Postings vs Pictures...

[Jenae LaTorque]

NO ONE HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THE LIMIT IS CALCULATED!!!!

JohnDowe.[/quote]

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When I first joined this forum a little over 2 months ago, I ran into the download limit. I sent a message to the administrator and the answer I got would not reveal the formula for how the download limit was determined, only that it was based on conributions to the forum. So I went about posting text and images; and progressed rapidly from apprentice to junior to Senior Ladyboy Lover. Thus far I have 471 posts, 1600+ uploaded attachments, and 208 reputation points to my credit. Unfortunately I did not track the numbers, and thus do not know when I was upgraded in status to each level. I do know that it did not take more than a week of membership before I stopped encountering a download limit.

Well, so far, fine and good. I was happy sharing pics and my thoughts on this forum. Up until a few days ago, that is. Then I got a rude awakening from Tread. I had posted several T-Girl games and wasn't getting any involvement in the way of answers. Tread was so kind as to point out that because of download limits, most forum members would not upsize the pics in order to play the game. This surprised me as I had just assumed that most members would have progressed to the point where they were not restricted in their download limit as I had. I went back and checked. It was true. The view count was way below what I had expected. The highest view count I could find was in my thread - Slideshows.... , and it was only around a 100.

So what the hell was going on here? The home page claimed over 30 thousand members, 4,345 of which were active (whatever that means) and the view count for the thread stands now at 4,343 which is nearly one view per active member; realizing of course that multiple views by individual members are most likely reflected in this count.

So if I assume that actually only one fourth of the view count reflects visits by differant members, we can say that only 1 out of 10 viewed and downloaded the most popular pic on the thread. That seems to be a very low percentage to me and indicated that tread was correct. Too many members of the forum are restricted in their download limit.

I have to go somewhere now, but more on this later.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

From my posts and the nb of pics i can D/L the limit seems to be:

Pics = (Posts/2) + 10

This as you notice does not take any other facts into account, for the moment it is consistent with my limit, but i was a good boy and did not curse anybody off, even if i sometimes felt like it.

So if you have made 10 posts your limit should be 15, but how does the reputation come into play? one member complainned that he could only D/L 5pics, not knowing how many posts he made it is impossible for me to figure out how it figures in, but if some one could give me info about # of posts Rep points (Goog or Bad, mostly bad) and pic limit, i will be able to figure out the math.

JohnDowe.

[Tread]

I don't know how.
What could influence the download limit?
Number of posts (following title, junior, apprentice, senior)
Posts per day.
How long someone is member.
Reputation
Referrals

I don't know my download limit (slow internet). The total number of posts (without posts in deleted threads) you see under the join date. On view profile you can see posts per day and referrals. The reputation are the green dots. I guess that you get one dot added for 100 reputation points. Another guess is that you get more points if some one with a high reputation gives you good points, than someone with very few points. I don't know how much points are added if someone gives you some. I don't know how many gave me points, can only see the last 5.

Reputations points are not given often or easily, as you can see at Member List sorted by reputation. The easiest way to get reputation is to post unseen/unposted legal (not stolen, or else unlegal) pictures or other media. I got nearly all (one time not) points for pictures.

[Tread]

Originally Posted by johndowe

one member complainned that he could only D/L 5pics, not knowing how many posts he made it is impossible for me to figure out how it figures in, but if some one could give me info about # of posts Rep points (Goog or Bad, mostly bad) and pic limit, i will be able to figure out the math.

I found this guy.

Originally Posted by johndowe

I OBJECT TO THE POST LIMITS IMPOSED BY "OUR" FORUM ADMIN, I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AND DOWNLOAD PICS AND THEN, AFTER POST NEW ONES IF I HAVE ONES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE THEME, BUT I WAS LIMITED TO 5, AND ONLY 5 PIC DOWNLOAD, THE POST I WAS LOOKING AT HAD 100'S OF PICS I DIDN'T WANT TO GET ALL OF THEM BUT, I WANTED MORE THAN 5, F**K, F**K, F**K, F**K, F**K.

This was his 2. post.

Originally Posted by johndowe

And to know the math of it was like, i kinda figure it's 5 + nb of posts, but i'd like to get the right info just to be sure.

And this was his 18. post.

And now you are able to figure out the system?

[Be_my_nude]

I've ( fortunately ) only just come across this Thread, and quite honestly it reads like my five year old grandson ( except where there is genuine speculation on scanty evidence as to what the download limits really are ! )
johndowe ( or whatever your name is ) - for goodness sake pipe down about the discontent stuff ! You've had your answer opinionwise on that and I would say that The Conformists carried the day without too much effort ( but with, I suspect ) a lot of patience. Frankly, for myself, I couldn't care less about the Download Limits. I'm not particularly interested in Movie Downloads, and I only occasionally swoop on a particularly-tasty single frame picture. So my needs are pretty well met.

But I do understand the need to know. Have any of you Seekers-after-Truth asked directly and privately of the Great Panjandrum himself what the entitlement bands are ? Trouble is then it sets a false incentive for qualification, one other than Forum Community Involvement. Jenae and Cocks with Beauty seem to say it just about spot on.

So how about closing this Thread and setting up another on the Entitlement question consciously excluding whingeing and whining ?

Non Conformists should be regarded as quaint Pilgrim Farters.

with you all really,

[johndowe]

Hi there.

JohnDowe here.

Thread dude the top and bottom quotes are mine, but the middle one with the "F**K"s isn't be carefull with the quotes and their sources, please.

JohnDowe.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Dear Be_my_nude, i only stated my discontentment with the limit, i was far more interested in knowing how the linit was calculated than having to ansewer people who didn't seem to unserstand the consept of venting one's frustrations, and i felt like i had to explain why i was venting, and tried to get this thread back where i want it to go since I DID start it, to know how the limit is calculated, but it always went back to everybody focussing on the venting, but NO ONE HAS GIVEN ANY INFO ABOUT THE MATH OF THE LIMIT, WHICH IS WHY I STARTED THIS THREAD IN THE FIRST PLACE. And after all these kilobytes of little attacks i felt i should ansewer, still no info, only one has addressed this and didn't have much info, but hey he didnt attack my venting, and I DID KEEP MY COOL, I DIDN"T CURSE ANYBODY OFF EVEN IF I FELT LIKE IT, i tried to make them understand my point of vue, but they still only saw their point of view and discounted mine, what should i have done?

And another thing i'd like to add, the critique is always easyer than the art.

JohnDowe.

[ila]

Originally Posted by johndowe

Hi there.

JohnDowe here.

Thread dude the top and bottom quotes are mine, but the middle one with the "F**K"s isn't be carefull with the quotes and their sources, please.

JohnDowe.

Yes it is you. I followed the link and it goes right to this threads

http://forum.transladyboy.com/showth...2323#post52323

which you started. I know it's you because the member #, join date, and number of posts is the same for that thread and for the post that I quoted for this.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

I appologize, i completely forgot i posted that one i was sure i hadn't, starting this one instead a bit later.

I was wrr...

I was rawghh...

I was woyn...

Damn, i can't say it.

But seriously, i do appologize again, sorry.

I'll be nore carefull, and hopefully there won't be a next time.

But enough about the my bitching about the limit, and ansewer the question about the picture per post INCLUDING the "reputation" points, that what i want to know, LEAVE THE REST ALONE THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN WAY TOO MUCH SAID ABOUT IT AS IT IS.

JohnDowe.