Individual Deletion of Post Count?

[seasong]

I've been here for less than a year. Only slightly more than six months. That means something to me. As for postcount, let me relate this:

I know that Crothian has some kind of unholy post count. I've heard about it, and every once in a while I'll see a post from him with that postcount on it. But I don't see him very much - he doesn't post much in the threads that are interesting to me. Should he post in those areas, I don't find his postcount that impressive - I ain't seen those posts. On the other hand, I see incognito, DragonGirl, Horacio, alsih2o, and a handful of others all the time. To me, they got history now, capish?

Heck, I dropped in to this thread cuz it had ColonelHardisson's name on it, and I knew I'd seen some interesting stuff from him elsewhere. I didn't even know he had a postcount over a hundred until I read this and checked.

Personally, I still consider myself a newbie. But not because of my postcount - I just don't feel like I'm a strong enough member of the community yet. I only know a handful of people, I don't start threads very often, I haven't helped out a newbie... but that's got nothing to do with how many posts I've put up.

 

[Welverin]

POST COUNT MEANS EVERYTHING!

 

[jdavis]

POST COUNT MEANS EVERYTHING!

Lycanthposter, could somebody cast cure disease. And don't get bitten.

 

[alsih2o]

On the other hand, I see incognito, DragonGirl, Horacio, alsih2o, and a handful of others all the time. .

boy, that's a list of the damned if i have ever seen one

 

[Dragongirl]

boy, that's a list of the damned if i have ever seen one

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

 

[bondetamp]

this would have opposite the desired effect imo, it would MAKE postcount important...

Absolutely.

I didn't mention it as something that I think Morrus should implement, but rather as an example of a vBulletin board where post counts were cut without anything bad happening to the forum at large.

 

[seasong]

boy, that's a list of the damned if i have ever seen one

Gotta collect 'em all!

 

[Horacio]

boy, that's a list of the damned if i have ever seen one

hmmm, he has discovered us...

 

[HellHound]

I used to get into editing post counts on the boards I staff based on people wanting to reset their count.

We always had a Quality over Quantity ideal on the boards, and to prove the point, I always reset my post total to zero each night when I noticed I had more posts than even the owner of the boards. But it really didn't make any difference.

In the end I managed to figure out how to make the board say "a whole lot" for my post count, and have forgotten about it since then.

 

[HellHound]

I don't find his postcount that impressive - I ain't seen those posts. On the other hand, I see incognito, DragonGirl, Horacio, alsih2o, and a handful of others all the time. To me, they got history now, capish?

Right on.

That is how I operate usually too. Seeing one of the "(insert name here)" people posting to a thread doesn't entice me to read said thread (right said thread? AIEEE! early 90's flashback!). On the other hand, there are other posters here who's names DO draw me into a thread.

EDIT: However, just because these people do not draw me into reading a thread, it does not mean I avoid them. I post to and read the [insert name here] threads as they are entertaining and provide a true sense of community here. It is not the postcount that matters to me, whether it is high or low, but is in fact the type of posts and the people who post them. This is NOT a dis of the people who see themselves as (insert name here), but is in fact just me trying to state that I do not chase these particular people around the forums like a strange 30-something overweight stalker. I reserve my stalking habits for some other people who post to these boards, who's posts I read religiously...

(Insert name here), because I know it's PROBABLY rules-related number-crunching (the man is a balance machine).

(Insert name here), because he's usually involved in something interesting (although I usually dodge the OT graphical threads he posts to the General forum)

(Insert name here), because I value his opinion and he has ALMOST the same tastes in products as I do (except for DragonLords of Melnibone, )

(Insert name here), because he's the king and we owe him more than I can ever pay.

And a lot more, that I'm not going to get into here. (sorry to everyone I have NOT mentioned in here, there are a lot more people than I mentioned here that draw me into threads).

So post-count doesn't matter, it's post quality.