Annoyed about posting for one's post count: is it just me?

[Dinkeldog]

Wow. It's a good thing grandma is a little dense. (Bad mod, contributing to the delinquency of a thread...)

 

[Crothian]

Ya, and calling Eric's Grandma dense!!

 

[Elodan]

I actually was going to ask the same question when I saw this topic.

For some reason it irritates me when people post inane comments which just seem to be there to up their count.

Can anyone explain to me (besides the compensation argument) why some people feel the need to have a high post count?


Thanks.

Tom

Personally, I don't post much because usually somebody else has already said it better or I'd end up saying something to offend Eric's grandma.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

I actually was going to ask the same question when I saw this topic.

For some reason it irritates me when people post inane comments which just seem to be there to up their count.

Can anyone explain to me (besides the compensation argument) why some people feel the need to have a high post count?


Thanks.

Tom

Personally, I don't post much because usually somebody else has already said it better or I'd end up saying something to offend Eric's grandma.

I don't know. But it makes me wonder how many of the people we are accusing really just post sometimes brief messages because they are backing someone's opinion up. I do sometimes, and I'm not trying to get my post count up because, well, I just think it's silly. I hope people who read my brief replies don't think I'm doing so intentionally.

 

[Beelzebub]

I will also post one-liners to back someone up. I don't think there is anything wrong with it, nor do I think that we need any more hard and fast rules to prevent it. These sometimes ireverant (sp?) one-liners in serious threads are great, it lightens the mood.

I guess my biggest gripe is when there is post after post by the same person in an on-topic thread, many of them rather short and not always adding much to the disscussion. Its kinda like email spam sitting in your inbox, one needs to sift through them to reach the relevant messages.

(Please note that I am not complaining about any single person, merely a message board practice.)

 

[Hand of Evil]

and I'm not trying to get my post count up because, well, I just think it's silly.

Sorry, the metaphor. I need to go home now.

 

[Elodan]

I don't know. But it makes me wonder how many of the people we are accusing really just post sometimes brief messages because they are backing someone's opinion up. I do sometimes, and I'm not trying to get my post count up because, well, I just think it's silly. I hope people who read my brief replies don't think I'm doing so intentionally.

Let me just try and clarify what I mean (it always seems clear to me when I type it ).

It's not short answers, "me too"s or even the jokes that I think are silly. It's when you see a pattern of replies that don't add anthing to the discussion but only seem to be there to up a post count.

Tom

 

[Beelzebub]

Let me just try and clarify what I mean (it always seems clear to me when I type it ).

It's not short answers, "me too"s or even the jokes that I think are silly. It's when you see a pattern of replies that don't add anthing to the discussion but only seem to be there to up a post count.

Tom

I agree.

 

[Umbran]

I hope people who read my brief replies don't think I'm doing so intentionally.

They won't. If you were doing so intentionally, you'd have a higher postcount

 

[Dinkeldog]

Here's a little heads up, though. If you're posting one-line messages, and especially if you've put several of them in one thread, please click the box below the reply window to turn off your signature. My favorite rule of thumb is that if your signature is longer than your post, you should turn the signature off. I'm not sure where that came from. Probably Cyberzombie. He's got lots of good advice for board etiquette.