Throw out post count

[pogre]

Howdy,

Why do we need a post count?

Surely vets know who has been here for a while.

As of late, a few folks seem to be posting just to jump up their post counts. I could be wrong - perhaps they are just chatty. Nevertheless, I see no real purpose for post counts.

I'm open to explanations.

Take care,

pogre

 

[Mark]

I agree.

 

[johnsemlak]

Well, post count is occasionally useful in determining whether a poster is an established community member or not.

 

[jdavis]

It's great for the useless trivia threads and such.

I do disagree with the vets know who has been here for awhile bit, Ive been here over a year and I run into people I don't know all the time who have been here for years, this is a pretty big site. Besides a lot of people are just chatty (I got quite a few 1000 word ramblings around here) Does postcount bother you? I find it pretty easy to just ignore myself.

 

[Eosin the Red]

Is that really valid?

I have been around since the first boards. I was such a chicken to post (since it was new to me and all) that I even sent something to Eric asking him to post for me That was back in the old threaded boards.

My post count has never gotten above a thousand on any incarnation of the boards but barring some of the really early fellas I been here as long as anyone else. My post count still does not make me stand out in the crowd cause I mostly read.

Not that I care one way or the other, I just don't know that it is an indication of board naitivity at all.

PS _ I posted this to boost my post count

PPS - I have been feeling chatty lately. I wonder if it is something in the water?

 

[AGGEMAM]

You know that posts in Hive doesn't up your postcount, right?

That's where people get really chatty.

 

[Mark]

It's not the postcount that bothers pogre, it's the posting. The entire General forum front page was just systematically posted to by one user, for whatever reason, and it appeared to him that either it was an effort to raise postcount (I'm only guessing that was what pogre noticed and thought, of course).

 

[pogre]

Does postcount bother you?

Postcount does not bother me. What bothers me is that it is seemingly an incentive for a few members to continually post. I guess this is coming off as overly sensitive, but I see no real disadvantage in throwing postcount out at this point.

I'm a little surprised you do not recognize the name of folks who have over a 1,000 posts. I certainly believe you, but the only time that has happened to me is when someone from the PbP games pops into General or Rules.

Eosin the Red makes a great point. One of the most read posters in ENWorld has less than 300 posts - Sepulchrave II.

Mind you, I'm not die hard about it - and you are right it is easy enough to ignore - even the crazed speed posters . I would just like to hear from someone who is die hard on the other side of the fence.

 

[pogre]

It's not the postcount that bothers pogre, it's the posting. The entire General forum front page was just systematically posted to by one user, for whatever reason, and it appeared to him that either it was an effort to raise postcount (I'm only guessing that was what pogre noticed and thought, of course).

BINGO

 

[Mark]

I would just like to hear from someone who is die hard on the other side of the fence.

Not interested in the opinion of someone with a high postcouint who happens to be on your side of the fence?

EDIT - Asked and answered...