[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

Can you explain to me how "vBulliten" wasn't designed to support a more frenetic style of posting and multiple threads?

I've frequented Wakachan-driven boards and they work along the democratic model. Someone posts something, it gets bumped if it is supported ("saged" if it isn't), and threads can see their birth and death in less than a day. If you aren't around to participate, you'll completely miss what was being discussed, which is considered normal. Posts are quoted not by content, but by post number and are responded to as such.

vB and BB encourage people to take the time to piece through long posts, quote pieces of them, and reply to them. Posts are infrequent enough that replies are notified by e-mail to each user that is "subscribed" to the thread and nothing is "weighted" based upon interest or activity. Topics do get "bumped", but only in the sense that they filter to the top of what is more like an RSS-feed of recent activity instead of urgent or popular topics getting higher priority. In fact, it is common on vB board for topics from weeks, months, even several years ago will be ressurected and re-enter into recent activity. This isn't because they were weighted as more popular by system activity, but because content was deemed by the users to be interesting and worth retrieving. We have a lot of people, myself included, that might not visit this system in several days because of travel or job/school related pressure and we don't feel [extremely] overwhelmed when we return because it the style of post history on vB gives you time to catch up with discussions.

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

I can adapt, probably will.

You've already changed your reply-style to discuss this topic with me, so I don't see why you'll have any trouble at all adapting.

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

But why should I adapt fully? And don't think I'm being rude (I hope I don't have to keep typing that) but, what would happen if I keep posting the things that interest me in the fashion I like to post them?

You don't have to adapt fully, but the way the board keeps track of what is "recent" (date and time driven) versus what is "interesting" (strictly user driven) ends up making posts issued in rapid succession viewed more as spam than discussion. Usually if a new user posts a new thread instead of first attempting to respond to existing ones, the entries are automatically wiped from the system because they get flagged as robots. This isn't to say anyone's posts are actual spam, but they appear that way if they're short and fast enough.

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

What if I'm sort of sarcastic, but good-intentioned?

Then trust me, you'll fit in really, really well here.

Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

I appreciate your clear well-worded post, Kit. Sorry if you or other people think I'm inconsiderate.

Thanks! I hope you don't write off the community immediately, either, for their reactions. In recent years on vB style boards, spam and post-attacks have become common and are difficult to deal with at an administrative level. If the very first thing you did on here was join in and began slamming people for their political stance using inflammatory language in decent-sized/timed replies, you'd be cheered as a hero by at least half of the people here, but even the most well intentioned, quick, short posts set off enough warning flags that people become very suspicious.

It's just a matter of what people are used to and the methodology the system lends itself to. Nothing big.