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Originally posted by SonicInfinity
Are people influenced to flag, star, respond, etc., not based on the content of the post, but the status of the user? Do ATS Points, a flashy avatar, certain sentence structures (lots of periods/commas, no letters capitalized, many exclamation marks and emoticons - you get the gist), etc., all affect whether one gives the thread attention? A lot of the times, I see topics with a lot of flags and little replies, and the topic has little to no content, but the user has a lot of ATS Points and/or is well-known here in the ATS community; on the contrary, I see topics with little flags and average replies, and the topic has ample content, but the user who created it is either new or little-known. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but generally speaking, it seems like I keep seeing the same users making the highly-flagged topics while some extremely significant topics get ignored because their flag count is low.
Are people influenced to flag, star, respond, etc., not based on the content of the post, but the status of the user?
Are people influenced to flag, star, respond, etc., not based on the content of the post, but the status of the user? Do ATS Points, a flashy avatar, certain sentence structures (lots of periods/commas, no letters capitalized, many exclamation marks and emoticons - you get the gist), etc., all affect whether one gives the thread attention? A lot of the times, I see topics with a lot of flags and little replies, and the topic has little to no content, but the user has a lot of ATS Points and/or is well-known here in the ATS community; on the contrary, I see topics with little flags and average replies, and the topic has ample content, but the user who created it is either new or little-known. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but generally speaking, it seems like I keep seeing the same users making the highly-flagged topics while some extremely significant topics get ignored because their flag count is low.