Pigsback - Free Gifts for Clicks

Marigold123

Redrum wrote:

Hear hear! I couldn't agree more with you DS, on all of the above.

Just wrote a couple of hundred words agreeing with you and putting my own POV across, but frankly got bored and couldn't be bothered with the inevitable squabbling it would generate

So instead, I'll re-quote what I think is your most salient point and back it to the hilt:

I'm afraid that if if the board loses its personality...then it will become bland, bland, bland

Can't think of a better way to spend my 200th post than supporting such an intellligently-written and common-sense piece of writing

I wanted to say that I agree wholeheartedly with Droopsnout and Redrum over this. (I was going to say, 'at the risk of prolonging the argument', but then I decided that I DID want to keep this issue alive for a bit longer, and wasn't going to apologise for doing so.)

We don't just post on this thread because we want to accumulate piggypoints, though doubtless many many more read than post, and that's entirely fair enough, (thank goodness, really, or we'd never get through it!) We don't, many of us, even post simply to find answers to problems, though again, there's absolutely nothing wrong with using the thread for that purpose only. Those of us who come back time and time again to read and post even when we don't have a problem do so because it is INTERESTING. We enjoy the humour, the interplay between the different personalities, and to a certain extent we may also enjoy the challenge created by the odd conflict.

If you remove the spice from the Pigsback thread, you will have nothing left but an exchange of information, and valuable as that is, it's not nearly as much fun!

Droopsnout, you have my support 100%. You're always kind and welcoming to newbies, you provide help in all sorts of areas, and you also give us lots of extremely amusing and clever posts to read. You're an established part of this thread, and anyone can see you care about it and the people here, and want to do what you can to make everything function smoothly. And if that includes suggesting to people that they read through a bit before they post, that's entirely reasonable; we all need to be reminded to do that from time to time. It's very much to your credit that you haven't given up yet, and still think it's worth trying to keep the thread tidy and manageable.

Chat and the friendly exchange of views don't really clog up this thread, because you can always scroll through and only stop when you see a link, but constantly repeated links do. It's inevitable that there will always be some, (and thread newbies especially shouldn't feel uncomfortable about having mistakes pointed out - we all make them!) but without constant reminders there would be a lot more, and then newbies would feel even more intimidated by the volume of information they have to wade through.

droopsnout wrote:

As far as I am aware, the last thread was closed because it got rather long, like all the previous threads on PB. Certainly, Divadee did not mention closing the thread for any other reason. Her penultimate post in the last thread did not allude to any unpleasantness.

No, you're absolutely right. The thread was closed and restarted because it had got too long, exactly the same as all the other Pigsback threads, and I don't see how anyone could really have failed to understand that.

I would re-iterate your advice that it is good netiquette to 'lurk' for a while before posting, (or at least before posting anything potentially confrontational), so that you get a feel for the style of the board. If you just wade in with complaints about other posters without taking the time to understand what is really going on, you create more problems than were there in the first place.

divadee

I have just got a load of clickthroughs on my account already i think 5 or 6 but lost count!!!!

JailhouseBabe

misskool wrote:

New Spotlight question again..
http://www.pigsback.com/offers/515804470/default.asp
Tom has recently become a natural father for the first time. What has he called his daughter?
Suri

No Spotlight at midnight, then 2 in a day?

I'm now getting Tom Cruise's picture rather than Jamie Foxx, but it tells me that I've already answered this question.

Did answer the Jamie Foxx question earlier this morning.

dreamalittle

Has anyone bought from Ace insurance through Pigsback? I was wondering how long it should take for points to be credited - the wording implies they should be added straight away, but I bought travel insurance last week and haven't had my 200 points yet. I definitely followed the instructions correctly.

mich_city

I'd just like to add... that perhaps people shouldn't take offence so easily when something is pointed out to them.. double post, mistake - whatever..

I have never seen this done nastily yet some do take major umbrage and make an issue out of it, which inevitably leads to yet another 'discussion' on posting..

Chill folks, we're all one happy piggy family - lets stay that way!


Now, must go find me some click thrus!

lisawood78

It just gave me 2 CT's but def no points for clicking on them, I checked my balance before and after clicking.
Anyone else have that prob?

jules-2005

The Toucan link is active again for those worried about the weekly 20 points

Redrum_2

Marigold123 wrote:

I wanted to say that I agree wholeheartedly with Droopsnout and Redrum over this...

I didn't really say anything, but thanks! Just wanted to endorse what Droopsnout had said...

...and now want to do the same for your post. Completely agree with everything you wrote. Everything that I wanted to say, but couldn't be bothered to!

This seems to be turning into a mutual appreciation society....

lisawood78

lisawood78 wrote:

It just gave me 2 CT's but def no points for clicking on them, I checked my balance before and after clicking.
Anyone else have that prob?

Forget that, they've been added now, about 5 minutes later!
Phew.
Yippe 20pp!! :j
Any news on the Eurovision Marauding Musical Pigs Darragh?

tooting_jane

Darragh - how about a Word Cup "football hunt" in the style of the easter egg hunt? Hide a football somewhere on the site with points on it. This could depend on how many goals England score (10 points for 1, 20 for 2, extra 10 for a win etc).