ORDERS ARE CLOSED! 2023 BladeForums.com Traditional Knife.

cudgee said:
:thumbsup: 😁. Yes i cannot see what all the drama is, if you qualify you will get a forum knife. They are still available after what 2 days, where is the drama there. Participate, qualify and you will get one. 🤯🤯🤯
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Sometimes I wonder if the regulars should be forced to endure the "participation" of those attempting to qualify...

Maybe the requirement should be changed to "25 posts over 25 separate days made prior to the announcement of that year's forum knife."

Thoughts?
 
birdsbeaks said:
Sometimes I wonder if the regulars should be forced to endure the "participation" of those attempting to qualify...

Maybe the requirement should be changed to "25 posts over 25 separate days made prior to the announcement of that year's forum knife."

Thoughts?
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Speaking as more of a lurker than poster, I'm not sure the 25 separate days part is good. I often go through spurts where I'm feeling a bit more extroverted and outgoing. So, I may post more in one day and then wait a while before posting again. One thing that may allow for this type of pattern is to have at least one week difference between the first and last post along with the minimum count. That would allow for batching multiples in one day, but not all in one day.
 
birdsbeaks said:
Sometimes I wonder if the regulars should be forced to endure the "participation" of those attempting to qualify...

Maybe the requirement should be changed to "25 posts over 25 separate days made prior to the announcement of that year's forum knife."

Thoughts?
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I have mixed feeling there. Yes, I'm posting in this thread and having fun with it, but I don't plan to get up to the required 25posts and buy a knife, unless Spark lifts that requirement.
 
I guess it might be different if we were required to have the 25 posts in just the one thread. Yikes!

This is my daily update. Still waiting. 😂
 
birdsbeaks said:
Sometimes I wonder if the regulars should be forced to endure the "participation" of those attempting to qualify...
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Unfortunately the “participation” is nothing more than a spam fest of nothing posts.
birdsbeaks said:
Maybe the requirement should be changed to "25 posts over 25 separate days made prior to the announcement of that year's forum knife."

Thoughts?
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I wouldn’t mind seeing a 25 or 50 posts requirement prior to the pre order announcement.
 
I told myself no more GEC's but I can't pass this up... EDIT: ahhh not enough posts in the traditional forum. My wallet thanks you for that requirement, BladeForums.
 
Boru13 said:
Unfortunately the “participation” is nothing more than a spam fest of nothing posts.

I wouldn’t mind seeing a 25 or 50 posts requirement prior to the pre order announcement.
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Agree, like it has been in years past. I mean, this year, there are a few folks here who ordered, and then posted to meet the 25 posts requirement*. Ah well, long as they got the bag opportunity to be a part of this amazing occasion, right? 😶


* Gold or 25 posts on the Porch wasn't the wording used by Spark Spark in the OP. I believe it was supposed to be both metrics.
 
birdsbeaks said:
Sometimes I wonder if the regulars should be forced to endure the "participation" of those attempting to qualify...

Maybe the requirement should be changed to "25 posts over 25 separate days made prior to the announcement of that year's forum knife."

Thoughts?
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The thing is - this is a forum knife (first and foremost) and second, it's been traditionally hosted by this particular sub-forum. I would hope that anyone wanting a crack at this knife has at least a passing interest in these kinds of knives, which would hopefully mean that they would have no trouble contributing to this corner. 25 posts is not a high bar to pass.

More to your point though: I don't post as much as I used to over here but it is still a predominant area that sees most of my interest. Would you see me disbarred from ordering one of these knives if I only posted a handful of times in the course of a few weeks? Even though close to 50% of my total posts are over here?
 
StoneDog said:
I told myself no more GEC's but I can't pass this up... EDIT: ahhh not enough posts in the traditional forum. My wallet thanks you for that requirement, BladeForums.
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I view it this way ...
You have been a member for years, supporting with paid membership status during much of that time, etc. Just because you do not post all the time does not negate the fact that you are an upstanding/valuable member to the community as a whole. I am similar in a sense.
I visit often, read, purchase, but I do not usually post very much mostly due to schedule, work, family, etc.
I am friendly, but not naturally super social. :)
Everyone's life is different, and the extra time that each of us has on any given day is different. I would often say to myself, "I am just one guy, does anyone even care about what I have to say or like what I am excited about or have to show?". The post requirement was a nice reminder, and makes me feel like the answer is "yes". Most folks seem to genuinely appreciate it when someone tries to interact in a quality manner. There is value for others in sharing solid content. I may not be able to do it on the daily like a lot of folks, but when I get the chance and/or have enough pictures accumulated, the effort seems to be genuinely appreciated by all the other enthusiasts out there.
An analogy of sorts: A store may be super busy and open 24-7, but you might only be able to get to that store every once in a while. As long as each visit is positive and rewarding for both the store and the others around you ... you are a valuable patron. Just my $0.02.
Simply do what is comfortable for you, and whenever you have the time and/or means.
Have a great day!
 
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Pàdruig said:
The thing is - this is a forum knife (first and foremost) and second, it's been traditionally hosted by this particular sub-forum. I would hope that anyone wanting a crack at this knife has at least a passing interest in these kinds of knives, which would hopefully mean that they would have no trouble contributing to this corner. 25 posts is not a high bar to pass.

More to your point though: I don't post as much as I used to over here but it is still a predominant area that sees most of my interest. Would you see me disbarred from ordering one of these knives if I only posted a handful of times in the course of a few weeks? Even though close to 50% of my total posts are over here?
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I believe you may have misunderstood my point.

I was proposing that unless a person has a minimum number of posts, ever, in the traditional forum prior to the announcement of a given year's forum knife - then they would not be eligible. But again, that would be ever - not limited to that year, or the previous year, or any other time frame - just, ever.

With nearly 5,000 posts in the traditional forum alone, there is virtually no way you would ever not qualify.

I was just thinking of a way to cut down on the useless "I liek trad knifes too" posts that flood this subforum this time of year in desperate attempts to meet the qualification quota.
 
That would be an acceptable option if it is technically possible to export the data to lock the stats as of a specific date. But, I'm not sure if that export option is built into the forum software. And, there would then need to be a way to cross-reference or refer to that data with the purchase mechanism. I'm not sure how that is currently connected or if that is an entirely manual process.
 
The alleged concept is that it is supposed to be something special for an existing community, not something to cause people to join said community and minimally participate just to get the reward.

So the challenge, then, is to decide what constitutes membership of that existing community, so that you don't get the "hey, nice place you have here, I'm just here for the exclusive knife, though, got it, seeya" kind of people swinging by.

Seems to only have become an issue more recently. There was a time when we would worry about getting enough people willing to commit to pre-ordering to even get a maker to do a run for us.
 
Paid memberships can skirt the whole 25 post thing though.

Makes sense just to leave it to paid memberships and maybe membership length, if joined beginning or late in the year well you won't be able to participate until the next year.

A look into when you re-up your membership too as certain people might just re-up to buy said knife.
 
The more the merrier. I just wish the new members would stick around and talk knives and learn and show theirs, which is good for everyone. I like to encourage the hobby and bring more members in, especially the younger generation. But I also acknowledge that a good % of them are only here to grab a GEC in an easy drop, and use it for trade fodder on Facebook 3 days later.
 
Rookie82 said:
The more the merrier. I just wish the new members would stick around and talk knives and learn and show theirs, which is good for everyone. I like to encourage the hobby and bring more members in, especially the younger generation. But I also acknowledge that a good % of them are only here to grab a GEC in an easy drop, and use it for trade fodder on Facebook 3 days later.
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I agree with everything you've stated.

And, I'm not just saying so to get my post count up! 🤣
 
Rookie82 said:
I just wish the new members would stick around and talk knives and learn and show theirs, which is good for everyone.
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I prefer this also. It is better to grow because folks are interested in learning and/or discussing knives than just for getting a quick flip from something special. This talk reminds me of a guitar forum I used to be on. In order to remain active, the member needed to maintain an average of X posts per month. Combining the start date (or minimum of X months of paid membership) with a small X post per month average might help with this type of scenario.
 
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