New Post Health Score Tool Introduced by nutildah.. Check Your Posting score

[Hatchy]

Good day everyone,
Most of us are already aware of the recent enforcement of signature bans, with nutildah handling reviews and issuing bans to users whose posting habits fall into the category of low quality contributions on the forum..It is worth mentioning that the signature ban itself is not a newly introduced feature. It has existed on the forum long enough, but it simply wasn't being enforced as actively as it is now. I understand that many users, both on our local board and across the forum, may be worried about who might receive the next signature ban. However, I don't think this is something anyone should worry over.

We've repeatedly discussed on the local board the importance of making quality posts, regardless of the requirements of your signature campaign. Being accepted into a signature campaign should never stop you from contributing meaningful content to discussions. Unfortunately, some users both old and new, have developed the habit of making low effort or generic posts simply to meet their weekly post quota.The renewed enforcement of signature bans serves as a reminder that signature campaigns are not the primary reason Bitcointalk exists. The forum was built for discussion, learning and sharing knowledge partaining to bitcoin. If this enforcement helps improve posting quality over time, then I believe it will benefit the forum as a whole.

Within the first few days of the enforcement, several users had their accounts reviewed by nutildah and were issued temporary signature bans, together with the date when the ban would be lifted. However, many members still questioned the criteria being used, with some believing the process was biased or not applied consistently.

To clear up some of those concerns, nutildah has now introduced the official Bitcointalk Post Health Score Lookup.
According to him, "the tool is meant to help users understand the quality of their posting history and, for those who have received a signature ban, give them a better idea of why they may have been selected". While the exact scoring criteria have not been made public and remain known only to a few(forum staff and moderators), the tool offers some useful insight into your overall posting quality.



Is the site only for signature banned users?
No.
According to nutildah, "every Bitcointalk user can check their score." I think this is a great addition because users can periodically review their posting health and make improvements before they end up receiving a signature ban.

Link to Site: https://postflayer.onrender.com/

How to use the site

It's quite simple.

- Visit the website and allow it to load.
- Enter a user's ID.
- Click Look Up.
- The tool will display a score together with information related to the quality of that user's posting history.

The site is still undergoing development, so if you come across any bugs or unexpected behaviour, do well to report them.

Available score categories
I checked the scores of several random users, including some who had already received signature bans, just to get an idea of the available categories. These are the ones I found.

• The Elite – Top 10% of active posters.
  
  
• The Good – Top 25% of active posters.
  
  
• The Average – Middle 50% of active posters.
  
  
• The below Average- 10-25% of active posters.
  
• Needs Improvement – Lowest 10% of active posters.
  
  

How can you improve your score?
As mentioned earlier, the exact scoring criteria have not been disclosed, so only a few, knows precisely how the score is calculated on the site.
However, from what I've personally observed, one common factor among many users who received signature bans is repeatedly making generic or low effort replies, posting in boards that don't add much value to the discussion, or replying to threads that have little meaningful discussion left simply to meet a posting quota.

Instead of focusing on the number of posts, focus on making each post worth reading. Participate in discussions where you actually have something useful to contribute, avoid repetitive comments, and put a little more thought into your replies. If you consistently do that, you'll not only improve your posting quality but also reduce the chances of finding yourself on the receiving end of a signature ban.

As more information becomes available regarding the signature ban system, I'll update this thread accordingly. Any contributions or additions as to the signature ban can come in below..

Link to appeal thread:
Signature Ban Appeal and Q&A : appeal your sigban here

[Decimetre]

Thank you for bringing this to the notice of our dear local board. I hope it will help forum users to improve on their post qualities and also track their posting habits. I tried using the tool and I saw this...



This means that since the tool is public, everyone can actually see the reason or be able to justify whether a person is doing good or not. We are learning and I hope say wetin we go improve better.

[Hypnotizer]

I sure remember reading some post on that thread asking about the criteria for issuing the Sigban, this is actually a great tool to help clarify somethings on why they’re issued in the easiest way possible for everyone to understand.

I tried it out myself and I’ll say the process was super easy and smooth because it took seconds after I entered my User ID for it to show my score category.

I think the whole reason behind the enforcement of this ban was to crackdown on spam from forum users, so the easiest answer on how to avoid the ban is to improve post quality.

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Not sure if it is because I'm just a newbie and that's why it doesn't show up??

Yes it’s probably because you’re a newbie. If you read the writing below where you enter your user ID on the website, you’ll see that they said the result for users with less than 200 posts may be completely inaccurate.

Moreover as a newbie you can’t add signature to your profile, so the signature ban has nothing to do with you at this point..

[thesebassv]

Not sure if I did it correctly. I got my user id from the url that says "Last post of this person", I think it is this one "u=3761376". But when I check in the website it says

We don't have your user ID on file yet, sorry. Please send a PM to nutildah and request your score be added.

Not sure if it is because I'm just a newbie and that's why it doesn't show up??

[NewRevelation]

Weldon @Hatchy, this is a wonderful information and am sure it's gonna be very beneficial for us all.  We know somehow it can be painful that someone gets to receive a aig ban, but on the other hand, if we look at the positive side or the reason for such implementation, then it seems valuable since it will help us(members) to review our posting pattern and become more productive and educative posters where pure knowledge is shared. Perhaps, that was the original essence of the forum as you previously mentioned.

From your information, the developed tool or site also gives everyone the privilege to check and confirm his posting habit or quality, which is a good one, enabling you to know when to sit up or continue with your pattern. I think generally, it's a good one. If they could hold onto giving out good judgements since you said the decision process is manual but after thorough checks, then it's okay.

I would love to ask, since four steps are giving in grades or the quality of post,  the Elites, the good, the average and the lowest, so which grade(s) gets to receive a aig ban after check by nutilda? Could it just be the lowest grade or probably the average (middle) grades too or which one else?

[Chilwell]

Not sure if I did it correctly. I got my user id from the url that says "Last post of this person", I think it is this one "u=3761376". But when I check in the website it says

We don't have your user ID on file yet, sorry. Please send a PM to nutildah and request your score be added.

Not sure if it is because I'm just a newbie and that's why it doesn't show up??

No, it is not because you are a newbies, there are still other ranks which their records are not yet there, so I will say you should exercise patience and again i don't think you even need the site now.

Right now use this as an opportunity for yourself to build a very good polifolio in the forum. This will definitely help you a lot because even some of the people that receive sigban of recent do not have it, because I am confidence that if this thing should have started earlier than now, most of them will not be involved.

@Hatchy, honestly you did a very good job here, because this is also a sign that you really cares for us. Keep up the good work, we really appreciate your effort.

[Obim34]

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There is "Below average" after "The average"

Not sure if it is because I'm just a newbie and that's why it doesn't show up??

You need to have about 200+ posts before your data can be scraped, also with more English posts outside the local board.

[Yablee0]

I saw these on meta board earlier today. But I think it was very thoughtful for bringing it here on our local board for everyone to see it and probably say out their various opinion on it. However, I think this recent development is quite welcomed at least one can be able to know when he's actually not doing well in his post health and know how he can work towards improving on that direction. Hmmm....I feel like I'm somehow relieved right now because from the way things is their is room for improvement.

[Rockson1]

Right now use this as an opportunity for yourself to build a very good polifolio in the forum. This will definitely help you a lot because even some of the people that receive sigban of recent do not have it, because I am confidence that if this thing should have started earlier than now, most of them will not be involved.

Nice advice from you to @thesebassv, although I understand why he is curious to know his rating or score, perhaps he wants to know if he is getting it right or wrong, you know that feeling when everyone is seeing there score and you are not, it will look as if you are left behind but the thing is that he has been made to know that some data has not been added yet maybe because of rank or something, as you said, this is an avenue for him to learn more, and prepare himself so that when his data finally enter the system, his scores will be encouraging, the good thing about this development is that, it will make everyone to know if there are some areaa they are not doing well which has to be improved as fast as they can.

[thesebassv]

No, it is not because you are a newbies, there are still other ranks which their records are not yet there, so I will say you should exercise patience and again i don't think you even need the site now.

Right now use this as an opportunity for yourself to build a very good polifolio in the forum. This will definitely help you a lot because even some of the people that receive sigban of recent do not have it, because I am confidence that if this thing should have started earlier than now, most of them will not be involved.

You need to have about 200+ posts before your data can be scraped, also with more English posts outside the local board.

Thanks to both of you for explaining it 

Nice advice from you to @thesebassv, although I understand why he is curious to know his rating or score, perhaps he wants to know if he is getting it right or wrong, you know that feeling when everyone is seeing there score and you are not, it will look as if you are left behind but the thing is that he has been made to know that some data has not been added yet maybe because of rank or something, as you said, this is an avenue for him to learn more, and prepare himself so that when his data finally enter the system, his scores will be encouraging

Yes, exactly. I normally do not post so I always try to do it in a meaningful way, I mean I always try to add something to the conversation and not just post to get more activity. Although sometimes it's difficult to find something to contribute when many people have already said what I was thinking lol

[Mhizlove]

Good work on the site. I just checked mine, and from the result I got on my profile, I will gladly say that I'm doing great. However, I have also read a few comments on the signature ban thread and also looked at some of the accounts that had already been banned for wearing signatures, and what I can say is that they normally post more on the gambling section, and not just that, they also post on mega threads too. I believe the reason for this site is to make the ban system transparent, so anyone who received a signature ban can check their rating.

[Versatile_choice]

Not sure if I did it correctly. I got my user id from the url that says "Last post of this person", I think it is this one "u=3761376". But when I check in the website it says

We don't have your user ID on file yet, sorry. Please send a PM to nutildah and request your score be added.

Not sure if it is because I'm just a newbie and that's why it doesn't show up??

You did the right thing bro, I know the reason why your scores has refused to come up. That is because your activity is less than 200 and according to what nultida said in that thread that post outside of  local board, for example politics and society and bounty board will not be counted. and again if you have less than 200 activity it may not work properly, and according to what he said that the application hasn't been thoroughly tested yet.

Reference:

How to use it:

1. Visit postflayer.onrender.com
2. Wait 30-50 seconds for the program to load
3. Type in a user ID & press "Lookup"

That's it.

The server "spins down" if inactive after so many minutes, meaning you will have to refresh the page. Bear in mind not all user IDs will have scores.

The software hasn't been thoroughly tested yet and I apologize in advance if some things don't make sense. Your score definitely won't make sense if you:

1) seldom post outside of local boards or the bounty board
2) have less than 200 posts
3) post a lot of template content

You need to meet up with the criteria, by increasing your activity to 200 or more so as for you to check your posting score.