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# Or only allow people
with a /board post count of greater than 5000 or something to post in the compo. that should be long enough to weed out the turds who post for the hell of it.

Plenty of other message boards limit who can start a new thread. If any message containing a picture got an 'I Like This' button then anyone could post a picture, but not everyone could start a new thread with one. As soon as you get a picture on the popular page, you are allowed to start new threads or something.

I'm just waffling now, someone stop me.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 11:57, archived)
# I don't think images quality is always related to post count
I like the open nature of b3ta - the problem is the compo, not the users
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 11:59, archived)
# Same here
But if the people who could start new threads were restriced, you wouldn't have so much crap flushing everything else off the board. Every now and then you'd get a compo thread and loads of people would post their entires in it as it was a related thread?

I did say I was just waffling.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:04, archived)
# that would only work if the i like this button was added to replies
we get some damn fine noobs and infrequent posters from time to time.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:07, archived)
# I think I mentioned that.
EVERY post that contains an image should have an 'I Like This' button.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:11, archived)
# yes you did, sorry i missed it
i now quite like the idea of internet wizardry the final solution
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:18, archived)
# If I waffle for long enough
normally something reasonable comes out eventually.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:19, archived)
# OR...
Maybe do some sort of internet wizardry type stuff and set the board to automatically start a compo thread once an hour (or just have a mod do it) and it's only when replying to that thread that it lets you choose to make your post a compo entry?

That would keep them all in one place, allow people to post whatever crap they wanted, not speed the board up too much and be easy to hide for anyone who hates the compo!

IT'S THE PERFECT SOLUTION!

But will no doubt turn out to be completely impossible.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:09, archived)
# I like the cut of your jib :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:03, archived)
# 5000?!
Christ man. I feel all unloved. We quiet people are worthy too!
(I helped save b3ta! collapsibletank procreates, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:03, archived)
# It was just a number off the top of my head.
Thinking about it, I prefer the getting an image onto the popular page as the threshold.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 12:04, archived)