XP spreading...

[Nifft]

I haven't been here as long as some of the other posters, and maybe my new-fangled youngster thinking is the reason for this, but I agree with the idea that XP should be for posters not their posts.

Q: What is a poster?
A: A miserable little pile of posts.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Camelot]

Q: What is a poster?
A: A miserable little pile of posts.

Cheers, -- N

But those posts aren't individual things. They have a connection: the poster. Their creator. The living, thinking, human being sitting at a computer and typing them up. We may only be able to see their posts, but that doesn't mean that's all there is.

 

[Alzrius]

But those posts aren't individual things. They have a connection: the poster. Their creator. The living, thinking, human being sitting at a computer and typing them up. We may only be able to see their posts, but that doesn't mean that's all there is.

That's true, but that's not what XP is awarding (at least, not anymore). Now it's a public pat on the back for a specific post, not for the poster in general. It's a way to put your comments into someone else's post, albeit while repping them at the same time.

 

[Nifft]

But those posts aren't individual things. They have a connection: the poster. Their creator. The living, thinking, human being sitting at a computer and typing them up. We may only be able to see their posts, but that doesn't mean that's all there is.

That actually is all there is of any person on any forum.

The poster -- the sum of his contribution, his reputation, his interactions with other "living, thinking, human being"s -- is made entirely of posts. If you are a jerk in your posts, you are a jerk as a "living, thinking, human being". Your posts are your actions. You can be judged by them, and you will be judged by them.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

XP is absolutely for posts, and the post is a reflection of the poster in some way, at least at that moment. I have given XP to members who annoy the crap out of me at times - enough to occasioanlly consider putting them on ignore. Then I see a post that makes an excellent point, give XP and remind myself why I avoid using the ignore feature. And maybe along the way, the member will see the kind of post that gets XP and change a tiny bit.

 

[IronWolf]

XP is absolutely for posts, and the post is a reflection of the poster in some way, at least at that moment. I have given XP to members who annoy the crap out of me at times - enough to occasioanlly consider putting them on ignore. Then I see a post that makes an excellent point, give XP and remind myself why I avoid using the ignore feature. And maybe along the way, the member will see the kind of post that gets XP and change a tiny bit.

Yep - this is the same way I give out XP as well. I rate the post, if the post is good, informative, etc then I will award XP for it - even if it was a post from someone that normally annoys me in some fashion.

And also the same as you - a reason I try to avoid using the ignore feature.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And in the meantime, as of this writing, weem has racked up 111 more points than The Beast...

 

[surfarcher]

I mostly go around giving out XP randomly to folks just because they are low level and have posted... But I don't advertise the "low level" bit