Mary2e

YAY!!!!! Thank you Carol.

I only wish the waiting time wasn't quite as long, but I"m not complaining!

FetePerfection

Obviously a great point that the majority of us do not have to deal with so, with that perspective I certainly can understand the new/old rules. Congratulations to the FlyerTalk Board for taking a stand and working to make FT a unique and beneficial resource.

flyinbob

Big .

Any restriction diminishes us all.

jbcarioca

I am active in serval sites that have restricted access. None of them, other than the singular US politics ones) have the vitriol that has been in OMNI. I speculate that much of that is due to the unique ability of Americans to violently argue about positions in which they have no discernible difference.

At FT I suspect withdrawing the external non-travel commentary might well calm the situation somewhat. I hope so. Personally I cannot se much difference between 90/90 and 180/180.

Nobody knows with certainty but I hope this will be good. I think it wil.

PG

I'm pretty ambivalent about the change, but I wish they stopped using OMNI/PR as a dumping ground for posts started by posters who cannot post there.

Spiff

When Omni is no longer accessible by those under 180/180, threads started by users who are not Omni eligible will be locked, not moved. This is how Coupon Connection works currently.

PG

What does Omni eligible mean? I know at least two posters who have 1K plus posts but cannot post in OMNI/PR.

Mary2e

Some people have been permanently masked from seeing Omni, either by their own request, or because they caused too much trouble.

As well, are the mods keeping an eye out on people with very few posts in non-Omni forums who are suddenly going on posting runs to keep access??

I know I just spotted one. Suddenly, after almost 6 months, they have something to say in other forums, and they're bouncing around too so it's not that obvious

Spiff

Omni eligible will mean 180/180, just as it was before.

TalkBoard doesn't make policy for the moderators, but I am sure those going on posting runs for any restricted forum will be watched for.

Cholula

99.9999999% because they caused "too much trouble".

.00000001 % by "their own request".

Just sayin'....

You're a world-class Troll Spotter™ and we appreciate your help and that of several other OMNI regulars.

It certainly makes the FT experience much better for all of us when everybody pitches in.

cblaisd

Please also see here.

PG

So why not lock their threads instead of dumping those threads in a forum where they cannot post?

SkiAdcock

Maybe because it's late & I'm tired, but this post makes no sense to me.

AFAIK there are no threads being 'dumped' into OMNI. If some threads in OMNI currently exist, they'll still exist even if some posters will no longer have access to them (until they get to the 180/180). Locking a thread still doesn't make it non-googable, which is one of (not the only) reasons people had a problem w/ OMNI being open.

FWIW - if there are any ' post runs' on other forums for folk who want to qualify for OMNI, I doubt they'll last long after the masking goes into effect.

PS - If someone has 1K posts but doesn't qualify for OMNI, that means they haven't been on for 180 days & odds are their 1K post counts aren't from contributing per se to the 'core' forums but more likely the counting games or lounge threads.

Cheers.

It'sHip2B^2

I must say I'm not a fan. I lunch at FT almost every day and Omni is my second stop. But I guess that's the sort of activity that the board is trying to discourage. I've not been here long enough to witness the poor behavior on omni but I can imagine scenarios in which the decision makes sense. Ok I feel heard now.

Anyway, what I really wanted to know was ...

When those of us without 180/180 get locked out of omni does that mean we lose access to posts we've made on omni? I'd rather not spend my spring break wading through my old omni posts to copy the ones I might decide are woth keeping. Nor do I want to spend hours searching for legitimate opportunities to get another 30 or so posts.

tom911

There's occasional threads from Travel Safety/Security that get moved over to the OMNI/PR side. Here's an example of one from a one-month member that he would not be able to view if after it's moved there with the new OMNI guidelines.