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Des
08-04-17, 12:48 PM
Hi, I am Des and I am a movieholic!
Yoda
08-04-17, 12:49 PM
Hi Des, welcome to Movie Forums. :)
Dannii
08-04-17, 12:52 PM
Hello Des. Welcome to the party! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Des
08-04-17, 01:07 PM
Thank you. May I start with a brief review of a movie I saw and liked? Do you allow trailers on this forum?
Camo
08-04-17, 01:09 PM
Welcome. Yes to both. You might not be able to post videos until you have ten posts though. Or that might just be Private Messages i dunno.
Yoda
08-04-17, 01:11 PM
Yeah, new users can't post links until they hit 25 posts (it stops a lot of spam bots).
The Rodent
08-04-17, 01:11 PM
Welcome to the site!
Camo
08-04-17, 01:13 PM
Yeah, new users can't post links until they hit 25 posts (it stops a lot of spam bots).

I was wondering the other day is the reason you don't do the same with threads so new users can make an introduction thread right away? Would that not cut down on those spam attacks or do you think it'd be the same result with posts? Just wondering if the bots would maybe spam the same thread or what.
The Rodent
08-04-17, 01:17 PM
That's a decent idea tbh.
It'd certainly limit the freedom of genuine members who are new, but, well, stopping the starting of new thread would be part-and-parcel of that too.
But saying that, it'd be tougher to track spammers as the Now Showing would be a series of existing posts rather than a pile of odd looking thread titles.
Yoda
08-04-17, 01:18 PM
Yeah, want people to be able to introduce themselves, a lot of new users have questions to ask, etc. I could program in exceptions for just those two forums, but it seems a bit much.

It's definitely a balance between stopping spam and making the site welcoming. Always open to tweaking that line, but if anything I lean towards easing the post count restrictions a bit more going forward. We can handle the spam fairly easily, so the only bad tweak would be one that resulted in a lot more.
Des
08-04-17, 01:38 PM
So, I guess to quickly up the post count one would need to participate in the Miscellaneous Forums?
The Rodent
08-04-17, 01:41 PM
So, I guess to quickly up the post count one would need to participate in the Miscellaneous Forums?



Reviews!
Do loads of reviews!
Yam12
08-04-17, 01:41 PM
Welcome :)
Des
08-04-17, 01:49 PM
Reviews!
Do loads of reviews!
Wish I was good enough to do loads of reviews in a short amount of time;)
Yoda
08-04-17, 01:59 PM
So, I guess to quickly up the post count one would need to participate in the Miscellaneous Forums?
Eh, up to you, but it doesn't take that long to respond "normally" in other discussions.

Mainly, though, you could just post the review without the trailer. Trailers are easy enough to find and most of the threads for various films have them in there already.
Camo
08-04-17, 02:02 PM
Word Association for post count! My only posts in the Word Association thread where with a member who was temporarily banned and had set up a new account so they could PM me :laugh:
Des
08-04-17, 02:08 PM
Hmmm... word association or review, word association or review? I am becoming insane with long periods of horrible sanity!
Des
08-04-17, 02:10 PM
Camo, aren't you the guy who tried to kill Don Corleone?
Dani8
08-04-17, 09:03 PM
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Beatle
08-04-17, 10:19 PM
Welcome man....:hogan:So, I guess to quickly up the post count one would need to participate in the Miscellaneous Forums?

Word Association for post count! My only posts in the Word Association thread where with a member who was temporarily banned and had set up a new account so they could PM me :laugh:

Hmmm... word association or review, word association or review? I am becoming insane with long periods of horrible sanity!

Word assotiation. It's much shorter. you can get 25 posts in less than 25 seconds. Or any other game practically.

Camo, aren't you the guy who tried to kill Don Corleone?

Yes. i killed him.
Des
08-05-17, 02:27 AM
Ah, what a fine night to be walking in the shadow of goombahs !
nebbit
08-05-17, 03:06 AM
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Des
08-05-17, 03:18 AM
Thank you!
CosmicRunaway
08-05-17, 06:33 AM
Welcome to the forum!
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Joel
08-06-17, 12:46 AM
Howdy! Have fun! It seems like you're already off to a nice start with a few mini reviews :)
Des
08-06-17, 01:19 AM
Thanks. I am kind of new at this so my reviews will evolve with time. Hope to get more feedback.
mark f
10-21-17, 12:39 AM
Hi, I am Des and I am a movieholic!
When did you become a movieholic and where did you see the movies on your movie lists?
Des
10-21-17, 02:36 PM
When did you become a movieholic and where did you see the movies on your movie lists?

My mom watched a lot of movies, so I started watching with her as a child. Gradually, I progressed to watching movies from various best movie lists, friends' private movie collections, the internet streaming sites, youtube, netflix, cinflix, various movie clubs to the point where it's part of my daily life. I do a lot of tracking on IMDB and Video Detective and some specific search engines, as well, so I try to stay current.
I know my lack of direct participation in this forum probably made you ask the question but I am not a novice and have seen a lot of movies because I made it a point to systematically track them down.
When it comes to commenting and reviews here, I have been mostly observing up to now.