Throw out post count

[Brother Shatterstone]

I think we should rename postcount to experience points!

*LMAO*

That would make Crothian a level 6th character... Now the question is: Is this an epic level campaign or will we have to retire are handles after level 20?

 

[Crothian]

I'm going Epic!! Assuming that there are 6 digits allowed for postcount.......

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I'm going Epic!! Assuming that there are 6 digits allowed for postcount.......

Hire a "few" dwarves and you can find out.

 

[Crothian]

That's no fun, I'm doing it all on my own. And I'd like to point out that even though the Evil Piratecat is working against me, I will eventually meet my goals.

glares at Piratecat

 

[Gez]

Ouch, I fill your pain my friend...

What evil typo. "Hey, your pain level is lowering. Let me fill your pain tank a bit more..."

 

[pogre]

Like who?

Crothian et al certainly fit the bill. I admitted my views were in the minority and defer to the majority. More importantly, when THE MAN (and I mean that in a positive reverent sense) says it is helpful to mods I defer to his judgment.

 

[Hypersmurf]

More importantly, when THE MAN (and I mean that in a positive reverent sense) says it is helpful to mods I defer to his judgment.

And with your post count, you've obviously been around long enough to know better.

Don't expect such leniency in future.



-Hyp.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Postcount does not bother me. What bothers me is that it is seemingly an incentive for a few members to continually post.

That sting you're feeling...that's not postcount. That's pride, messin' with you.

Actually, the biggest incentive to continually post is the Reply button. The Quick Reply button is even worse. And the fact that this is a messageboard? The worst incentive of all!

More importantly, when THE MAN (and I mean that in a positive reverent sense) says it is helpful to mods I defer to his judgment.

Everybody knows you can't talk about The Man in a positive, reverent sense. It's impossible, primarily because it is physically impossible to talk when your lips are kissing butt.

Postcount is necessary. They're my posts, I want to know how many of them are out there. They're like my lost little children, What happens when I have to send alimony? How will I know how many checks to write?

How will anyone know how much of that total postcount on the front page is mine?

You know, pogre...it looks like your tank is running a little low on pain. Let me top you off, there, buddy.

 

[tburdett]

There is one useful advantage to having a post count. It helps the mods in determining how to deal with someone. If someone is obviously newish, we tend to be more lenient (drop them a friendly email explaining how things work and encourage them to post more, but within the rules) - if someone has 2000 posts and then does something really bad, we'll be pretty stern.

And couldn't a mod just look at a users join date to determine how long they have been part of the community? Would that really be too much effort?

 

[Hypersmurf]

And couldn't a mod just look at a users join date to determine how long they have been part of the community? Would that really be too much effort?

It's not the effort, it's the information content

Join Date just tells when someone first registered their account. It doesn't distinguish between someone who logs in, posts a note in Gamers Seeking Gamers, goes away for a year and a half, and then logs back in and starts posting in GD, and someone who posts 22.97 messages per day for the same year and a half.

Post count in conjunction with join date gives a general 'feel' for how active a user is.

In the case of a chronic lurker, someone might be more familiar with how things operate than their post count might indicate... but it does give a better indication than join date alone.

-Hyp.