29-07-2002 13:16									#1
	Has the reintroduction of Apolyton Quotes increased the posting rate? Inflate your Upload Space

Has anyone noticed an increase in posting following the introduction of the quotes or has throughput actually decreased as more 'Poly time is speant reading the quotes rather than reading and replying to threads.

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	29-07-2002 14:06									#2
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I don't know about the effect caused by quotes, but people seem to be less active in OT. Perhaps it has something to do with the summer vacations in the northern hemisphere?

	29-07-2002 14:17									#3
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I'm back now, so I'll do my best to increase the number of posts made...

	29-07-2002 14:45									#4
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Hi skanky, and wellcome back! How was your 'vacation'?

	29-07-2002 15:06									#5
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Thanks. It was "fun for the whole family!"
But its good to be back.

	29-07-2002 15:55									#6
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I don't think I'm really posting more because of the quotes. But I have just had a couple of ideas for my pet AC-Fiction projects, so those have drawn a few posts.

	29-07-2002 16:07									#7
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I don't think those quotes have increased the amount of posts, but the increasing amount of new posters has more likely caused that. And the fact that quite many Europeans are having their summer holidays now indeed causes some decrease in the amount of posts.

But aaglo and Skanky seem to have...



...hi-jacked this thread.

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	29-07-2002 20:35									#9
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huh?

i don't see why it would...

	29-07-2002 22:39									#10
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Talking about a summer holiday and just a few posts about the subject. So that's what called on-topic?

Anyway, just had to test my new Ming picture.

	29-07-2002 23:36									#11
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You mean the quotes on the transition page after posting? I hardly see them, as I switch to another browser window while it posts.

	30-07-2002 02:26									#12
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At least for me, it doesn't make me more likely to post but it does make waiting more enjoyable.

	30-07-2002 02:56									#13
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Oooohhhh those quotes. Those are great. I've actually copied a few of those because I liked them so much. For most of this thread I was completely lost.

*Rubs hands together* let's see what I get this time.

Oh and in order to contribute to the conversation (I don't remember the last time my post count increased) are you kidding?

	30-07-2002 03:44									#14
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I love the quotes.
Maybe they do make me post more, just cause they make the poly experience more enjoyable.

They definitely make my posts longer at the moment, due to the signature that I poached from a quote.

	30-07-2002 09:18									#15
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Yeap, those are indeed nice to have. But those longer ones are perhaps abit too long IMO.

	30-07-2002 09:32									#16
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More than a couple of lines is really too much, seeing as many of us will get redirected quite fast.

	30-07-2002 09:44									#17
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That's why there's the pause button. Though you have to press it quickly or it doesn't seem to work.

	31-07-2002 01:10									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Lorizael That's why there's the pause button. Though you have to press it quickly or it doesn't seem to work.

Or the back button followed by the pause button.

	31-07-2002 01:42									#19
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Back button often doesn't work as its atransient page its gone whern you go back to it!

	31-07-2002 01:43									#20
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Scratch that - just tested it and it does work. Blow me - I'm sure I tried to go back to a quote without success - got the page expired text. Oh well.

	31-07-2002 01:45									#21
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Yah I thought that didn't work either. Well then just be quick pressing pause.

	31-07-2002 02:06									#22
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Cheers - Glad I'm not the only one...

	31-07-2002 05:25									#23
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So Ras, are you criticising the length of my sig?

	31-07-2002 06:04									#24
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quote: Scratch that - just tested it and it does work.

It works for me 95% of the time, but that other 5% it is really annoying.

	31-07-2002 06:12									#25
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Wait, wait, wait... reintroduction? Does that mean they were here before? And if so, why were they gotten rid of? And when were they here?

	31-07-2002 07:31									#26
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quote: Originally posted by MattyBoy So Ras, are you criticising the length of my sig?

No, no, no, Matty! Your signature is just fine, the words from the Civ intro, but it's perhaps abit long, but nevermind.

	31-07-2002 23:43									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Lorizael Wait, wait, wait... reintroduction? Does that mean they were here before? And if so, why were they gotten rid of? And when were they here?

Yes they were here before. IIRC the reason they were gone was that Apolyton switched from UBB to VBB and during that switch the quotes were gone. It took a long thread of petition for Markos to pencil in enough time to find the code to allow this to be done once more.

	02-08-2002 08:35									#28
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Yes my sig's too long and a little nostalgic. I'll fix it.

	02-08-2002 10:07									#29
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Much better!