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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 5177320" data-attributes="member: 115">It doesn't, if your not a Supporter (need to get on that... ugh, money).No, no fun!&nbsp; When I've conquered ENW from the future, XP is now the first thing to go!&nbsp; MWAHAHAHAHA... hem.&nbsp; Sorry.Sorry, I let the engineer in me take control.&nbsp; Believe me, I hate statistics too.&nbsp; However, anyone that's going to invoke numbers (for or against, sorry weem) needs to be made aware of what really qualifies for claims like elitism or volume or rate or what not.To actually answer the original question - I turned it off initially because I thought it was a bad idea.&nbsp; If I recall correctly, XP was introduced right around the time there were a bunch of people spamming for Post Count.&nbsp; So I was already against tracking posts pretty strongly.&nbsp; I still don't believe it's worthwhile to track Post Count or XP; I've seen many, many situations (unfortunately from both sides of the coin) where such systems lead to elitism and snobbery against newer members.&nbsp; However, as per usual, the ENW community never ceases to surprise in how much it isn't like other communities as much as it is.&nbsp; So really the only reason I have it off right now is that I haven't turned it back on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 5177320, member: 115"] It doesn't, if your not a Supporter (need to get on that... ugh, money). No, no fun! When I've conquered ENW from the future, XP is now the first thing to go! MWAHAHAHAHA... hem. Sorry. Sorry, I let the engineer in me take control. Believe me, I hate statistics too. However, anyone that's going to invoke numbers (for or against, sorry weem) needs to be made aware of what really qualifies for claims like elitism or volume or rate or what not. To actually answer the original question - I turned it off initially because I thought it was a bad idea. If I recall correctly, XP was introduced right around the time there were a bunch of people spamming for Post Count. So I was already against tracking posts pretty strongly. I [I]still[/I] don't believe it's worthwhile to track Post Count [I]or[/I] XP; I've seen many, many situations (unfortunately from both sides of the coin) where such systems lead to elitism and snobbery against newer members. However, as per usual, the ENW community never ceases to surprise in how much it [I]isn't[/I] like other communities as much as it is. So really the only reason I have it off right now is that I haven't turned it back on. [/QUOTE]

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