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Post Padding
Post padding is the practice of posting multiple replies one after another in a single thread, rather than making a single reply responding to multiple people. Post padding can also constitute pointless posting aimed at increasing one's post count. People who do this are known as post padders.
Replying to a single post over multiple responses, unnecessarily thread bumping, and the posting of unnecessary replies in place of using the edit post feature can also constitute post padding.
Post padding generally occurs due to one of these two reasons:
1. Ignorance - the post padder is unaware that you can reply to multiple people in a single reply. Information on how to reply to do this can be found at the bottom of this entry.
2. Boosting one's post count - the post padder is actively aware of the offence they are committing, but chooses to continue doing so to allow them to raise their post count. Possibly, these people may have a case of post count envy.
Examples of post padding can be seen in these two threads:
forum-replies.cfm?t=446076&p=4#r66
forum-replies.cfm?t=436825&p=5
Please feel free to edit your posts as required to avoid post padding.
Post Padding Aimed At Gaining Lounge Access
The moderators on Whirlpool do not look lightly upon instances of post padding aimed at gaining access to Whirlpool's extra lounges. The following thread is an example of this:
forum-replies.cfm?t=470596
The Pointless Posting Sprees FAQ entry helps reiterate this point.
To find out more about the extra lounges available on Whirlpool, and how to receive access to them, please refer to the Normal User Titles and Private Lounge Access wiki entry.
Post padding is the practice of posting multiple replies one after another in a single thread, rather than making a single reply responding to multiple people. Post padding can also constitute pointless posting aimed at increasing one's post count. People who do this are known as post padders.
Replying to a single post over multiple responses, unnecessarily thread bumping, and the posting of unnecessary replies in place of using the edit post feature can also constitute post padding.
Post padding generally occurs due to one of these two reasons:
1. Ignorance - the post padder is unaware that you can reply to multiple people in a single reply. Information on how to reply to do this can be found at the bottom of this entry.
2. Boosting one's post count - the post padder is actively aware of the offence they are committing, but chooses to continue doing so to allow them to raise their post count. Possibly, these people may have a case of post count envy.
Examples of post padding can be seen in these two threads:
forum-replies.cfm?t=446076&p=4#r66
forum-replies.cfm?t=436825&p=5
Please feel free to edit your posts as required to avoid post padding.
Post Padding Aimed At Gaining Lounge Access
The moderators on Whirlpool do not look lightly upon instances of post padding aimed at gaining access to Whirlpool's extra lounges. The following thread is an example of this:
forum-replies.cfm?t=470596
The Pointless Posting Sprees FAQ entry helps reiterate this point.
To find out more about the extra lounges available on Whirlpool, and how to receive access to them, please refer to the Normal User Titles and Private Lounge Access wiki entry.
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