Motion Passed - Create a Games Forum under the Omni Category
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NJ
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Fairmont Lifetime Plat, UA Silver, dirt elsewhere
Posts: 46,919
Of course they are. Put the lounge threads over there, too. And any other threads designed to pad posts without providing substance -- if they *really* have any use, people will follow them over there.
(If the posts aren't counted, the lounge threads would die in a week, I'd bet.)
(If the posts aren't counted, the lounge threads would die in a week, I'd bet.)
The lounge-ites went into full tizzy over it.
Hence, making Omni posts count seemed to be the only way to go so all off-topic posts are treated the same.
#17
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Yiron, Israel
Programs: Bates Motel Plat
Posts: 68,901
As a lounge-ite, I can tell you that the problem was not whether the posts would be counted or not. We simply did not want our lounges sullied by the Omni atmosphere.
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NJ
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Fairmont Lifetime Plat, UA Silver, dirt elsewhere
Posts: 46,919
It's attitudes like yours that further the redheaded stepchild reputation.
#19
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
This is about Games Subforum in OMNI.
#20
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 6,790
Seems to me that Lounge threads clearly fit in that category, and indeed the person moving the question apparently thought so, too, hence they added the caveat that (despite their apparent fit) the "TalkBoard" didn't intend that result as to Lounge threads. My rejoinder is "why not?" If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, why not treat it like a duck?
I have no problem with non-substantive threads or the people who like them; I'm just saying move them to the other side of the tracks so we don't keep stumbling over them when we look for travel-related information.
#21
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NJ
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Fairmont Lifetime Plat, UA Silver, dirt elsewhere
Posts: 46,919
This whole issue never would have come up if he just would had stopped the post padders. I can't say I've seen any board, even those as specialized at FT, that don't count their off-topic area.
But I also believe OT shouldn't be in the main forums - and that may be where your issue really lies. If you don't want to see Omni you don't have to visit - you can even have it removed from your access if you don't want to see the threads under "new posts."
#22
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UALifetimePremierGold, Marriott LifetimeTitanium
Posts: 71,007
Sorry, I thought the topic was gathering up all the non-substance threads and putting them together in one place.
Seems to me that Lounge threads clearly fit in that category, and indeed the person moving the question apparently thought so, too, hence they added the caveat that (despite their apparent fit) the "TalkBoard" didn't intend that result as to Lounge threads. My rejoinder is "why not?" If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, why not treat it like a duck?
Seems to me that Lounge threads clearly fit in that category, and indeed the person moving the question apparently thought so, too, hence they added the caveat that (despite their apparent fit) the "TalkBoard" didn't intend that result as to Lounge threads. My rejoinder is "why not?" If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, why not treat it like a duck?
The original motion to have post counts in Omni took all of that into consideration, and this motion takes all that into consideration as well.
And as lin821 pointed out, THIS thread is about creating a games forum under Omni. If you've got specific input for pros/cons of a games forum we're interested to hear them, but lounge threads going into the games forum is not on the table.
Cheers.
#23
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: HHonors Diamond; My Mom's Favorite Kid
Posts: 3,929
I sort of wavering on the side of "No" now. I think that in a few weeks we'll be back to the same 2-3 games that are always active in OMNI. I don't think that 2-3 active games rationalizes an entirely new forum.
Plus I'll miss that part of the OMNI community. I enjoy watching the numbers tick down even though I don't participate that frequently. If an OMNI games forum happens I'll have another another page to check daily.
I'm beginning to feel like the motion was a little premature. We should have waited a few weeks for the novality of OMNI counting to wear off and then re-evaluated.
Plus I'll miss that part of the OMNI community. I enjoy watching the numbers tick down even though I don't participate that frequently. If an OMNI games forum happens I'll have another another page to check daily.
I'm beginning to feel like the motion was a little premature. We should have waited a few weeks for the novality of OMNI counting to wear off and then re-evaluated.
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Formerly HPN, but then DCA and IAD for a while, and now back to HPN!
Programs: Honestly, I've been out of the travel game so long that I'm not even sure. Maybe Marriott Gold?
Posts: 10,677
I sort of wavering on the side of "No" now. I think that in a few weeks we'll be back to the same 2-3 games that are always active in OMNI. I don't think that 2-3 active games rationalizes an entirely new forum.
Plus I'll miss that part of the OMNI community. I enjoy watching the numbers tick down even though I don't participate that frequently. If an OMNI games forum happens I'll have another another page to check daily.
I'm beginning to feel like the motion was a little premature. We should have waited a few weeks for the novality of OMNI counting to wear off and then re-evaluated.
Plus I'll miss that part of the OMNI community. I enjoy watching the numbers tick down even though I don't participate that frequently. If an OMNI games forum happens I'll have another another page to check daily.
I'm beginning to feel like the motion was a little premature. We should have waited a few weeks for the novality of OMNI counting to wear off and then re-evaluated.
#25
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 50,979
Yes, it was, and I think we should be consistent throughout FT.
#26
Suspended
Join Date: May 2006
Location: HKG
Programs: A3, TK *G; JL JGC; SPG,Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,952
i strongly oppose counting games to be seperated. it serves bonding this community and should not be seen seperable from the rest of OMNI.
either they all count or they all dont count.
either they all count or they all dont count.
#27
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Seattle
Programs: Hyatt, Marriott, Delta, Alaska
Posts: 636
Yes to separate games forum.
#28
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
The TalkBoard recommends creation of a Games forum under the OMNI category intended for threads such as the following:
1. Counting games
2. Word association games
3. Threads for posting the time of day
4. FT-specific but not forum-specific contests and giveaways where posting in the thread gives you a chance to win, even if you only win bragging rights
5. Any thread that has in the moderators' judgment has become a game.
1. Counting games
2. Word association games
3. Threads for posting the time of day
4. FT-specific but not forum-specific contests and giveaways where posting in the thread gives you a chance to win, even if you only win bragging rights
5. Any thread that has in the moderators' judgment has become a game.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...our-mouth.html
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, MR LTT, HH Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 31,839
support
#30
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, Fairmont Platinum, Aeroplan Diamond, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 18,686
Should games posting be counted.. doesn't make sense.. but I think my opinion is soft and will go with what the majority feel here..