That's exactly how I feel!
When I joined AllDeaf last year, it was one of the best forums that I've ever joined. I was referred to this site by another gal who was asking me for my opinion on a post she made. She wasn't a very frequent poster but she made very good posts. After more members joined and started abusing their rights as posters, she got fed up with it and left. She likes to talk and have fun, but not the kind of person who talks too much and rambles on. I think that this forum is not a place for people to come in and make over 50 posts a day! When you do that, it sounds like none of you have anything to do at home but sit on your ass and make pointless posts. I may be guilty of making a post here and there from time to time, but hey... at least I'm not doing it constantly. If you want to point out a couple of those posts that I made that you feel is "postwhoring", point them out and I'd gladly delete them. Why? Because I don't care about my post count. What I do care about is that I do my fair share of posts and am ranked high as accordance with my time with AllDeaf. Suddenly, I'm pushed down 10 ranks because 10 other members who joined recently and are severely postwhoring with nothing but bullshit posts. If I could, I would delete "Did you notice...?" and "Psssst". Why? Those two threads should not even be there. If you want to talk about something, be serious about it by making one simple and serious thread and have everyone follow through with it. Don't make up a thread and allow anyone to say anything. If I deleted those two threads, it will surely kill the post counts for those who are listed in the top 10! No kidding! I do not want to hear any of you give us that "freedom of speech" bullshit! Sure, you can say what you want, but we can do what we want too in order to maintain a safe and proper environment. Yes, I can say "fuck you" to a cop when he pulls me over. Then again, it's inappropriate and that gives him a right to give me a ticket for swearing at him, right? Well, the same goes for us members in AllDeaf. AllDeaf is a place for people to be nice and post serious posts. I've noticed a lot of members joining and enjoying it for a while then they suddenly leave. Why do they leave? They tell me that they are tired of the severe postwhoring that goes on in here. Why am I still here? PATIENCE! I've had my share of complaints from members about other members and what can I do? Nothing, because technically, there is no rule against postwhoring. But... enough is enough! Those of you who severely postwhore should shut up and get serious. If you don't like what I just said above, too bad! At least I'm making a long and serious post about a serious issue. Not posting a bunch of pointless and stupid emoticons or one/two-worders! Thanks for your time and I hope that you all seriously think about this.
