Thread: Remove Post Counts

Originally Posted by ethen

Well now I’m confused. Do people care about their post count or do they not?? It’s my opinion that, despite what has been said, most people do. To what degree I cannot say for certain, Im sure some care ofr it much more than others, but never the less, I don’t see why I’m getting so much resistance if it weren't an issue at all.

Some people care about it, some people don't.
I agree with you that it's an interesting issue to discuss.
I agree with you that the resistance you receive is a bit exaggerated and even bordering on hostile.

Originally Posted by ethen

Be honest, who could care less if they had a post count? And of those people, who here is willing put their money where their mouth is? I didnt think so.

I think post counts are cool. They show how much you posted. If you spent hours posting, why not get a little trophy to show off? Even if it's not such a great trophy, even if it's a bit of a lame trophy, it's still a trophy. I for one like it.

Originally Posted by ethen

No it doesn't. A person’s intelligence, experience, and thus credibility has little-to-nothing to do with their post count. All a post count is, or should be, is something that notes how many posts a person has at one specific website.

You don't respond to what I said. I said the post count is very inaccurate to tell the credibility. But it's still a small part of a lot things that makes the persons credebility.

Originally Posted by ethen

So then you admit that it does play a role in a person's status? Thank you.

Yes, but like I said, I think it's a nice thing, IMHO.
I like my post count, I like to see other's post counts. I think it's a silly but fun thing to have. If I had 10000 posts I would probably be a little attached to it like that person you talked about from the other forum. Whats so wrong with it? I am not enlightened: I am attached to one or two things. I don't think that such a disaster...

I think a better status symbol is your UID
3 digit UID's == uber status

Originally Posted by Ynot

I think a better status symbol is your UID
3 digit UID's == uber status

Ulster Institute for the Deaf ??

User ID

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/member.php?u=7861

u=9236

Hah hah, I'm beatin you Ynot.

But honestly I wear my post count with pride. It took time to get however many posts I've currently got, and I know whether I was spamming or not (which I wasn't) so I feel like I should have some credit for that and allow others to see how I (hopefully) contribute to the forum and am (according to Exo) a "great part of our community"

As well as this, I have never seen a case of a New Member being told to "stfu" or "go away" merely because they have a low post count, and rarely if ever have I seen someone with a higher post count lording it over those who don't. It seems on this forum that those with high post counts are not the type of character who would do so anyway.

So, in short, leave it where it is.