Quote: "This is actually the biggest problem I have with Geek Culture. The "Non Constructive Posts" thread seems to be ignored, and doesn't include things like "THIS" or "+1", or "^". Joke threads are fine when they are infrequent and don't derail the thread."
^This. +1
I kid of course, but I do see what you're getting at. I think if we can keep threads on topic - I think the odd off topic post doesn't hurt and sometimes it might be the proper course of the thread. It's quite a relaxed environment and I like it that way, but of course there is such thing as going overboard.
I think if we had more tech posts or cool things being posted in Geek Culture then we might get a bit of a boost. The Posting Competition was created to direct all the crap and 'General Chat' was renamed 'Geek Culture' to encourage more geeky threads rather than having General Chat getting...well...too general. Perhaps some 'interesting' posts even make it to the posting competition, e.g. I posted a Quantum Levitation video in the posting competition and the next day somebody made a thread with the same video and Quantum Levitation was discussed (and also how the video was a fake
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And granted, I think non-constructive posts do make their way in and that's probably a bit of a turn-away.
I think as far as NaGaCreMo goes, prizes would be against its purpose, it was designed to be something that's not judged. There is a community competition board, it's always worth trying something there. I think competition is a good motivator.
