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Post Count?; Got me thinking a little...
Topic Started: Jun 23 2005, 10:47 PM (1,326 Views)
KaySeeDubya
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I don't see why post count is important either. I know tons of people who have a parade when they reach a certain post count, it's kinda stupid.

There's this one board I go to where the admin occassionaly spams the board on some guest account so that the board gets more posts, than he goes into his admin account and makes his move to close the topic and 'ban' the guest. People who will go that far just for post count kind of piss me off.
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Postulate-ZNS
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KaySeeDubya
June 24, 2005 01:21 AM
I don't see why post count is important either. I know tons of people who have a parade when they reach a certain post count, it's kinda stupid.

There's this one board I go to where the admin occassionaly spams the board on some guest account so that the board gets more posts, than he goes into his admin account and makes his move to close the topic and 'ban' the guest. People who will go that far just for post count kind of piss me off.

If you're going to do that, you may as well just increase the post count on the board totals. There are plenty of codes for that. :P

Also, I hate it when admins of a site give themselves like 50,000 posts to begin with, which looks extremely stupid, since their forum has 0 posts at the beginning. :rolleyes:
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The_Pro_Designer
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I for 2 like the post count, I think it keeps a fourm active, and just cause some people spam for their post count others dont.. I myself am a perfectionest (you may not know that cause of my bag GFX) but anyway I think the post count can actully say somthing about a member, if someone has done lets say, 12,000 posts. I think they really care about the forum yto put that many posts in it. Meh may just be my opionion. :angel:
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Christopher Evans
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Now,now.I find myself adding all my account posts together when I get bored,but that's not really the same thing.

On a certain site {*cough*}Academie De Milou {*cough*},I had high count.Second year before anyone else.Yes,Harry Potter RPG.And,my friend,two years older {or about.I'm not 100% sure if she already had her birthday this year.If so,then only one year.} thought it was impressive.

I am not into post count,but for the sake of boredom,it sure is fun to do alittle mathmatic problem,even if it's as simple as 144+55+159.

I do not personally know someone that spams for post count.She spams for attention and because she really can't role play.Can't get the hang of it.But,oh well.Her birthday is twenty-two days after mine,and during those golden twenty-two days,we'll be the same age.Then on the twenty third,I'll be younger,so yes.Being younger doesn't always mean you're more likely to spam.And,if you're older it doesn't always mean you'll post just for the count.

((Things like:If they're younger they'll spam : Bug me alot.I'm younger,but don't post for the count unless I'm on a rp site where you gain years.And,even then I don't do it very often.))
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The_Pro_Designer
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yes but this is not all forums, I like the post count and think its a great feture. Who xcares if this only happens on a couple of fourms. Most of the forums I go to don't. and the admin of the forum can just delete the posts and post count that member gained trying to spam. so whats the big deal? Nothing :) :P
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KaySeeDubya
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Pojo
June 24, 2005 02:34 AM
KaySeeDubya
June 24, 2005 01:21 AM
I don't see why post count is important either. I know tons of people who have a parade when they reach a certain post count, it's kinda stupid.

There's this one board I go to where the admin occassionaly spams the board on some guest account so that the board gets more posts, than he goes into his admin account and makes his move to close the topic and 'ban' the guest. People who will go that far just for post count kind of piss me off.

If you're going to do that, you may as well just increase the post count on the board totals. There are plenty of codes for that. :P

Also, I hate it when admins of a site give themselves like 50,000 posts to begin with, which looks extremely stupid, since their forum has 0 posts at the beginning. :rolleyes:

Yeah but he's not open about it. He tries to pull the wool over our eyes making us think that the guest spamming is not him and he is just doing his job.
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James
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Hmm... generally I think post count does show that you're a trusted member of the community, or that your posts in say, general support, will usually be more correct than someone who's got less than 10 posts. If someone with a high post count is consistently giving wrong answers, then wouldn't this have been picked up by the moderation teams and he'd be restricted in some way?
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Lothlómendil
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*Christina doesn't even know how many posts she has on any of the boards she goes to :ermm:
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Post counts should only be for one thing. Activeness. If it shows they have a fair amount of posts, it tells them how active you are. But just posting to be in the top 10, abusing other members saying "You will never get to my post count" or even showing off is stupid. Activeness is the only thing it should be for.
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June 24, 2005 01:14 AM
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June 23, 2005 09:22 PM
Thank you, Stefan. ^_^

Yes, thank you Stefan. :wub:


Post count is for poopheads.
All it's good for is reminding you how much time you waste posting at forums. :r

*PhranK drapes a beach towel over his count

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Jubilation!
*Logik attempts to persuade the admins to use that code here. :ph34r:
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Zach
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I am not for post count.

It shows experience? Maybe, but what about Mez? He had about 5 posts her when he was promoted (although it was unusual circumstances) and he always gave great support. Just because a member has a low post count doesn't mean they don't know their stuff.

Sometimes for the more immature people on forum, post count is everything, so spam builds up. The mods have to do more than what is necessary, and it just creates more of a nuisance.

*Zach looks at Seth's post count. :shifty:

But post count can show that you are actively involved in the community, which is generally a good thing.
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Luke6006
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Post count doesn't bother me, although I've just looked at yours. :lol: 40 ppd!!?
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Postulate-ZNS
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Post count doesn't always mean spam. Look at the top poster of this site...

*Pojo[/b] runs off to see who it is*

*Soft Elevator Music Plays*

Seth. Yes, Seth, that's it. He has over 13,000 posts. Does that mean he is a spammer? Of course not. Does it mean he even cares about his post count? Again, no. However, to the extreme, post count can display something else besides experience: dedication. I don't care what people think, you have to really care about a board to be able to have 13,000 posts on it. Anyone willing to spam the boards to raise their posts count a little bit obviously doesn't care about the boards, and probably won't be sticking around very long.

You have to be insanely dedicated to get your count that high, and most people who are that dedicated, in all actuality, don't care about Post Count. Now, here's a scenario. Let's say a new member joins a site that has absolutely no post count. They're fresh out of the box, know nothing about the community. If the most insanely dedicated person on the site replies to one of their topics, they're going to see that person for just who they are, a member. This may seem great, what with the fair treatment and "post count is evil" views, but if that person's count had been displayed, it would have not impressed the new member, but given them an incentive for respect. If someone is that dedicated, to visit a site and post on it that frequently, the fact is that they need something to be recognized for that. I'm not saying, by any means, that having a high post count is a good thing, but if you are the most active member of a site, and appear to be just as dedicated as everyone else around you, even those who have never even posted before, it may hurt a little bit.


My conclusion up to this point:

Post count in itself isn't wrong, however the incentive to post and desire for power it brings about are.
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Das
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Zach
June 24, 2005 07:50 AM
But post count can show that you are actively involved in the community, which is generally a good thing.

I agree there. This is probably coming across weird since I am one who posts alot.
Do I do it because I care about my post count? No.
Do I do it because I like to be active in the community, give suggestions, oppions, and help? Bingo.
I like the number a little because it shows your active. This isn't to say that someone with 5,000 posts know more than someone with 3, but it does show that they know more about the community, and the people in it.


I think the best way to do things is have no post count for people with less than 500 posts. Most of the people that spam, or give bad support to try and raise there post count have a post count of around one to two hundred.
Once you get five hundred posts you show that you are an active member of the forum, and you aren't just there to see a number go up. Sure it is fun to reach a new thousand or five-hundred, but thoose goals take alot and you can't spma to get them.
If you really good at spamming you might be able to get 50 posts in on a good day. So with my reasoning they would have to spam for 10 days straight with out getting noticed and spanked before they could even know how much they posted.

Also I think the top 10 posters list need to be taken off of this forum. Most people on there have acess to the support tickets, and can answer as many questions as they want without having to race to be the first.
They can easily get 60 posts through the support ticket system, then post here on the fourms. This creates a desire for new members to want to achive the same amount of posts, when it is just impossible to get that many posts.
Seth has 13,000 post. If a new member saw that they would want that many posts.
This isn't gonna happen. Even if he/she posted 100 times a day it would take 130 days.
This leads to wanting to get more than 100 posts a day which is pretty much impossible without spamming. I spend most of my non-school days on the computer, and even on days where I post in everythin 100 posts is still pretty much a limit. I think if this was removed than new members wouldn't feel that they had to achive such high post counts to be known in the community.
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Postulate-ZNS
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Excellent point, Das Ein. Here's an idea: instead of having an actual number for post count, why not just show pips instead? The pips could even only start to increase after a set amount, perhaps 200 or so. This would help cut down spam tremendously in forums, as people wouldn't be racing to get every little post in. It would just be a very broad, general indicator of how active and involved the member is in the cimmunity, without getting down to details with annoying exactness.
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