day.

We'd still be posting and participating but since it would only be a small amount (say 3 - 5 gold depending on how long the post/pm was) it would deter spammers and trolls from attempting to abuse the system.

and I agree I wasn't treated unfairly in the declining of my suggestion but i WAS treated unfairly with the negative mannor in which is was declined.

I also feel the topic should have been left open to see what other members thought about it rather than being closed without further ado.

I am in no way bashing the staff members or even speaking negativily about them. There's no question in my mind the amount of work they put into menewsha as a group. I just wish they wouldn't close things so quickly sometimes.

It's cold and rainy here lol
I'm not at work either because of annual leave YAY!
2 days off wooo!

ditto, it went up to 105 degrees today *headdesk*