Over 1000 posts lets you bypass moderation

"I don't know if this is a very good idea guys. I'm pretty sure anyone can get past 1000 eventually, and when they do what is to stop them from posting stuff that doesn't make sense, has bad grammar, or doesn't belong? I think there should always be moderation."

I'm pretty sure that you can't just bypass moderation but that it will merely be more lenient.

You need 1000 points, not 1000 posts.

You can still be moderated, but your edits and submissions can go live immediately after you reach 1,000 points.  Points are not posts.  You get points based on the approved content you submit.

Thats still alot of points... I mean kudos to those who get that many...

would be cool but its points needed

Yeah, that's a ton of points, gonna have to get on that, haha.

100 points is going to be quite a while away for me.

Since it's moderated before being officially submitted than it should be fine

"You can still be moderated, but your edits and submissions can go live immediately after you reach 1,000 points.  Points are not posts.  You get points based on the approved content you submit."

Yay, another kind of points to grind! =)

Yay, another kind of points to grind! =)

except that has nothing to do with forum moderation  only that changes you make will no longer be submited to the queue instead the edits will become immeadiate.

That's a lot of points, and by then the GB crew/mods will be pretty sure you're a good guy.

"If you're going to accumulate 1,000 points purely so you can bypass the moderation and vandalise the wiki, there's something seriously wrong. I don't think petty vandals are going to spend the time getting those 1,000 points - and even if they do, anything dramatic can be quickly reported and removed.
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ANYONE can post on Wikipedia.org and I don't see mass hysteria over there. If someone lies or makes a mistake, anyone can just revert back. It's easy.

 Yeah, it takes a serious amount of QUALITY edits to get 1,000 points. That's the whole point of the 1,000 point gate. It keep vandals out, while allowing the people who are really into the wiki stuff to edit their articles without having to wait. Seems like a good system to me, at least in theory.

"100 points is going to be quite a while away for me."

But do we know how much effort it takes to get to 1000. Personally I don't and I don't think that most people do.

I think it's pretty reasonable.  I doubt that people are going to cause any major problems.

"You need 1000 points, not 1000 posts.
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Lol, can't be surprised that there's some type of point system in the website. I mean, Jeff being a point junkie and all.

I'm pretty sure your not bypassing moderation, but instead, your sending your info for Mod Approval, but having 1000pnts means your trust worthy enough to allow your content to go up on the site, with out waiting. When the mod gets to your content, he/she can probably remove it and revert back to what was there before.

I would also imagine that, like the value of investments, points can go up AND down... so if you hit 1000 points by submitting good rational content and then decide to freak out all over the site, your score is going to drop down under the 1000 mark again (as you get moderated down and reverted)? Now this is just a guess, but would seem a sensble way to work it.

having 1000 doesn't put you above the law, it just means you don't have to go through the acceptance process. Mods will eventually look at it and check I believe

It's probably just a glitch that they will change later.

Perhaps 1000 straight posts without a moderation?

If someone wants to, say, spam the site with a bunch of porn, they might consider spamming a bunch of topics with junk replies to get up to a thousand. But they'd probably get moderated for spam at some point, which would reset their count back to zero.

Of course, if someone wants to be a well-behaved, thoughtful, intelligent poster for some weeks to get to a thousand posts without a moderation, only to spam the site with porn the moment they hit that mark... there's not much you can do except ban them and point them towards a solid psychiatrist.

immunity from life.

they should add that. so that when you exceed a certain number of points you can no longer pass away. i think Giantbomb have the power.

YES ONLY 900 TO GO BITCHES

"YES ONLY 900 TO GO BITCHES"

"ANYONE can post on Wikipedia.org and I don't see mass hysteria over there. If someone lies or makes a mistake, anyone can just revert back. It's easy. "