About postcount off in the off-topic forum.

[IronWolf]

As soon as you start making value judgements about "this post counts more than that one" you open up the entire "where do you stop?" can of worms. Should bumps count? What about posts in "real" forums which add no value to the discussion? Why should those count when posts which are genuinely and personally helpful in off-topic don't?

I think Dave put it well.

People come to EN World for different things, some to PbP, some to help answer Rules questions, some to talk about Movies and Books, some to talk about d20 gaming in general and some to socialize with online friends in Off-Topic. For some post count is important, for others not so much. In either case it is an online community where everyone comes for one reason for another. If post count isn't your thing (and I am not saying it should be) I don't see why we should necessarily say it is a bad thing. It just might not be the the reason you come to this online community.

From what I have seen most of the more or less obvious posts to simply increase post count occur in the Off-Topic Forum. Of course there is also some very decent discussion that goes on in that forum about items that are off-topic. The main place one sees high rates of conversational posting are in the hivemind. That's easy enough to not read if you have no interest in it. Off-Topic is really a place that seems like it is a place to let your hair down so to speak, which is a good thing in my opinion, a valuable part of this community.

If mulitple replies in a row is an issue, then perhaps we should politely remind people of the netiquette of replying in a single post with multiple quotes in that post to reduce "clutter". This may do the most to alleviate any hard feelings.

::shrug:: I guess I am saying this is an online community. Some things will happen that you like and some things will happen that you don't. Even if post count isn't important to you, it doesn't necessarily mean we should spoil the fun of those who come here for that reason (especially since it appears to be contained to the Off-Topic Forum).

 

[Umbran]

Unfortunately, I think this poll is more reactionary than anything else.

I think Fruthaka's behavior is merely the vector for folks expressing a larger concern. Some folk like postcount, other's don't, and this sort of thing comes up on occasion as a result of that undercurrent. Same discussion, different trigger.

 

[Zenodotus of Ephesus]

I think Dave put it well.

That's why everyone loves The Steb.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I think Fruthaka's behavior is merely the vector for folks expressing a larger concern.

Then its truly misplaced... Frukathka's average posts per day isn't much higher than my own... and its a far cry from Crothian's or Rystil Arden's.

 

[Crothian]

Then its truly misplaced... Frukathka's average posts per day isn't much higher than my own... and its a far cry from Crothian's or Rystil Arden's.

well, we now know who the spammers are

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

well, we now know who the spammers are

Hmmm, maybe I missed my mark as I was trying to imply that no one was a spammer... :\

 

[Crothian]

Hmmm, maybe I missed my mark as I was trying to imply that no one was a spammer... :\

or I messed up with my dry Ohio humor....

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

or I messed up with my dry Ohio humor....

What humor…?

rimshot...

 

[Crothian]

What humor…?

rimshot...

Actually, that is a very common response to many of my jokes...my one goal is to entertain myself. If someone else happens to get entertained it is entirely on accident.

 

[Rystil Arden]

well, we now know who the spammers are

Hey, I'm not a spammer, or at least I don't think I am--I don't even really post that much in off-topic anymore

Oh, I see--just a joke