Throw out post count

[Crothian]

Different job, can't post from work anymore.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Different job, can't post from work anymore.

Ouch, I fill your pain my friend...

I can see in my future where ENworld is no longer an option from work and it will indeed be a sad day in the life of Brother Shatterstone.

Hopefully it will never happen.

 

[William Ronald]

I think that warning one poster who is going overboard is better than making a general change to the boards.

I would like to also second Piratecat's recommendation of Sepulchrave II's Story Hour. It portrays religious and philosophical issues as well as having good action and adventure. The characterization is strong and the plot is wonderully complex.

 

[Creamsteak]

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.

Like who?

 

[Staffan]

I like postcount. It's handy for troll detection in some cases. I mean that as in "Oh my, this is a rather inflammatory thread. Oh, the guy starting it only has three posts to his name? Ah, he's probably a troll."

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Very good point I've done that many times myself.

 

[Umbran]

I like postcount. It's handy for troll detection in some cases. I mean that as in "Oh my, this is a rather inflammatory thread. Oh, the guy starting it only has three posts to his name? Ah, he's probably a troll."

Actually, very bad point. A person with only a few posts to their name may easily be unfamiliar with the local rules, rather than be a troll. Postcount won't tell you the difference. And there are a couple of folks around here who have obviously non-newbie post counts who still use fairly inflammatory styles.

 

[der_kluge]

I think we should rename postcount to experience points!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Actually, very bad point.

True but by the time they actually accumulate that large post count I "know" them and before that I can assume their troll and pay no heed to their words.

 

[Morrus]

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.