About postcount off in the off-topic forum.
- Thread starter Turanil
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Brother Shatterstone said:
No, it isn't. Don't mistake the current inspiration for the larger concern. Some folks have issues with postcount, and have some valid arguments against it. How they come to be reminded of that so that does not invalidate those arguments, or mean their thinking is "misplaced".
reveal
Adventurer
Umbran said:
But that's assuming that the people who are "bothered" were bothered before. One could also assume that it's being reactionary because they don't like how one person is "spamming" them. If they have previously argued against allowing postcount to continue then I want to see a "this is yet another example of how postcount is taken to seriously" post or something of that nature. What I don't want to see is a reactionary thread/poll because they don't like the posting habits of one person and decide to blow it out of proportion and make it into a "board-wide problem."
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
reveal said:
I agree that if this is a reaction to one person, then a thread like this is not appropriate.
The value of postcount is apparently different for each of us. I used to think high post count was a good way to tell who was a prolific poster that has a lot of experience on these boards. Now, however, it just seems to me to be mostly about how chatty someone is. This is not necessarily a good or bad thing, but the significance/usefulness of postcount has been diminished in my eyes.
Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
Umbran said:
Sure, they can have their concerns, and I do share a number of them, but they shouldn’t be targeting one individual users when it’s post count as a whole they have issue with.
Call me old fashion but I see that as being rude and misplacing the subject at hand.
Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
Rystil Arden said: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
I would agree.
At one point in time you probably where a spammer, and labeled so with good reason, but now your productive energies have been harnessed and focused on PbP so a spammer you be no longer. 
DaveStebbins
First Post
IronWolf said:
Wow. Groupies.Zenodotus of Ephesus said:That's why everyone loves The Steb.
Am I gonna have to wear sunglasses at GenCon?
-Dave
reveal said:
Actually, in my particular case, it is more presumption - I presume to postulate a link between this annoyance and other annoyances I have observed, thaat seem (to me) to be related. Whether or not the person was ever annoyed before, it could be another symptom of the already known ailment.
One could, but we all know about assuming, right? And we also know that the person in question is reasonably active on the boards, and probably reading this thread, so we could do something that might elsewhere be unthinkable - we could stop talking about the person as if they weren't here, and ask them if they feel it is more a reaction to the one person or to the general issue. Comment, Turanil?
Also, I wonder at the term "reactionary". It is a bit loaded with connotations. Not all reactions are reactionary.
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