Thread: Remove Post Counts

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Teehee. Ah okay, thanks.

Mark, I think that most of us with high posts write legitimate stuff. Also, keeping a dream journal on here definitely adds up.

Says the spammer #2.

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

Yeah, I'm clearly a spammer Have you ever read anything I've posted where counts are on? Clearly a spammer, pfft. Get a clue. Just because you don't post much doesn't mean those who do are full of shit.

I usually just scroll past your posts altogether to be quite honest.

Originally Posted by Mark75

I usually just scroll past your posts altogether to be quite honest.

You make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Somebody needs a hug

Originally Posted by Mark75

Says the spammer #2.


I usually just scroll past your posts altogether to be quite honest.

I love you Mark.

(YES +1 post)

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

You make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Somebody needs a hug

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

I love you Mark.

(YES +1 post)

I can tell when I'm not wanted.

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.

Delightfully senseless, and fascinating in a train wreck sort of way.

Moved to Senseless Banter, where it belongs.

Carry on.

Too bad for the original topic. Sometimes legitimate threads just have to get hijacked.

The ironic part is that, since pj moved this to senseless banter, every one who posted in this thread just lost the post counts tallied up in here

Why was this moved? This was a legitimate topic.

Haha notice the person who is almost 1000 posts is annoyed at the move to sensless banter

Notice how the guy with more than 2500 points it out

blah blah blah... thats too much to read =/

A post count is a number. Thats it. Take it as you will. Anybody who "wears it" as a means to be automatically better then someone with a lower postcount is simply being stupid. That same person, in his quest for e-penorz would simply find some other way to set himself apart.

Its not the post count, its the people.

<---- And some of us don't need to worry about postcount at all.. XD

Why was it moved? It didn't seem at all senseless. In fact we were debating on how the site could be improved. Since when was that senseless?

I didn't read your post, but from the forum's current state, I see no reason for removing the post-counter.

Originally Posted by goldney

Why was it moved? It didn't seem at all senseless. In fact we were debating on how the site could be improved. Since when was that senseless?

Perhaps because it's not an improvement that's been proposed?

Well, I do believe it has come to the point where I can’t really say anything I haven’t already said. So, I’d like to take this opportunity to reaffirm what I feel are the most important points I have made:

- It’s my humble observation that post counts are simply overrated

The rest was more or less me defending myself from the wave of personal criticisms I brought on by making, what seemed to me to be a casual suggestion. Perhaps my expressiveness gave a misleading impression about how vested I was in the idea, or maybe something else was to blame for the dredful atmosphere that quickly permeated the topic. It’s just unfortunate that what could have been a relaxed discussion about whether this idea was worth pursuing turned into a formal “hair-splitting” debate about whether or not I should have brought up the issue in the first place, which was a complete waist of time and energy.

Touché

For those of you who read this topic and, instead of focusing your criticisms on me, gave your input on the topic itself (and left it at that), I thank you. For those of you who tried to lighten the mood, I also thank you. But for those of you who chose to make this about me instead of the suggestion, you’re on my list.



















dun dun DUN!

Oh c'mon! Read the thread through and tell me it didn't descend into senselessness back about 20 posts!

The meta-forum is for problems and suggestions for the board. There's nothing wrong with the fact that this has turned into something a lot more entertaining - but it long ago left the realm of purpose for the Meta Forum.

I'll own up and apologize if it was a bad move. It can be un-done, but I'm not at all convinced it was an error.

This has become hilarious. I'm with PJ, it belongs here in Senseless.


It was silly to begin with, then it just got sillier.

Originally Posted by pj

Oh c'mon! Read the thread through and tell me it didn't descend into senselessness back about 20 posts!

The meta-forum is for problems and suggestions for the board. There's nothing wrong with the fact that this has turned into something a lot more entertaining - but it long ago left the realm of purpose for the Meta Forum.

I'll own up and apologize if it was a bad move. It can be un-done, but I'm not at all convinced it was an error.

Yea it was a bit of a mistake to move it to senseless. Not that I care much, but still it was a normal discussion with just a few senseless remarks and comic reliefs.

Jesus-tittyfucking-christ, that was like the longest post in senseless ever.

Posts counts are fine. They do give you a slight indication weather someone is a complete newbie or not. I hardly ever look at them, and they mean shit, and just about everyone knows it.

So stop being jealous. : )